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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2019 23:00:17 GMT
Morning All!
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 14, 2019 6:43:12 GMT
Yo!
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Post by browny87 on Oct 14, 2019 13:48:09 GMT
having a bit of a crisis of life really these last few weeks (hence the quietness on here), i don't think i want to be a teacher anymore but i have no idea what i would do instead.
I just know that i'm completely fed up with the endless workload, shite pay, late nights, long hours and no thanks from anyone really, add to all that our quality manager has decided that i have "failed" my lesson observation due to not using animations and pictures on my lesson powerpoint & the fact i used sheets of paper i had cut up rather than post it notes and i just dont think its an environment i want to be in.
ah well fun times
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 14, 2019 16:11:43 GMT
Sorry to hear that, Browny. That does not sound like a fun environment. I hope you figure out something.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 14, 2019 20:42:12 GMT
I can empathize Browny. It's probably the same in many jobs, but the overwhelming feeling you get being a teacher is that nothing is ever good enough. It's a tough job working with kids day in day out, and if you don't have a supportive management behind you it becomes oddly lonely with no escape from the endless slog.
I've had the feelings you're having several times and I doubtless will again. I don't know what the answer is. You have skills in programming though don't you? It's that a way out?
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Post by browny87 on Oct 15, 2019 7:41:58 GMT
yeah it is, i could go into industry and be a programmer but teaching is so different to anything else im not sure how i would cope >.<
Its a really tough decision and makes life difficult at times!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 15, 2019 15:54:10 GMT
I can relate. I've felt trapped in a line of work for 20 years with no progression and feel increasingly trapped. Every escape attempt so far has failed.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 15, 2019 19:34:44 GMT
I remember the days of sitting in a quiet office with headphones on modelling levels for computer games. There are times I wonder why I gave that up. It's a lot more peaceful than teaching.
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Post by browny87 on Oct 15, 2019 19:44:47 GMT
i only did 6 months in industry, out of curiosity what made you gave that up rich?
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Post by browny87 on Oct 15, 2019 19:45:31 GMT
I can relate. I've felt trapped in a line of work for 20 years with no progression and feel increasingly trapped. Every escape attempt so far has failed. -Ralph i can fully sympathise after the last few years mate  |
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 15, 2019 20:06:48 GMT
Different is hard. REALLY hard. One never realises just how hard it is until one does it. Now, I had no choice but to change, and I don't want to get all Dune on you guys, but sometimes a change can be a good thing (if you can afford it). Just gotta break through those first teething months. Break through that, and when it becomes familiar, the change can be good. I think....
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 15, 2019 20:37:51 GMT
i only did 6 months in industry, out of curiosity what made you gave that up rich? It was really the instability of the games industry. I saw it as a young man's game - very few opportunities for career progression as a games artist and large numbers of companies going bust. I was made redundant once, then escaped that a second time when I left Argonaut Games six months before they went under. I was at the point in life where I was thinking about mortgages and wanted a job that I knew would be there in the morning. I just couldn't see a future in games, but at the time teaching gave automatic pay progression annually for six years. I'd always fancied being a teacher so it was time to jump ship. It was just ironic that the school I settled in eventually got closed and I ended up under threat of redundancy again. |
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Post by Stomski on Oct 17, 2019 10:40:54 GMT
No animations on the PowerPoint? The horror.
It frustrates me that so much pressure is put on teachers to engage the kids whereas parents are guilt free in terms of creating a home environment which will inevitably lead to shorter ability to focus in class.
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Post by browny87 on Oct 17, 2019 10:58:25 GMT
its frustrating for someone who teaches students not to put tons of animations/pictures on their slides because it distracts from the meanings!!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 20, 2019 9:42:52 GMT
Managed prayer meeting and first 20 mins of service, including making it to the front to read, before a fall. I'll take that, for a first time out in ten days.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 20, 2019 10:06:24 GMT
No no no, Phil. PRIDE comes before a fall. Not prayer.
Hope you're okay.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 20, 2019 10:20:46 GMT
Oh yeah, minor in the overall scheme of things. Knew it was coming, but someone had parked a push chair over the entrance to my row and I couldn't get back to my seat in time. One fall easily leads to another so decided to go home while I was still relatively mobile.
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