Teaching is a very thankless job. Don't count on the kids being greatful! Nor the parents!!!  More likely than not, you're going to end up in behavioural confrontations every time you turn around. I got told to f### off at least once a week. I had violent students that would throw furniture, utter death threats, I had the hood of my car keyed ($200 to repair), and that's just the beginning.
If you don't have supportive staff and admin, you're sunk. It's all a game of chance.
Plus, they have a VERY FIXED amount of sick days (very few) and you are REALLY FROWNED UPON if you take hardly ANY. PLUS, you have to do all the work anyway, because you have to prepare lessons for the supply. So if you're stuck on the toilet, you're still expected to produce photocopies and lesson plans. It's really not worth even staying home most times - it's just more work than it is to actually go in.
Call me crazy, but I was there because I had some belief that somewhere, sometime, someone, I was able to teach some kids something, and make their lives, and future a little better. That's about all we can hope for these days.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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