Comments | nausicaa1: Trying hard not to be a fuck-up

nausicaa1

Trying hard not to be a fuck-up

May 20, 2010 09:31

We have a tendency to be fuck-ups in my family. Mom would like to think it comes from Dad's side of the family where there's a long line of teenage pregnancies, a dearth of diplomas, a lack of basic health- and money-related life skills, and an abiding fondness for self-medication. Well, that's my paternal grandmother's people anyway. My ( Read more... )

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response anonymous May 25 2010, 07:47:41 UTC

Don't go to nursing. Go to teaching. I'm a nurse. It is hard, hard, work. Shift work. Weekend work. Public holiday work. The money is ok...but it freaking sucks the soul out of you. My blog is 'itsnotalwayswhatitseems.blogspot.com'...i'm barb wigley's cousin..used to be on livejournal..back in the day. nursing....she sucks.

anonymous May 28 2010, 02:55:14 UTC

Whatever you decide, keep writing. There's living, there's livelihood and there's a gift. You have it. You have a book in you, and more.

anonymous September 12 2010, 18:55:39 UTC

Teaching is hard, too. Be prepared to spend more than 40 hours a week during the school year. There's no way to get all your planning and grading done during the provided planning time. There are too many hoops to jump through and they divert focus from student learning, which SHOULD BE, but unfortunately isn't always, the priority. Some of your coworkers will be incompetent and it will drive you to previously unknown levels of frustration that they are able to stay employed and have a hand in shaping the lives of children. Some parents are assholes of epic proportions, and they get some kind of sick entertainment out of trying to make your life miserable. Some kids have it way rougher than they deserve, but unless they come to school bruised (and sometimes even when they do), social services won't do anything ( ... )

nausicaa1 October 20 2010, 13:38:28 UTC

You know I'm right there with you. I got a part time job at my daughters' elementary school in September and I'm seeing exactly the kind of things you're talking about. The politics are interesting to watch from an outsider's POV and I've used my Powers of Bitchiness for good in several instances already to protect kids from my co-workers ass-hattery. This is about all I can handle for now but as the triplets get older and more independent, I can see myself going back to school for my teaching license.

Thanks for the encouragement, whoever you are!

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