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So,
Teaching just hasn't worked out for me. I've been doing it for ten years. I have had 4 jobs in three districts. I have put everything I have into this career. I would say it is partly the cause of my mental health issues.
I just transferred from another site where I more or less was run out of there. I just could not keep up with the constant attacking and complaining. We had an insane boss who was really nasty. So bad, in fact, they fired her and when she refused to leave, they had security come on campus. I left mainly because of her.
In my prior district, the same thing happened. At that time, my boss was male and was flirting heavily with me. I was terrified to death. He also was fired and walked off campus because it turns out he was predatory toward many of the women who worked there.
What is going on here? Currently I am putting in serious hours on this job, up until very late hours of the night, falling asleep whie I am working, and I got called into the office to say I am not working hard enough and need to do more. I was absolutely floored. There was a page of complaints, all coded and numbered to connect to the evaluation. No joke. The list was so long I could not keep up with it. Some of the things on the list were absolutely fabricated. That is what floored me the most. Especially the one where a parent called up and told the office that I said I didn't like my school and wanted to go back to my old job. Now why the *** would I do or say that? Obviously it was an insane situation and that's why I left. Total fabrication. Someone accused me over arguing with a student over our early release day. I have no idea what they are talking about. The day that we had back to school night, I was absolutely ambushed by the parents. One guy was shouting at me in front of other people, I was so shook up in front of this crowd of people. I really think they just made a decision that night that I don't like her and we will do anything we can to push her out of there, even if we have to make up lies. That is what it really seems like to me.
Teaching just hasn't worked out for me. I've been doing it for ten years. I have had 4 jobs in three districts. I have put everything I have into this career. I would say it is partly the cause of my mental health issues.
I just transferred from another site where I more or less was run out of there. I just could not keep up with the constant attacking and complaining. We had an insane boss who was really nasty. So bad, in fact, they fired her and when she refused to leave, they had security come on campus. I left mainly because of her.
In my prior district, the same thing happened. At that time, my boss was male and was flirting heavily with me. I was terrified to death. He also was fired and walked off campus because it turns out he was predatory toward many of the women who worked there.
What is going on here? Currently I am putting in serious hours on this job, up until very late hours of the night, falling asleep whie I am working, and I got called into the office to say I am not working hard enough and need to do more. I was absolutely floored. There was a page of complaints, all coded and numbered to connect to the evaluation. No joke. The list was so long I could not keep up with it. Some of the things on the list were absolutely fabricated. That is what floored me the most. Especially the one where a parent called up and told the office that I said I didn't like my school and wanted to go back to my old job. Now why the *** would I do or say that? Obviously it was an insane situation and that's why I left. Total fabrication. Someone accused me over arguing with a student over our early release day. I have no idea what they are talking about. The day that we had back to school night, I was absolutely ambushed by the parents. One guy was shouting at me in front of other people, I was so shook up in front of this crowd of people. I really think they just made a decision that night that I don't like her and we will do anything we can to push her out of there, even if we have to make up lies. That is what it really seems like to me.
There is simply no way to fight it. To make it in the dog eat dog world in not just teaching but many other fields you need to be very saavy as to what is happening in and around yourself.
I can't do it either and have been blindsided like that many times.
So sorry I can't be of more help except to tell you you are not alone.
I find it helps not to be too friendly or share much of your personal life with people in new situations until you learn who you can trust.
AND- like that's all we need to go along with the crappy personal issues we're having to deal with, am I right? jeeze!
Now I'm teaching at a tiny school for dyslexics and make about a 1/3 of what I made before but it's so nice. It was really hard to find another job using my skills with my credentials and I wish I made more so I could leave my house faster, but I'm happier with life- so there's always a trade off.
I hope everything works out for you and that you can find a way to deal with it. It is hell to be treated badly at work when you're trying your best.
It makes you feel like you never can ever do anything right, and the worst part is that people have a vile idea of who you are based on very little information and their own vileness..
I'm sorry you were treated that way. People are too stupid to be given any power.