I’m over it.
Im doing secondary English and I’m honestly so over it. Most of my students are done after Memorial Day with seniors graduating before Memorial Day. Ive been struggling to find a job anywhere and have only been receiving rejection emails without even having an interview. I interviewed at the school I’m student teaching at now and barely got the rejection email even though I interviewed almost 2 months ago which sucks because I thought I actually had a chance. But I know that the person who received the position was the head of English dept. former student teacher who she loved and wanted. Either way I feel super shitty about having no success even though I’ve been told I’m “guaranteed a job anywhere” because of my ESL/Bilingual Spanish endorsement.
I’m over the students too. I’ve had a good relationship with most, with some of them expressing they hope I stay and teach at the school. But there’s a good amount that just plain suck. They don’t listen, they’re disrespectful, inconsiderate, don’t bother to do the work, push boundaries, and have a general apathy for anything school related. I guess I’m just frustrated with it all. I’m struggling with class management, I’m struggling to keep up with my own coursework on top of the things I have to grade and lessons I have to create. At this point I’m wondering if I made a mistake changing careers into teaching…