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If any of you have read my journal, you know that I don't like my current job. I work with emotionally disturbed teens. I took the job thinking that since I suffer from depression, I could relate to them. It hasn't worked that way. These kids are rude and disrespectful. I feel like I am on pins and needles wondering when the next one is going to explode. I don't feel supported by the teacher I work with or any of the other staff. I feel like I have been thrown to the lions and am on my own. The school year ends in June, and I don't plan to go back in the fall. The job does not pay well but my family's health insurance is 100% paid by my employer.
I saw a help wanted ad in the paper for a child care center. It is a chain in my area. It seems like a great place to work. In the fall, I will be starting grad school for my MS in childhood education. This job seems more in line with what I will be going to school for. I teach church school 2nd grade and I love the kids so I know that teaching elementary school is where I belong. I can work less hours than I do now which I think will be important when I start grad school. The problem is that I don't think I will be able to get health insurance. We will need to go back on my husband's and we pay half the premiums. Also I would be making less money since I would be working less hours. I could work as many hours as possible now and cut back when I start grad school if I think the work hours are too much. Sorry that this post is long and rambling. I'm trying to get all the facts out of my head so I can get some advice. What do you guys think? What would you do? Thanks for your help :-) Posted on 02/19/07, 02:16 pm |
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I had a job like that. I thought I would be good also due to my own issues. I found out the hard way I wasn't in the right place emotionally to continue with that job. It required someone who doesn't mind being pushy with parents and overbearing so to speak to really make any progress. I can be pushy when I have to, but I hate to be that way, It just wasn't the job for me.
I took a job with no insurance and that paid less than half what I made before, I wasn't any happier with that job, but I was less stressed out once I came home. I got laid off however, now looking again. 
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ummm. gosh my mind is racing but i can't get anything to come out right. first you should always enjoy your job. and it will make it hard for you to help the teens when you feel like you don't have the support you need. plus its hard to respect anyone who doesn't respect you. if you have negative thoughts about your job it is hard to do it in the fassion you need to. when it comes to the money thing i really am not the person to ask..lol.. i am so money stupid its not funny. i know that i work for it, pay what i have to and spend the rest on crap, usualy clothes. but i hope everything works out for ya....love on...
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