Talk About Work Thread

qilver wrote:yeah, it's interesting, but rather be in Japan. I think the students in Japan, respect their teachers more than here.

So the students in Gokusen were a fantasy? ;)

bmwracer wrote:
So the students in Gokusen were a fantasy? ;)

well....i am sure there are the misfits out there, no matter what place, but from what i have observed, atleast here, you have students that just don't give a damn and don't greet the teacher, my guess is that they do in Japan.

yeah, GTO/Gokusen, probably unrealistic..somewhat.

qilver wrote:yeah, it's interesting, but rather be in Japan. I think the students in Japan, respect their teachers more than here.

I can remember a few substitute teachers going crazy in high school. Poor guys, they didn't have any chances. :sweat:

qilver wrote:yeah, GTO/Gokusen, probably unrealistic..somewhat.

So you didn't run out of of class, remove your glasses and hair bands, give a speech until some bad guy says "Who the f**k are you, b*tch?". Then you kick his ass as well as his 10 other friends, all armed with metal pipes and baseball bats, to save a few thin JE boys. :beaten:

i wonder how often sub's get taken advantage, knowing that a class will not have to deal with their homeroom teacher for that day. :sweat: :bonk:

The Queen hasn't been in all day... That explains the relaxed, productive day everyone's having... :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:The Queen hasn't been in all day... That explains the relaxed, productive day everyone's having... :thumbsup:

good....

too bad for only a day, ne? :bonk:

qilver wrote:good....

too bad for only a day, ne? :bonk:

But since it leads into the weekend, it's at least twice as good... :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
But since it leads into the weekend, it's at least twice as good... :thumbsup:

i had it very easy compared to you, in working...
mine was just volunteering and observing classrooms, and a few more days next week too....good experience for me as i pursue the educational field. Next is Preparation for Cbest test.... :sweat: :sweat:

yeah, the weekend is very nice, sleeping in. :thumbsup:

My absolute worst client fired me this past week! :woot: :woot: :woot: Clients firing me just means they get off my caseload....I still keep my job and just put someone else in their slot. I've been trying to get this lady to fire me for months. What a relief!!!!!!!!! :dancing:

KouSeiya315 wrote:My absolute worst client fired me this past week! :woot: :woot: :woot: Clients firing me just means they get off my caseload....I still keep my job and just put someone else in their slot. I've been trying to get this lady to fire me for months. What a relief!!!!!!!!! :dancing:

Good job.... I guess. ;)

KouSeiya315 wrote:My absolute worst client fired me this past week! :woot: :woot: :woot: Clients firing me just means they get off my caseload....I still keep my job and just put someone else in their slot. I've been trying to get this lady to fire me for months. What a relief!!!!!!!!! :dancing:

That sounds like fun! Having clients fire you, but you still keep your job! Wow! I'm jealous now...

The worst thing about work is not having a job... I lost my job in December and I've been searching for a new one for 1 month and a half (I know it's not much, there are people who can't find a job for 6 months or more), but I'm really impatient.

Good luck on finding something! :fingerscrossed:

Celes wrote:The worst thing about work is not having a job... I lost my job in December and I've been searching for a new one for 1 month and a half (I know it's not much, there are people who can't find a job for 6 months or more), but I'm really impatient.

don't feel bad, i have been figuring out my career while out of work for much longer than that....
patience is key.

i have been trying to be productive with my time, and keeping healthy by exercising on a regular basis and eating better.

Don't feel bad guys, there's always someone with a worse time. :sweat: When I was doing my part-time low-paying practicum for 3 months, I was looking for a job in my field for when I was done. Then, it took me 9 more months to find a full-time job in my field while staying @ the job I did the practicum at. I was stuck working part-time and there were no openings to move up. I still haven't recovered financially nor credit-wise 8 months later. I used to have flawless credit, now my credit is poor.

My field just doesn't pay well and I'm living paycheck to paycheck but busting my @$$. Not counting school loans, I'll still be in debt for years. I should have been a business major and at least made some money. I should have sucked it up despite my lack of interest instead of being in this field. I'm pretty much screwed. I should go to grad school but if I stay in this field I still won't make much unless I become a psychiatrist. Not smart enough nor do I have the time and money to think about medical school.

My advice: Stay out of social services. It's interesting work if you can detach yourself, but it just doesn't pay. You are overworked, seldom appreciated, and extremely underpaid. If you can live w/ your parents, go to school as much as you can while you are there and save money. You never know what will happen tomorrow.

Thanks for the replies.

Don't feel bad guys, there's always someone with a worse time.

Yeah, definitely :) I have a friend who has been without a job since September, and she is getting really depressed now.

sat in, observed an english class, out of 18 students, about 6 of them were misfits, i think the teacher learned to tune them out. other classes i sat in, were much better and calmer. :bonk: :beatyou:

finished up my 2 weeks of volunteering/observations of the SJ HS. I think the field of education interest me greatly, and now i have a better idea what i may want to pursue. I would say most students are there that want to learn, and especially in the language learner classes(classes geared toward international students) that i dealt with most, on a day to day observation. But of course there are the students that can, let's say be very challenging and they do not care to pass and learn anything, since they are forced to be there to learn.

^ I don't think I have the patience to become a teacher. But teachers are important so I must applaud you Q. :applaud:

dochira wrote:^ I don't think I have the patience to become a teacher. But teachers are important so I must applaud you Q. :applaud:

i guess they don't get a lot of volunteers, but some were amazed i was just doing it for observation, not student teaching...
i figure that it would benefit me most, and help me gain some experience in those two weeks.

in making a career change, i am starting over, from scratch at my age, better late than never. :blahblah: :hehe: