Returned from FMLA leave last week and here I am at 3:30 AM contemplating whether I should walk into traffic just so I won’t have to go in
I feel so trapped - I don’t have any other skills that would help me in a job other than teaching. I’ve invested thousands in a career I thought I’d love but ended up hating
It feels like our plates are always so full by design - even if you’re just doing the bare minimum, there’s still lesson plans to be submitted, 100+ assignments to be graded (even if you’re just putting in one grade a week like my contract requires), administering and overseeing consequences like detentions and calling parents.
This year has been exhausting and I’d like to just coast for the remainder of the year, but it feels like this job was purposely designed to not be “quiet quittable”.