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So I have been so miserable at work that I am making myself sick. I am so stressed out. I am a part of several committees and my principal keeps "forgetting" to email me key details like when meetings are and where. I don't have any co-workers that I feel like I connect with at all. I mean, be honest, I am not that horrible am I? There are people
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But I do understand what you're talking about. And teaching is such a stressful job in so many ways, that it's important to have support around you. That's honestly the one thing I actually like about my school-- the staff is supportive and we all get along really well. That, or we just all hate the administration equally, and it bonds us. But last year I still didn't feel like I had close friends at work, and it was tough.
I feel like making friends at work is such a strange situation-- sometimes people separate "work life" from "real life," and it's hard to get past that initially. And it's also not like college, where everyone starts on equal footing in the beginning. People come in at different times, and especially at a school like yours, there are people there who have been there for years and are set in their ways, including their friendships.
Can you form a relationship with people based on common planning or something first? Like, could you get together with your team to plan some things, and then it could evolve? (That's what happened with me.) Or could someone help you out with any activities or clubs? I don't have many great ideas, I'm always awkward about making friends too. But no matter what, I do love you very much.
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