Recharging and refueling my body mentally, spiritually and physically in order to put up with all the "CRAP" that IPS is demanding from their teachers!
Believe it or not, I'm actually reading a couple of books about education -- that's how I'm vacationing, lol! What's even funnier is I got the name of the books from a debate thread on the Indy Star and wrote down the names of them months ago. But I haven't had time to read them until now. They're both quite good in my opinion. If anyone else is interested, the names are "Conversations with America's Best Teachers" by J. William Towne and "Why Don't Students Like School" by Daniel T. Willingham. Other than that, I'm just enjoying my lazy time -- watching movies, eating too many sweets, and ignoring my housework!
Relaxing. Going to some of our kids (my students) basketball games.
Enjoying the vacation by catching up on house work that was very much needed.
Have been able to spend time with my wife.
Have also like others got doctors visits in that I have been putting off because of our hours. You know minor doctors like the Cardiologist.
Actually spending quality time with my own kids who get neglected because of our jobs hour requirements. Learning about there interest that largely gets ignored during the school year. Also learning about there problems with school and trying to help (like a Johnny come lately father).
Then have spent some time on planning for second semester based on the pace the kids are learned during first semester to meet our idiotic pacing guides. So they will do well with the trivial persuit benchmark testing.
Finally looked online and send applications to other school districts whom I have friends in and they respect teachers and students. Districts in which the school board answers to the public not the superintendent. They don't back down to the superintendent when threatened with his resignation.
Oh, took a day to spend Christmas with the family as well.
I'm neither recharging or dreading. I've got family in from out of town, and we've also been babysitting for young family members who are on school vacation but have parents who are not! I'm in secondary ed, and everyone always says that those kids are tough and the little ones are sweeter and easier. But I'm looking forward to returning to my "big kids!" I always find the shorter breaks (3- and 4-day weekends) better for recharging than the longer breaks.
I hear you on the breaks! The long breaks always turn into projects that leaves me more exhausted than before my "vacation." As for the books mentioned above, I have heard about "Why Don't Students Like School" with mixed opinions on it. But I hadn't heard of the other one and from the description and reviews on Amazon, it sounds like something I'd like.
Relaxing. Going to some of our kids (my students) basketball games.
Enjoying the vacation by catching up on house work that was very much needed.
Have been able to spend time with my wife.
Have also like others got doctors visits in that I have been putting off because of our hours. You know minor doctors like the Cardiologist.
Actually spending quality time with my own kids who get neglected because of our jobs hour requirements. Learning about there interest that largely gets ignored during the school year. Also learning about there problems with school and trying to help (like a Johnny come lately father).
Then have spent some time on planning for second semester based on the pace the kids are learned during first semester to meet our idiotic pacing guides. So they will do well with the trivial persuit benchmark testing.
Finally looked online and send applications to other school districts whom I have friends in and they respect teachers and students. Districts in which the school board answers to the public not the superintendent. They don't back down to the superintendent when threatened with his resignation.
Oh, took a day to spend Christmas with the family as well.
You know, I'm all about venting and I don't think anyone needs to apologize for feeling frustrated with their job. But I agree that posts like the one above (and quoted directly above me) come across really bad. Even accounting for hours spent "on my own time" doing grading, meetings, etc., I am very aware of how lucky I am to have as much time off as I do, more than any profession I know. Yes, our hours are often feast or famine (I'll work 50 hour weeks and then have the summer off) but that's often the nature of the beast with many professions. My accountant relative works 80% of his hours in the first third of the year. I have another relative who manages a retail store, and he works 80-hour weeks from October through January, but only 40-50 the rest of the year (THAT's a job you couldn't pay me enough to do, LOL). Yes, there are professions that are evenly distributed through the year (insurance and engineering come to mind) but they work more total hours per year, and plus, I would never do well in those kinds of jobs. There's a reason I'm where I am. If you're not where you want to be, only you have the power to change that.
To the poster directly above: I agree totally with your thoughts.
My brother is a dentist. Before he could be 'considered' for acceptance to dental school, he had to have an undergrad degree in Biology with at least a 3.75 GPA. Then after being accepted, he had four years of dental school which cost $55,560.00 per year for tuition and fees. (that's in-state) Then he had to pass the IN Boards which is a 4 day affair of hands-on assessment using live subjects (oh, yes, you have to pay a person to be your test patient). The Boards cost several thousand just to take.
Buying a dental practice can costs at minimum $400,000 to $500,000 because you're buying expensive equipment, sometimes the building, and also you must pay for the patient records which is big bucks. So, you're now around 26 or 27, and have a minimum of $700,000 debt (not even including the 4 years of undergrad loans) hanging over your head and you're expected to begin paying back those pesky monthly loan fees immediately.
Talk about stress. You end up working on your feet for a minimum of 12 hours a day during your early years. If you take a day off, you are faced with 'closing down the office and losing money' or hiring a 'sub dentist -- $700 per day -- so the office can stay open.
Frankly, I couldn't have gotten in a dental school because I didn't like science and could never have earned a 3.75 GPA in any science major. I enjoy being a high school teacher. I enjoy being with teens and having time to spend with my own children.
By the way, dentists and physicians have the highest rates of divorce and suicide of any group of professionals. Think on that.
PS -- it kinda ticks me off when so many of the IPS administrators actually 'think' they've earned the right to be called 'Doctor'. What a laugh!
"A "citizen's checklist" compiled at Daniels' request by the State Board of Education calls for schools to avoid layoffs by taking such actions as freezing salaries and hiring; outsourcing transportation and custodial services; consolidating some services, including with other districts; and cutting compensation for administrators and boards."
I DO like the idea that the State Board of Education is recommending cutting compensation for administrators and boards. That's a first!
Outsourcing transportation and custodial services would also save huge dollars because IPS would not have to pay benefits to subcontractors for these services.
Copied from post at indianabarrister.com made on 11/24/09
"If I were an IPS parent and the school was threatening to cut my kids programs, I’d be furious. IPS looks like it spends a lot of money on things it can outsource or privatize and save money. The district spends more than $850,000 on painters. It has more than 70 employees classified as “head custodians” and spends nearly $4 million in salary and benefits annually. The head custodians should not be confused with the 260 odd “staff custodians” whose salaries alone top $10 million annually. It has more than 80 police officers which is bigger than some Indiana cities, that cost by my estimate, more than $3.7 million. The list goes on."
To the poster above who is sending resumes to other districts; please have them proofread before your send them because your grammar and spelling would reflect negatively on IPS for hiring you as a teacher. Best wishes in your "pursuit" of happiness elsewhere...
"there interest" "there problems" "based on the pace the kids are learned" "other school districts whom I have friends in" ????
Thanks to the poster who suggested the books. I have been reading Jensen's book on Enriching the Brain - we need to know so much more about how our students learn..or don't learn.
To the "Stepford Teachers" who have posted here recently about how wonderful IPS teachers have it and how fortunate they are:
There are teachers in IPS with 15-25-30 years of experience who have spent as much as $200,000 total to get bachelor's and master's degrees from respected universities. And, with 30 years of experience in teaching, make LESS than a kid coming out of Indiana U. with a marketing degree.
To the one who wrote that he/she is only spending 50 hours a week on your job: then you are spending MUCH LESS time on your job than most IPS teachers I know - who spend 60-70 hours a week on school-related work! No wonder you're a Stepford Teacher. A friend of mine who is an IPS teacher spends a large part of her "vacation times" working on reports on the computer, doing research, doing paperwork, etc. So, school work follows her home. A couple of years ago, this person worked through her ENTIRE Memorial Day "holiday" period. And yes, without pay!
Also, Stepford Teachers: have you ever had a psychotic principal? Many (most?) of IPS' veteran teachers have. These people can make a teacher's life a living hell.
Also, to the Stepford Teacher who said, essentially: "love it or leave it." Someone who has been teaching in IPS (or elsewhere) for more than 3-4 years CANNOT GO ANYWHERE. School districts will not pay for years of experience and, unless your degree is in math or science, you will find it nearly impossible to get decent employment outside of teaching.
Stepford Teachers: wake up and smell the doo-doo.
Most of You will be out of the profession within a couple of years.
Parting thought: are most of these Stepford Teachers on here not really teachers at all? Perhaps administrators or union employees?
I'll be attending a workshop soon to learn more of the Jensen methods. I was invited by one of the IPS vendors. See below.
2010 Jensen Learning Brain-Based Events
Marketing for Brain-Based Professionals January 18-19, 2010 (San Diego, CA) - $1,475
This 2-Day special event gives you the insider background knowledge, key skills and practical roadmap to build a personal or professional empire that can attract more customers than you ever dreamed of finding. You will learn how to successfully create, develop, produce, market and distribute educational programs or products.
Then go into marketing. I'm not being a smart ass, I'm trying to make you see that you're the one who needs to wake up to reality, not those of us who are exactly where we choose to be, however imperfect that may be. People change careers all the time. If you're done with teaching, then do something different. If you're not done with teaching, but you're through with IPS, then switch districts. If you can't find a job outside of the district, take a job with a charter or parochial school. They'll pay less for your experience, but you'll be happier. Or maybe go into something education-related like curriculum. Or become an administrator and model the kind of changes you'd like to see (that's what we tell people who criticize teachers, right?) If you choose to stay in IPS because of the money, then try to find inspiration from some of your coworkers who are happy here. I'm sure you learned in college psych that the difference between happy and unhappy has little to do with circumstances and more to do with "learned helplessness." People who convince themselves they are powerless are the least happy. Those who own their choices are the most happy with those choices. I choose to be here for a variety of reasons. So do you. Even if you think IPS sucks, you obviously think staying at IPS sucks less than any other option available to you or you would have chosen another option. Do something that makes you smile and stop being so grumpy. You're on vacation. Venting is fine. Venting is healthy. But self-pity and helplessness are toxic for you and the people around you, especially children. If you don't believe you can rise above your "difficult" circumstances, how can you possibly help your students believe they can?
My SIL just got a job as an English teacher in a suburban high school. She has 11 years experience in another district. Maybe that's uncommon, I don't know. But it does happen.
My God, this blog is being taken over by Stepford Teachers! - and/or administrators and union people posing as teachers. When you post one of these Stepford Teacher comments, please identify:
1. Have you been a teacher in IPS for 10 years or more?
1a. Are you actually an IPS teacher or are you an administrator or a paid union employee?
2. After being a teacher in IPS for 10 years or more, have you seriously tried to get a job in another district or in another profession?
3. Do you have other sources of income besides your IPS teaching job (inheritances, spouses who make a lot of money, etc. etc.)?
4. Do you have health insurance coverage outside of what is offered through IPS (such as through a spouse's job)?
5. Do you plan to spend your entire teaching career in IPS and retire there?
6. Do you give a flying crap about the severe hardships being endured by many IPS teachers who have devoted 15-20-30 years to teaching in IPS and who now are living in near-poverty? - with NO realistic job opportunities outside of IPS?
7. Have you been in IPS long enough to have worked under a psychotic principal?
8. Please tell us what you have been smoking today?
I'm the one who posted "Then go into marketing." I have been a teacher in IPS for more than 10 years but less than 20. I am an IPS teacher. I am not a union member. I have never tried to get a different job because I purposely chose urban education. If I moved districts, I would probably look for another urban district or maybe a charter. I am sure I would have to take a pay cut if i wanted to get out now, but I would do that before I would let a job make me miserable. I am single and do not have another source of income, nor another source for insurance. I do plan on teaching here my whole career. I do care about anyone suffering hardships, but as I said, I believe in choices. I have never worked under a psychotic principal, although I have worked under principals that others have thought were psychotic. I have not smoked anything today. Now your turn. You didn't answer any of your own questions.
I do have children, I'm just not married. I very much doubt that having a husband would suddenly make me hate my job and not be able to survive on less than 100,000 a year.
I'll play. I've been teaching less than 10 years, do plan to stay in IPS, do have a spouse with a second income, as well as kids, and we're all on my insurance. I am a member of the union.
I have no children left at home, a decent trust fund, two current pensions, and I am a proud member of IEA/ISTA. I have only four years left until I am able to retire from IPS, which helps with the daily changes from downtown.
My turn! My turn! This year I hit the magic "rule of eighty-five." I can now retire from IPS, if I choose to. However, my husband has been laid off for one year, and hasn't been successful in his job search. Since I still like what I do, (most days), I'll probably stick around for another year or so. (Our children are both in the military).
Medical appointments, personal business, and just relaxing at home.
ReplyDeleteI watched the Colts last night being run a lot like IPS is run. Take out the good "players" and put in the second string that ultimately sucks!
ReplyDeleteThe "decision" made by someone was classless and typical of what we see in IPS......
ReplyDeleteHome sick. It is becomming a holiday tradition.
ReplyDeleteSpending time with family, taking lots of naps!
ReplyDeleteRecharging and refueling my body mentally, spiritually and physically in order to put up with all the "CRAP" that IPS is demanding from their teachers!
ReplyDeleteanother "loaded" question from the Blogmistress.
ReplyDeleteObviously you are spending your vacation at home making snarky snide comments on blogs.
ReplyDeleteAmen, it was a nice open communication from the blog, keep the smart remarks for your friends.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, I'm actually reading a couple of books about education -- that's how I'm vacationing, lol! What's even funnier is I got the name of the books from a debate thread on the Indy Star and wrote down the names of them months ago. But I haven't had time to read them until now. They're both quite good in my opinion. If anyone else is interested, the names are "Conversations with America's Best Teachers" by J. William Towne and "Why Don't Students Like School" by Daniel T. Willingham. Other than that, I'm just enjoying my lazy time -- watching movies, eating too many sweets, and ignoring my housework!
ReplyDeleteRelaxing. Going to some of our kids (my students) basketball games.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the vacation by catching up on house work that was very much needed.
Have been able to spend time with my wife.
Have also like others got doctors visits in that I have been putting off because of our hours. You know minor doctors like the Cardiologist.
Actually spending quality time with my own kids who get neglected because of our jobs hour requirements. Learning about there interest that largely gets ignored during the school year. Also learning about there problems with school and trying to help (like a Johnny come lately father).
Then have spent some time on planning for second semester based on the pace the kids are learned during first semester to meet our idiotic pacing guides. So they will do well with the trivial persuit benchmark testing.
Finally looked online and send applications to other school districts whom I have friends in and they respect teachers and students. Districts in which the school board answers to the public not the superintendent. They don't back down to the superintendent when threatened with his resignation.
Oh, took a day to spend Christmas with the family as well.
Teachers at 15 are unpacking boxes.
ReplyDeleteI'm neither recharging or dreading. I've got family in from out of town, and we've also been babysitting for young family members who are on school vacation but have parents who are not! I'm in secondary ed, and everyone always says that those kids are tough and the little ones are sweeter and easier. But I'm looking forward to returning to my "big kids!" I always find the shorter breaks (3- and 4-day weekends) better for recharging than the longer breaks.
ReplyDeleteI hear you on the breaks! The long breaks always turn into projects that leaves me more exhausted than before my "vacation." As for the books mentioned above, I have heard about "Why Don't Students Like School" with mixed opinions on it. But I hadn't heard of the other one and from the description and reviews on Amazon, it sounds like something I'd like.
ReplyDeleteRelaxing. Going to some of our kids (my students) basketball games.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the vacation by catching up on house work that was very much needed.
Have been able to spend time with my wife.
Have also like others got doctors visits in that I have been putting off because of our hours. You know minor doctors like the Cardiologist.
Actually spending quality time with my own kids who get neglected because of our jobs hour requirements. Learning about there interest that largely gets ignored during the school year. Also learning about there problems with school and trying to help (like a Johnny come lately father).
Then have spent some time on planning for second semester based on the pace the kids are learned during first semester to meet our idiotic pacing guides. So they will do well with the trivial persuit benchmark testing.
Finally looked online and send applications to other school districts whom I have friends in and they respect teachers and students. Districts in which the school board answers to the public not the superintendent. They don't back down to the superintendent when threatened with his resignation.
Oh, took a day to spend Christmas with the family as well.
Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?
You know, I'm all about venting and I don't think anyone needs to apologize for feeling frustrated with their job. But I agree that posts like the one above (and quoted directly above me) come across really bad. Even accounting for hours spent "on my own time" doing grading, meetings, etc., I am very aware of how lucky I am to have as much time off as I do, more than any profession I know. Yes, our hours are often feast or famine (I'll work 50 hour weeks and then have the summer off) but that's often the nature of the beast with many professions. My accountant relative works 80% of his hours in the first third of the year. I have another relative who manages a retail store, and he works 80-hour weeks from October through January, but only 40-50 the rest of the year (THAT's a job you couldn't pay me enough to do, LOL). Yes, there are professions that are evenly distributed through the year (insurance and engineering come to mind) but they work more total hours per year, and plus, I would never do well in those kinds of jobs. There's a reason I'm where I am. If you're not where you want to be, only you have the power to change that.
ReplyDeleteTo the poster directly above: I agree totally with your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteMy brother is a dentist. Before he could be 'considered' for acceptance to dental school, he had to have an undergrad degree in Biology with at least a 3.75 GPA. Then after being accepted, he had four years of dental school which cost $55,560.00 per year for tuition and fees. (that's in-state) Then he had to pass the IN Boards which is a 4 day affair of hands-on assessment using live subjects (oh, yes, you have to pay a person to be your test patient). The Boards cost several thousand just to take.
Buying a dental practice can costs at minimum $400,000 to $500,000 because you're buying expensive equipment, sometimes the building, and also you must pay for the patient records which is big bucks. So, you're now around 26 or 27, and have a minimum of $700,000 debt (not even including the 4 years of undergrad loans) hanging over your head and you're expected to begin paying back those pesky monthly loan fees immediately.
Talk about stress. You end up working on your feet for a minimum of 12 hours a day during your early years. If you take a day off, you are faced with 'closing down the office and losing money' or hiring a 'sub dentist -- $700 per day -- so the office can stay open.
Frankly, I couldn't have gotten in a dental school because I didn't like science and could never have earned a 3.75 GPA in any science major. I enjoy being a high school teacher. I enjoy being with teens and having time to spend with my own children.
By the way, dentists and physicians have the highest rates of divorce and suicide of any group of professionals. Think on that.
PS -- it kinda ticks me off when so many of the IPS administrators actually 'think' they've earned the right to be called 'Doctor'. What a laugh!
From today's IndyStar
ReplyDelete"A "citizen's checklist" compiled at Daniels' request by the State Board of Education calls for schools to avoid layoffs by taking such actions as freezing salaries and hiring; outsourcing transportation and custodial services; consolidating some services, including with other districts; and cutting compensation for administrators and boards."
I DO like the idea that the State Board of Education is recommending cutting compensation for administrators and boards. That's a first!
Outsourcing transportation and custodial services would also save huge dollars because IPS would not have to pay benefits to subcontractors for these services.
Copied from post at indianabarrister.com made on 11/24/09
ReplyDelete"If I were an IPS parent and the school was threatening to cut my kids programs, I’d be furious. IPS looks like it spends a lot of money on things it can outsource or privatize and save money. The district spends more than $850,000 on painters. It has more than 70 employees classified as “head custodians” and spends nearly $4 million in salary and benefits annually. The head custodians should not be confused with the 260 odd “staff custodians” whose salaries alone top $10 million annually. It has more than 80 police officers which is bigger than some Indiana cities, that cost by my estimate, more than $3.7 million. The list goes on."
To the poster above who is sending resumes to other districts; please have them proofread before your send them because your grammar and spelling would reflect negatively on IPS for hiring you as a teacher. Best wishes in your "pursuit" of happiness elsewhere...
ReplyDelete"there interest" "there problems" "based on the pace the kids are learned" "other school districts whom I have friends in" ????
What subject do you teach now anyway?
Thanks to the poster who suggested the books. I have been reading Jensen's book on Enriching the Brain - we need to know so much more about how our students learn..or don't learn.
ReplyDeleteTo the "Stepford Teachers" who have posted here recently about how wonderful IPS teachers have it and how fortunate they are:
ReplyDeleteThere are teachers in IPS with 15-25-30 years of experience who have spent as much as $200,000 total to get bachelor's and master's degrees from respected universities. And, with 30 years of experience in teaching, make LESS than a kid coming out of Indiana U. with a marketing degree.
To the one who wrote that he/she is only spending 50 hours a week on your job: then you are spending MUCH LESS time on your job than most IPS teachers I know - who spend 60-70 hours a week on school-related work! No wonder you're a Stepford Teacher. A friend of mine who is an IPS teacher spends a large part of her "vacation times" working on reports on the computer, doing research, doing paperwork, etc. So, school work follows her home. A couple of years ago, this person worked through her ENTIRE Memorial Day "holiday" period. And yes, without pay!
Also, Stepford Teachers: have you ever had a psychotic principal? Many (most?) of IPS' veteran teachers have. These people can make a teacher's life a living hell.
Also, to the Stepford Teacher who said, essentially: "love it or leave it." Someone who has been teaching in IPS (or elsewhere) for more than 3-4 years CANNOT GO ANYWHERE. School districts will not pay for years of experience and, unless your degree is in math or science, you will find it nearly impossible to get decent employment outside of teaching.
Stepford Teachers: wake up and smell the doo-doo.
Most of You will be out of the profession within a couple of years.
Parting thought: are most of these Stepford Teachers on here not really teachers at all? Perhaps administrators or union employees?
Would not be surprised.
In re: Jensen above --
ReplyDeleteI'll be attending a workshop soon to learn more of the Jensen methods. I was invited by one of the IPS vendors. See below.
2010 Jensen Learning Brain-Based Events
Marketing for Brain-Based Professionals
January 18-19, 2010 (San Diego, CA) - $1,475
This 2-Day special event gives you the insider background knowledge, key skills and practical roadmap to build a personal or professional empire that can attract more customers than you ever dreamed of finding. You will learn how to successfully create, develop, produce, market and distribute educational programs or products.
Then go into marketing. I'm not being a smart ass, I'm trying to make you see that you're the one who needs to wake up to reality, not those of us who are exactly where we choose to be, however imperfect that may be. People change careers all the time. If you're done with teaching, then do something different. If you're not done with teaching, but you're through with IPS, then switch districts. If you can't find a job outside of the district, take a job with a charter or parochial school. They'll pay less for your experience, but you'll be happier. Or maybe go into something education-related like curriculum. Or become an administrator and model the kind of changes you'd like to see (that's what we tell people who criticize teachers, right?) If you choose to stay in IPS because of the money, then try to find inspiration from some of your coworkers who are happy here. I'm sure you learned in college psych that the difference between happy and unhappy has little to do with circumstances and more to do with "learned helplessness." People who convince themselves they are powerless are the least happy. Those who own their choices are the most happy with those choices. I choose to be here for a variety of reasons. So do you. Even if you think IPS sucks, you obviously think staying at IPS sucks less than any other option available to you or you would have chosen another option. Do something that makes you smile and stop being so grumpy. You're on vacation. Venting is fine. Venting is healthy. But self-pity and helplessness are toxic for you and the people around you, especially children. If you don't believe you can rise above your "difficult" circumstances, how can you possibly help your students believe they can?
ReplyDeleteHey thanks to all the book suggestions. All three are available at the library, so that surely fits my budget! I'll check them out!
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with the post above about choices. This is food for thought for anyone who feels "stuck," not just teachers.
ReplyDeletewow...that Jensen conference sounds great...hope you bring back a lot of good ideas to share...
ReplyDeleteMy SIL just got a job as an English teacher in a suburban high school. She has 11 years experience in another district. Maybe that's uncommon, I don't know. But it does happen.
ReplyDeleteMy God, this blog is being taken over by Stepford Teachers! - and/or administrators and union people posing as teachers. When you post one of these Stepford Teacher comments, please identify:
ReplyDelete1. Have you been a teacher in IPS for 10 years or more?
1a. Are you actually an IPS teacher or are you an administrator or a paid union employee?
2. After being a teacher in IPS for 10 years or more, have you seriously tried to get a job in another district or in another profession?
3. Do you have other sources of income besides your IPS teaching job (inheritances, spouses who make a lot of money, etc. etc.)?
4. Do you have health insurance coverage outside of what is offered through IPS (such as through a spouse's job)?
5. Do you plan to spend your entire teaching career in IPS and retire there?
6. Do you give a flying crap about the severe hardships being endured by many IPS teachers who have devoted 15-20-30 years to teaching in IPS and who now are living in near-poverty? - with NO realistic job opportunities outside of IPS?
7. Have you been in IPS long enough to have worked under a psychotic principal?
8. Please tell us what you have been smoking today?
I'm the one who posted "Then go into marketing." I have been a teacher in IPS for more than 10 years but less than 20. I am an IPS teacher. I am not a union member. I have never tried to get a different job because I purposely chose urban education. If I moved districts, I would probably look for another urban district or maybe a charter. I am sure I would have to take a pay cut if i wanted to get out now, but I would do that before I would let a job make me miserable. I am single and do not have another source of income, nor another source for insurance. I do plan on teaching here my whole career. I do care about anyone suffering hardships, but as I said, I believe in choices. I have never worked under a psychotic principal, although I have worked under principals that others have thought were psychotic. I have not smoked anything today. Now your turn. You didn't answer any of your own questions.
ReplyDelete"I am single...."
ReplyDeleteWell, that says it all. If you had your own children and a family to support then you would see these things much differently.
I do have children, I'm just not married. I very much doubt that having a husband would suddenly make me hate my job and not be able to survive on less than 100,000 a year.
ReplyDeleteI'll play. I've been teaching less than 10 years, do plan to stay in IPS, do have a spouse with a second income, as well as kids, and we're all on my insurance. I am a member of the union.
ReplyDeleteI have no children left at home, a decent trust fund, two current pensions, and I am a proud member of IEA/ISTA. I have only four years left until I am able to retire from IPS, which helps with the daily changes from downtown.
ReplyDeleteMy turn! My turn! This year I hit the magic "rule of eighty-five." I can now retire from IPS, if I choose to. However, my husband has been laid off for one year, and hasn't been successful in his job search. Since I still like what I do, (most days), I'll probably stick around for another year or so. (Our children are both in the military).
ReplyDelete