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*Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D.
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January 16, 2007 I am quitting my job!
August 14, 2007 10:33 PM EDT
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I want to write. Gather has given me a start to do what I do. I have taught for fourteen years to some of the most ungrateful lazy good for nothings; on the otherhand, I have taught some of the most wonderful people who any teacher would be proud to call their own. If you read my essay on Bethany, you know she is one of the many blessings in my life. However, I'm getting tired of begging people to learn what I love. I get tired when I read that the president of my college where I have taught for six years and more makes more money than anyone else in the state that includes the governor. Well today, they asked me to teach a five hour class for three hours of pay. The class has only nine students, and they can't afford to pay me more. Fine, I didn't answer. I came home and figured out what I'd make, and it's not worth the gas. So tomorrow, I will thank them for giving me the privilege to work there and say, my adioses. Yes, today adioses is a word. Tomorrow, I begin freelancing fulltime. I may not make a lot of money or even a dime, but I won't be taken advantage of anymore. I won't show up to a class with no students because they had a game last night. I won't go to a class of unprepared students because "My grandma's dying." "My horses got lose." "Your class is too hard, I didn't read that because I don't understand big words like you do." I'm burn't. I'm fried. Stick a fork in me: I'm done!
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Comments: 40
I've done the burnout thing... it wasn't fun
your a mean one Mrs.Grinch
just teasin but seriously..i always thought that a teacher such as yourself could teach just one student.they are fullfilled..guess i was mistaken..
maybe those kids are used to people giving up on them..
good luck in your decision hun
P.S. I don't blame you one bit for your frustration, I have a few classmates in my online college that drive me nuts, and they're working adults!
Here's to your new start!
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Good Luck!
I do some freelancing dabbling, but nothing major. I just don't have the time or energy to scout out any new markets.
I always thought that teaching (mainly a grade school art teacher) would be fun, but I heard most of the jobs for that were in the south and I never pursued it.
I hope you find what you are looking for in the freelancing world.
I admire you a lot for taking this step. It's a very courageous thing to do. Good luck on the freelancing! :)
P.S. I hate to see a good teacher quit. We need good teachers but you were GROSSLY underpaid.
One of my coworkers said to me after I had given my notice, "Angela, you always said that if you're not having fun, you're not doing it right. And you haven't been having fun here for a long time now. You did the right thing by quitting." And I will say the same thing to you.
Good luck! I'll be pulling for you!