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August 2011 Moms
eatmorecupcakes
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badnews.goodnews.badnews?
eatmorecupcakes
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So this week I lost my job....well kind of. Long back story short - I have been teaching at this job since 2009. My first year there same crazy unprofessional and potentially illegal shiit went down and my douche of a boss basically told me that nobody there likes me. Mind you, he was a PE coach who suddenly became a principal so I don't take much stock in what he says. Ever since that year we have had problems and he constantly finds new ways to tell me that I suck at my job.
Before you think I am all "woe is me," I have worked with several other people in and out of my classroom and have never had anything other than glowing reviews. Prior to Christmas this year, he told me that now I need to work on creating better relationships with my students. Fast forward to the day I return from maternity leave. He has a 4 page written "improvement plan" which is a second level intervention detailing all of the extra work I need to do to create a friendlier and safer classroom. WTF??! Then he comes into my room the next two days in a row and proceeds to take notes on everything I am doing wrong. Mind you, I am JUST returning from maternity leave and attempting to ease myself back into my classroom. Needless to say things were not as organized as they could have been which led to a heated meeting the following week. (this week)
I was seconds away from telling him to take this job and shove it up his asss, but realized that I needed to stay at work a little longer for traffic to ease up. Yeah, that thought actually went through my head. I finally cooled off and told him that this just wasn't working for me anymore. I had finally had enough. Oddly enough, I wasn't asked to leave. Rather I was given 3 options, one of which was to finish the school year outside of the classroom with the understanding that I will not be returning. So, now I go to work and do whatever the other members of my grade level need help with. It's kind of awesome.
While it sucks I won't have a job next year, it is such a weight off of my shoulders to not have to deal with the same nonsense I have been dealing with for almost 4 years. This job has been weighing on me very heavily and it was just never going to get better. What sucks is that I LOVE my coworkers and my kids. It's just one person who has made it awful - and other people saw it as well.
So now in July we are going to move closer to my husband's job, be done with the ridiculous commutes we were both dealing with, and buy a house! I have even found a few open positions in that area and my d-bag boss is in the middle of writing me a letter of recc. (which makes me laugh since he and do NOT see eye to eye)
I guess all is well....
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Re: badnews.goodnews.badnews?
1. What a douche.
2. I'm glad you can see the silver lining.
3. Lol at waiting for traffic to be clear before you give this guy the finger. I would not have been smart enough to think that.
4. Yay on the house!
2. it's nice that that there are so many positives to you leaving.
3, yay for having much less of a commute!
4. I hope buying a house and moving goes smoothly for you!!
Awww, that sounds like a really tough situation.
But, seriously, sometimes the best things in life can come out of a crappy situation like this. I left a job that I had worked at for a long time (from my senior year in high school until I turned 25) due to issues with new management. I was so sad, I liked what I did, I loved my co-workers, and I was comfortable there.
It turned out to be the absolutely best thing that could have ever happened to me. I finished my degree, that year and got a job that was above and beyond fabulous, at double my salary. I was given a chance to grow professionally in a way that my former company never could have supported. It sucked horribly when everything went down, but I'm now so, so grateful that I didn't waste away there.
You'll find something that is perfect for you, I'm sure of it! Look to the future!