Question for teachers

StrawberryAlarmClock

After repeating yourself all day long, pulling teeth to get routine things accomplished, thinking you might possibly choke the next kid who asks you what to do after you just gave the directions twice.....

.....do you have any patience left for your kids when you get home?  I'm joking, but I'm not. I get so frustrated with my students and I'm hoping I just naturally react with more patience when it's my own kid. 

AnnapolisLari

I had zero patience at the end of the day. It's why I am a SAHM instead of a working teacher.

firefightersgal

When I get home from a stressful day of teaching, I'm just ready to go home and have nobody talk to me.  I'm not able to de-stress in the 2 minutes it takes me to get home from either school.  (I sub K-12)

luckyluvr

I have a 15 minute drive, which is enough time for me to de-stress. I also deal with hs kids, so my babies are a different scenario. I also try to stop thinking about it all at the door. Now, there are a lot of days when I don't want to talk to DH b/c I've been talking all.day.long. I just tell him I need a break from talking. The babies don't seem to notice as long as I'm physically present and playing with them. After an hour or so, that's over.

Mrs.JDD

Ugh, I totally feel you. I teach k-2 kids who need academic intervention and it is beyond trying. I have no patience for my students when I get to work and I have no patience when I leave. Generally I try to let it go and appreciate my own kids as much as possible, but there are days when I've just had it. Mostly it makes me wish I never went to college to become a teacher. I'm sick and tired of dealing with other people's kids!

cnybride2be

i love my students, love teaching, but they are someone else's babies, so i've learned to not stress about them (for the most part).  the focus is my babies.  and although it might make me sound like a slacker of a teacher, i believe it's done the opposite. i have a better understanding of children now that i know what it is like to be responsible for them 24/7 and be their be all and end all (my own kids).  my students are my day visitors whom i try to make the most quality time and positive time with.  but they move on,  matt and sean don't. so i've learned to let some classroom worry go, so i can be a nonstressed mom.

swanstdl

I knew I couldn't do both well, so I took a ten year leave of absence from teaching and went back when my kids were all in school fulltime.  Worked out best for all involved.