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I have same time line as you and same anxiety
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Starting to stop procrastinating and begin sorting myself out and start the packing process. I leave next Friday, start back to work on the 21st with kids starting on the 28th. This has been a lovely summer for me this year. I will say, I'm almost ready to get back to a warmer place as a fire was built this morning due to it being 48F outside and only 7 degrees warmer inside! lolol However, the day is warming up but its still only about 68F at the moment. I'm not feeling any anxiety yes - I'll save that for China! To all of us, enjoy the last few weeks of break!
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Tomorrow is the first day with students. We have had days of meetings and unpacking. There is a new principal who is trying to whip us into shape. *yawn*
We had to unpack because they made us pack EVERYTHING last Spring. They thought we were going to move. We didn't end up moving, which is worse in a way. But I rearranged my room so that my desk is no longer in a drafty spot. A parent called today to talk about her life and update me on her kid -- a 20 year old with a serious mental illness. He'll graduate from high school this semester. Nice kid. Anyway, I felt so detached. It worries me. It's not like me to not care or to have to work at it. My father died this summer. I guess I felt that some of her problems were rather "high end." I was not aware that I though that or anything, but I could tell that I just didn't care much about her stuff, and it scared me. I WAS glad to hear that her son had had an OK summer. No regressing, which can happen during breaks. Grief is weird though. It has affected me in ways I didn't anticipate, like this. I hope I snap out of it pretty quickly. |
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Good Luck Martina! Some years are more detached than others.
![]() Sis... how are you doing anxiety wise now? It is getting closer. I've been obsessing all summer. We don't start until Sept. 3rd. I don't report back until August 26th. I've been in all summer slowly getting ready. Since I don't have any boarder or decorative items and I am cute impaired I've needed extra time to do that stuff. As a former special education teacher I know it is common to get the "special placements". So far 4 kids have been placed with me because of my experience and because I won't mind the meetings (I'm not sure if I can handle just being the observer of meetings). 2 from the "behavioral program". Sort of makes me feel at home. It is the 4 kiddos that are super high readers I am not so sure about. ![]() |
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[QUOTE=spritzerJ;834016]
Sis... how are you doing anxiety wise now? It is getting closer. Not so much anxiety but sadness at leaving all my family and friends. I love living in Manitoba but there aren't many job opportunities! QUOTE] Good Morning Everyone! Well, I'm in the last stages of getting ready to start the journey back to work. The cottage is all closed up, I'm in Winnipeg for a couple of nights at a decent hotel doing last minute visiting, appts, etc. Leave very early Friday morning for Guangzhou. Start back at work next Wednesday BUT kids start a week later. We will have the usual meeting, digging out of the classroom, etc. I'll be working in Grade 1 this year so I've got to get my early years mojo warmed up! lolol It is a lot different than working with kids in Grade 4 - more hugs to be received and given with a few tears-wiping thrown in for good measure! lolol Hope all who are getting ready to go back are well rested and have had a great holiday! Deb
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I HAVE PTSD FROM TEACHING AT AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL
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That's sad. I have been lucky in terms of students with behavior issues making my life miserable. Except for my first year, I have had administrative support. And I just haven't had a lot of that. I think it's worse in Middle School. My former roommate got depressed and quit teaching. He was a Middle School teacher. The kind of whiplash stuff she was talking about -- first they love you, then they hate you, then they love you again. It's not part of my experience, but I have heard about it. It would be a lot.
But having had two of my students shot and killed in eight years -- that's been hard. I don't think I have PTSD, but like many teachers, I have to work to manage stress. Sometimes I am more successful than others. Thanks. Interesting stuff. |
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How many of you can relate to this article? I can. My twenty years of psych and school social work have been intensely stressful and meaningful. I like how she captured so much love for the students while still saying how damaging it was to her psyche. The experience enriches the soul and wounds it at the same time. Are there people who don't work in schools like this? With kids like this? With families like this? I can't say I've had much experience outside of this realm.
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