Actually, I have terrible anxiety about returning to school.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:32 pm

Yup, it suddenly hit home big time. 6 weeks is simply not long enough for a teacher to recover.

What? Other professions don't get as long?
Other professions don't get a half term either?
What Jet's has no right to complain about returning to work for getting such sweet holidays?

Still, I get gently broken in via tomorrow being an inset day, Tuesday being year 7's and 12's only and the rest of the horrible lot returning on Wednesday.

The truth of the matter is, I'm really nervous.
I have butterflies, I couldn't sleep last night and 1000 things are racing around my mind all of the time.

It's made worse that my old and lovely form class will no longer be mine.

I got talked into taking over a horror form class because their house (House system in my school means no head of years but a head of house and each form has 5 year 7's, 5 year's 8's etc) has no good male teachers and I'm "A strong role model as well as a good and dedicated teacher". Or so I'm told.

What’s making me so anxious is the school bully is in this new form. I'm happy to take her on but the headmaster was wimped out of every confrontation with her scary mum when her parents have been called in on about a million occasions.
So she's pretty much had 4 years of doing what the hell she likes, abuses teachers, refuses to do detentions (She will simply walk out and when you go to the higher ups about it, it is never enforced by the head either) and runs riot.
Worse still and her mum expects it that way and has a go and bullies the head if her "darling" doesn't basically gets what she wants. All because the "powers that be" that run the school refuse to challenge her behaviour and do something about it because there are scared of mum.

I aim to change this and challenge her behaviour because I've had increasing success in my 2 years by not taking crap and enforcing and sanctioning everything and I'm certainly the first to complain if a form tutor doesn't at least try and perform their pastoral duties. But I doubt I will be successful here because I feel, well I know, the headmaster will avoid backing me up as and when I inevitably require it

I feel so anxious about it because the situation of a little s### bag that should have been sorted or expelled has basically Carte blanche to be a nasty horror whose totally out of control if she so chooses to be and I've such high expectations of myself to be able to sort it out.
Added on to the anxiety of not wanting to being viewed as one of the s### teachers who are crap and let everybody get away with things or worse, somebody who can't control the kids even if they try, and teacher reputations spread quickly among staff and pupils-I'm worried a rep will spread and my classes will be harder to control.

All this from a job I really love

If I log in future in nasty moods or horribly depressed I hope you accept my apologies.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:55 pm

Try and tune your nervous energy into being the best you can! I'm sure you do anyway

Good luck.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:16 pm

You know what, Jets? I think you'll do smashin' well.

You're something these whiny tarts have never ever come across.

A person that cares, and is not going to back down because of a little tw*t and her even bigger skank of a mother has bizarre complexes of superiority.

So, I think you'll ride it out in storm. And I'm pretty certain that any rumours of you not being able to control your class is not going to spread. Because it would seem as if you are one of the few that can control his class.

One of the teachers I had was like you, and he rocked. I always had a 1000 questions for him during class. And he took em' all. (sometimes to the dismay of my fellow students, who were whiny little tarts that wanted to end class as quickly as possible)

He rocked, and so are you going to do. Get right down to the a$$-kicking ma' man!

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:34 pm

Thanks guys. Sometimes you just need a little support, though i doubt I'll sleep well for tthe next few nights. I may need to rant now and again so I'll basically keep you posted

And Predabot thats actually the best thing you have ever posted.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:00 pm

Thank you, kind Sir.

Maybe I could use you for some of those questions I ussually bag off into poor Rebis lap now and then?

I think I might acctually post that medical theories thread wich I've been thinking about for almost 2 years now.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:01 pm

im nervous about going to Uni - I feel a bit old, and cant take 20 somthings running about like nutters.

****** then arnt I.

Jets I think once u get into it and settled you will by flying - but I sort of know how u feel at the moment.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:18 pm

Don't worry

Uni's have so many social groups that there is always a set thats good for you. Also don't worry about the 20 somethings, there's generally enough space for everybody to avoid each other.

Better yet, only freshers tend to spend a lot of time on campus, most of the other years have either to much to study or prefer the town centre if their going out.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:40 pm

In my brief experience at uni (when I was 18-19, 20-22 and 24-28 yrs old), I found that age was just another irrelevance, as once people had settled in, groups usually formed that complemented the members of the group and completed the group's attributes: Experience, Knowledge, Wisdom and Management.

Stupidity always seemed to attract Stupidity, though.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:51 pm

And that's natural selection.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:32 am

Rebis wrote: Stupidity always seemed to attract Stupidity, though.

Its college! When you're in your 20s you have to act stupid.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:14 am

i was really up and down last night, im getting all nervous (daft i know) about being in uni, im really screwing myself up with it. i seem to lack the confidence i once had. more beer then...

I should be happy, i got my grade, and then got on a bloody a degree course. i guess it hasnt sunk in yet really, i should be excited

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:12 am

Don't worry Mark- I'm in my final year and it still seems like a panic whenever I move into uni "omg what have I done!" give it a couple of days after you've met other people and you'll be absolutely fine

Post by **snarl** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:58 pm

Hit her in the face with a brick - if that dont learn her nothin will - or maybe tell her you'll kill the mum.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:59 pm

IronHide wrote:
Rebis wrote: Stupidity always seemed to attract Stupidity, though.
Its college! When you're in your 20s you have to act stupid.

I've been there, man! Had nearly a decade of being in my 20s.

Damnit! I'm squandering my remaining years as a supposedly responsible adult!

snarl wrote:Hit her in the face with a brick - if that dont learn her nothin will - or maybe tell her you'll kill the mum.

Or, for a slightly less aggressive stance, try stating your ground rules, making it clear that what's happened in the past is irrelevant and that not toeing the line will incur severe penalties. Then all you have to do is enforce those penalties when required.

My school had a pretty strict system.

If you miss a detention, you get a detention for that, and you have another one to make up for the one you missed. 3 dets incurred a saturday det. 3 sats went to suspension, and 2 sus's resulted in expulsion.

Most I ever got was a saturday, cos I accidentally forgot when my det was...

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:33 am

I'm feeling the same anxiety, possiblyt because I have 19 credit hours... about six classes, one every day with everyday homework, and one as a TA where I do all the classwork plus teach some and write reports. Then the four other classes, which are generally easy.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:06 pm

Rebis wrote: Damnit! I'm squandering my remaining years as a supposedly responsible adult!

Ewwww.....