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38 and once again looking for a new career. (self.casualconversation)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by gibmiser to c/[email protected]

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I am feeling pretty detached at the moment. Figure I would use this space to think aloud.

I have been fighting with admin at my school for proper support for me as a teacher and for help fixing a broken program for my students. I got laid off effective the end of the school year. Think it might be because I was a pain in the ass, but I don't know for sure. I wasn't doing a great job because they overloaded me. More different classes than most teachers. Shit support.

Covid money ran out, they had to lay off some of the conditionally certified teachers and I was one of them. The timing was just... all my complaints, I they were making me cover a position that was vacant while doing my regular teaching, and the students were missing out. I don't think I could prove it but it feels like they got rid of me because I was not satisfied with their answers.

I can't bring myself to finish getting my teacher certification. I'd have to go out of county to teach.

I worked 10 years with the homeless, burnt out and fucked it up. Then 2 years working for a law firm supposedly helping people and figure out its just bullshit, helping people was incidental and barely helped. Worked for the cops supposedly helping addicts in person, they just wanted me to do data entry. No idea what I should do.

It took a lot of courage to get myself to try being a teacher. 3 years at the schools and now I fucking again have to figure out what to do all over again.

And I have to go into the school for over a month and pretend everything is okay. Fuck I hate this.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When I got laid off in 2009, I went to China. Not the same conditions now but I took my design experience and worked for some hiring agencies. It's how I discovered Industrial Design, came back to states and went back to college for it.

Maybe some expat position in another country could work for you if you don't have a family to care for. It can dramatically lower your cost of living, give you a break from the usual education jobs and give you time to decide on a new career to come home to.

[–] gibmiser 3 points 6 months ago

I would love to try something like that, but I got a 3 and 5 year old. Not in the cards.