I returned to work in January after a long break due to illness and looking after my son. I'm a teacher in a secondary school and often get put on cover so I'm not always teaching my subject.
I've loved every single day so far and it made me realise why I loved school in the first place. Today though I just want to quit. I returned because we need the money from two incomes and my son is ready to be looked after by other people now too. Quitting isn't really an option but I feel now that's what I want to do.
This afternoon I was given a group of 14/15yr old boys outside and they would not listen to me at all. No matter how many times I asked them to stop messing about and play the game they ignored me. They decided playfighting, hitting the ground with a bat and throwing grass at each other was more fun. Then a few of them found a dead bird and started kicking it about and stabbing it in the head with a stick. They thought it was hilarious and wouldn't listen to me when I told them to stop.
I fee like I'm so s**t at my job and I hate it so much. I don't want to let the school down because they've given me a really good opportunity. I used to be so good at it before I left and now I just feel a failure. I've cried all my free lesson now because it was such a bad lesson.
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Should I leave work because I'm no good at it now?
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rainbowsockstoday · 30/03/2017 14:27
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