Teacher/Advisor
by Vette
I just started working as a teacher/advisor last fall and I'm not too crazy about it. I really like being an advisor and talking to students one-on-one, but managing a classroom is the difficult part because I get really tired of having to shout (not yelling at students angrily) to get their attention; otherwise they won't hear me. I just don't think I'm the disciplinarian type; I think I'm too soft/gentle. And I find myself getting overwhelmed and exhausted when they're talking all at once...it reminds me of having conversations with friends and they talk so much I can't get a word in and I'm always waiting for a pause/break (sometimes I'll try to talk over the noise or ask for their attention).
Not only that, but dealing with the drama in the office is bad enough. These people constantly gossip about each other and lord knows who else. If you make a mistake, they would run to the supervisor, but not tell you. And I know they didn't like it when I told our new supervisor that one of them was putting too much work on me. It's like high school, but it was not like this when I was in high school, LOL! For the first time, I had even considered self-employment!
I'm so sick of the BS and I keep to myself because i don't want to be bothered. Sometimes I get backaches, my stomach gets upset, and now I think my face is breaking out a little.
So while I'm here, here's what i do to keep my sanity:
*go to the park on my break
*listen to the radio to drown out some of the gossip noise
*try to think of interesting activities/topics to discuss for class
It's frustrating looking for work because I feel like the jobs I see are not what I really want to do. But I've got to keep working on this and figure out a plan.
Thanks for listening :-)
