tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post4605457538860052478..comments2024-03-25T03:13:16.489-04:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: I Suck at my JobDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-36538022256532590682011-10-11T20:07:13.749-04:002011-10-11T20:07:13.749-04:00I feel your pain!! I'm a human resources execu...I feel your pain!! I'm a human resources executive, and sometimes our staff behave that exact same way!! It's a bit like herding cats. LOL. Good luck and remember...one step forward, two steps backward, but you're still making progress!! You may be going backwards, but its progress, nonetheless! heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-92002155465364133772011-10-10T10:44:21.618-04:002011-10-10T10:44:21.618-04:00I'm a teacher and a mom and I can tell you tha...I'm a teacher and a mom and I can tell you that 99% of the time, teaching is harder.<br /><br />It takes a full three years to get a handle on everything. It seems like a lifetime but it does get easier, I swear!!!!<br /><br />I've had jobs where I taught teachers and now I'm back in the classroom. I can assure you that the adults are much harder to work with then the kids. I believe Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197679858898095103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-72016296482225714372011-10-08T19:54:59.445-04:002011-10-08T19:54:59.445-04:00Psst.. I'll let you in on a secret
half the f...Psst.. I'll let you in on a secret <br />half the faculty throwing around terminology don't actually know what it means, the other half could give a rat's ass and shake their heads like they care what they other half is saying.<br />The attendance issue- that's the attendance clerks worry. You submit the attendance and he/she is supposed to do something about the student being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-82946410142137024242011-10-08T13:50:18.644-04:002011-10-08T13:50:18.644-04:00I started teaching a month after I got married. M...I started teaching a month after I got married. My husband often says that he thought the first year of marriage was your wife comes home from work crying every day. :) It does get better.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12825486133804219388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-10074755935921590822011-10-08T09:56:06.729-04:002011-10-08T09:56:06.729-04:00Here's the thing: Every mother is a teacher w...Here's the thing: Every mother is a teacher whether we're "trained" or not. When I read this I thought, "YES! Teachers DO speak another language!" And it's not to their benefit. If you're teaching math using the pseudoquasicalc method - that means jack to me. I want to know that you're teaching fractions. Not what it's called in teacher-lingo. Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00420388082444716211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-62449424158878199422011-10-07T21:55:46.966-04:002011-10-07T21:55:46.966-04:00The math teachers like things done a certain way b...The math teachers like things done a certain way because... well, they're math teachers. Math is neat, there is no mess, and every number has a specific place. I'm sure they don't quite know what to do with you. <br /><br />I'm a language arts teacher and am in my 11th year in education. My first 2 years of teaching (I taught HS then), I thought I was going to die, and I JonesEthiopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698883232091364295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20912941981370159412011-10-07T16:49:20.976-04:002011-10-07T16:49:20.976-04:00Sounds to me like the school didn't give you a...Sounds to me like the school didn't give you adequate training on procedures and such for your position. Don't blame yourself. If they can't find the time and resources to properly train their employees, then your only option is on the job training! You're going great!jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006062434455968647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-71691142812856169242011-10-07T15:13:37.096-04:002011-10-07T15:13:37.096-04:00I'm sorry you're having a rough time. I c...I'm sorry you're having a rough time. I can't imagine how hard it is, but I know you don't suck at it. You are doing your best and that's all anyone (including you) can and should expect! The good news is that it's the weekend. Hope you can have a little fun and relax a bit! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941526294434252083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-89122887236847387612011-10-07T13:18:27.652-04:002011-10-07T13:18:27.652-04:00YOU ARE HILARIOUS! Glad I found your blog through ...YOU ARE HILARIOUS! Glad I found your blog through babble!Wouldn't you think teachers would be nicer about thinking someone is stupid.LOL @MSEnthusiast<br />☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺MoneySavingEnthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941244872714367657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-6734067667755536982011-10-07T11:34:07.644-04:002011-10-07T11:34:07.644-04:00I got really good advice from someone (can't r...I got really good advice from someone (can't remember who) when I first started teaching years ago (I have been home with my kids since 2005 but I think the advice would still apply today). Here goes: when you first start teaching (or working in a school as you are) there is SO MUCH to do and learn and it is very overwhelming. You cannot do it all. Choose ONE class/aspect of your teachingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-49411906834636238992011-10-07T11:01:43.476-04:002011-10-07T11:01:43.476-04:00The good news is that from where you are (feeling,...The good news is that from where you are (feeling, that is), the only place to go is up. Lots of room for improvement. Hang in there, you'll get past being the new kid on the block and will get there. Remember, these kids didn't get where they're at overnight. They're not going to improve overnight. They are lucky to have you, someone who cares as much as you do about doing aSherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805701635045035047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-60225358818359988302011-10-07T07:39:55.946-04:002011-10-07T07:39:55.946-04:00Dawn -
As a teacher, I wanted to second the sugges...Dawn -<br />As a teacher, I wanted to second the suggestion of finding a mentor. Whether it's a formal arrangement or not, having a person you trust to answer all those little questions is invaluable. I also might suggest finding a fellow newbie to be a friend & work partner. I often found myself talking to that person first, and then feeling a whole lot less stupid when that person didn&katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487466466836209535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-35171390513273715212011-10-07T03:13:49.864-04:002011-10-07T03:13:49.864-04:00So you feel like you suck, even though the other t...So you feel like you suck, even though the other teachers gave you a compliment saying, they don't know how you do it? Which means, they think you can do it! And I'm sure you can!<br /><br />From my little experience in the real world, this sounds like that lousy PHASE when you just started a job, the excitement about it has worn off, and you feel overwhelmed and all you do is want to Frau Mahlzahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654359195634091221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-8050363025149763192011-10-06T22:28:54.365-04:002011-10-06T22:28:54.365-04:00Oh, Dawn. I did go to college, and on, and on, an...Oh, Dawn. I did go to college, and on, and on, and then I got my first faculty job and I was teaching 6 new classes to college and master's students and it about did me in. At the end of the first year the chair of my department put his arm around my shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it gets better," and I though, "Gee whiz, couldn't he have told me that at the <i>Alexicographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029216139568740202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-55694503517214192382011-10-06T22:12:53.201-04:002011-10-06T22:12:53.201-04:00Dawn, I am a manager who has trained many new peop...Dawn, I am a manager who has trained many new people for jobs. In my experience, it takes people 3 months to get comfortable and 6 months to be confident. Let us know at the three and six months marks if this holds true. I think it will. Knowing this will hopefully help you relax, cause as you say, it is just a matter of time!cmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180351422386402409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-12674182907842656302011-10-06T21:39:24.017-04:002011-10-06T21:39:24.017-04:00This is the big difference between men and women. ...This is the big difference between men and women. You worry, fret, and beat yourself up over every minor mistake. Yet I've seen guys in business make huge blunders and shrug it off like it was nothing. Find your inner man. Give him a name (Derrick?). Put him in charge when your ego has taken a whoopin'.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20119912657839228872011-10-06T21:31:23.884-04:002011-10-06T21:31:23.884-04:00I know just how you feel. I subbed in our school d...I know just how you feel. I subbed in our school district for 2 1/2 years, as an aide for LD & CD kids. I actually preferred the CD kids -- as someone else said, being an aide all day for an LD kid, just tagging along to his classes -- was not fun for me. I had so thought I wanted a FT job in the schools & subbing was my "in". When I interviewed & was offered a job in a Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745849093304484214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-29409765034640518302011-10-06T20:19:59.596-04:002011-10-06T20:19:59.596-04:00You're brand new at your job. I've been a...You're brand new at your job. I've been at mine for 10 months and still feel pretty green. Hang in there. I'm sure you're great with the kids, and before long you'll be the one teaching the other teachers a thing or two. There are teachers in my family, so I hear what a tough environment it is, but keep at it!Kilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412146547477399452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-50653074664975656012011-10-06T20:14:54.831-04:002011-10-06T20:14:54.831-04:00Please stop being so hard on yourself. You are ne...Please stop being so hard on yourself. You are new at this particular part of your life. Give it a chance. You'll wonder how you did it, too, someday. Think of all you have accomplished in the past without a particular degree. You are a natural. You are kind to everyone. Be kind to yourself. :)jm2jmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853225739137544497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-85643663078241591302011-10-06T19:57:51.591-04:002011-10-06T19:57:51.591-04:00Oh, none of the teachers have been mean to me. I&...Oh, none of the teachers have been mean to me. I'm internalizing more than I need to, I'm sure. The history teacher who brought my mistake to my attention was completely nice nad polite. In my warped mind, I just know he went and told the other history teachers what a moron I am. That's how my brain works. The math teachers . . . I'm not sure. They're very particular Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-35997902025576663682011-10-06T19:51:49.148-04:002011-10-06T19:51:49.148-04:00Oh Dawn! You are being so hard on yourself. This...Oh Dawn! You are being so hard on yourself. This is a whole new experience for you. I'm so sorry that the teachers are not understanding that you are the newbie and they should be helping you and not criticizing you. Give yourself the entire school year and you'll be a pro...you've done this like what six weeks? Not long enough to know all the ins-and-outs yet! There is a learningSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496957014142404165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-21943763448774749882011-10-06T19:19:12.357-04:002011-10-06T19:19:12.357-04:00I am in the same boat right now. I'm working a...I am in the same boat right now. I'm working at a school as a one-on-one aide with a student. And it's not that hard, he's on the autism spectrum, but everything about him is fairly manageable. However, I spend 90% of my time nagging and "reminding" and prompting. And I'm BORED OUT OF MY MIND! I've been working for the school district for twelve years, mostly as a Mary-Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299977349263050117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-38092038200686330742011-10-06T19:14:30.956-04:002011-10-06T19:14:30.956-04:00Its growing pains and it sucks. On the brighter s...Its growing pains and it sucks. On the brighter side they (pain's and sucking) don't last forever. You will get into your groove, if not year then it will be the next year. Hang in there, your brave, you have gumption and most of all a fiesty sense of humor and can find "Funny" everywhere and anywhere.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120580746390516125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-52080349916921486682011-10-06T19:12:01.071-04:002011-10-06T19:12:01.071-04:00OH Dawn, you have made so many changes and you han...OH Dawn, you have made so many changes and you handle them all with humor and good common sense. This job is very new to you so give yourself a break. You will get all the little bits as you go along. You do what you do well. Your job is to help the kids and that has been your priority. just do what you do!!! If the other teachers are jerks aboiut stuff that does not make you stupid. HugsBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091568315821485891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48625648562790623042011-10-06T18:53:24.653-04:002011-10-06T18:53:24.653-04:00Dawn,
Don't get discouraged. The first two o...Dawn,<br /><br />Don't get discouraged. The first two or three months of a job are always the hardest. You can't learn all the procedures, etc. and ways people do things, the workplace culture, etc. in anything less than a few months - just too much information to learn while you are trying to actually do the job at the same time. I have had a number of jobs, due to constant moving, Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370048372344057738noreply@blogger.com