Reasons We Call In Sick To Work

[baking23]

Originally Posted by The Budget Man

Just thinking about some of the incidents that caused day's off for a destress. They sound silly now but at the time it was deadly ernest.

I got my MAT in education a few years ago since I loved school, college, am a born teacher, worked at musuems for years with school groups, and I enjoy helping dad with his classes. However I quickly found it's completely different on the other side of the desk and while I was good at it, it wasn't the calling I expected it to be. When I subbed for my dad's special ed classes, I loved the smaller classes, however they had their share of different problems too. I subbed for a year afterward but now just tutor.

Maybe elemetry would have suited me better, or a private school, but right now I'm looking for full-time work and feeling happy about my choice not to teach.

I wasn't quite threatened in the direct way that you were, however my dad and I could share some stories.

If anyone wants help with history feel free to email.

[The Budget Man]

Originally Posted by baking23

I got my MAT in education a few years ago since I loved school, college, am a born teacher, worked at musuems for years with school groups, and I enjoy helping dad with his classes. However I quickly found it's completely different on the other side of the desk and while I was good at it, it wasn't the calling I expected it to be. When I subbed for my dad's special ed classes, I loved the smaller classes, however they had their share of different problems too. I subbed for a year afterward but now just tutor.

Maybe elemetry would have suited me better, or a private school, but right now I'm looking for full-time work and feeling happy about my choice not to teach.

I wasn't quite threatened in the direct way that you were, however my dad and I could share some stories.

If anyone wants help with history feel free to email.

One interesting thing I find about myself is that I still love the challenge of teaching and working with people.

These days it's mostly in seminars. There is nothing so challenging, exciting and stimulating than seminar speaking where you have an audience that wants to know the information you're delivering.

Sometimes there's almost an electricity that develops when you have a large interactive audience and they're asking challenging and meaningful questions.

You come out of a 90 minute session absolutely drenched with sweat and totally exhausted. For people who think that talking with large audiences is easy, it isn't. Compared to teaching students who don't want to learn however it is an absolute pleasure.

Well I don't need to take sickies from seminars.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man

www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
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[baking23]

Originally Posted by The Budget Man

One interesting thing I find about myself is that I still love the challenge of teaching and working with people.

I got a lot of that same satisfaction by working at a museum talking to thousands of visitors a year. For a long time it was part of the reason I thought I'd go into teaching as well. I enjoy public speaking and would do it more often but in our depressed area, economically, they're aren't a lot of opportunities right now.

[The Budget Man]

Originally Posted by baking23

I got a lot of that same satisfaction by working at a museum talking to thousands of visitors a year. For a long time it was part of the reason I thought I'd go into teaching as well. I enjoy public speaking and would do it more often but in our depressed area, economically, they're aren't a lot of opportunities right now.

I hope the opportunities open up for you in the near future.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man

www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
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[baking23]

Originally Posted by The Budget Man

I hope the opportunities open up for you in the near future.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man

www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
Your budget can be a help!

Thanks, so do I.

[BCHGRL]

The Budget Man. Your profession is inspiring. I have a brother-in-law that lives with us and he teaches 2nd grade in a very depressed area. This is his first year of teaching. He has suspended 6 students to date, and one has tried the same trick with scissors. It is very sad the things that these kids are doing in 2nd grade!

Sometimes I call in "sick of work"; however, in the past year I only find myself "sick of work" because there are only so many hours of boredom that I can take. i've addressed my boredom with my boss, and it has improved with a new project but once that is over I hope I am not in the same position again.