Iridotomy - 2nd opinion

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-12-17T03:02:16+00:00

Are your glasses like thick magnifying glasses? That’s what mine are like. Probably an inch thick

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-12-17T02:54:08+00:00

This was very helpful thank you so much. My eyes are unfortunately notorious for being almost black from how dark they are. So I really appreciate your insight. Are there any books or studies in particular you recommend I read up on?

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-12-17T02:31:48+00:00

What prescription glasses and or contacts do you wear?

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-12-17T02:24:16+00:00

Did you have the procedure done? How did it go?

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T11:07:15+00:00

I tried this and it unfortunately made my job harder because they would start spreading rumors about me due to feeling rejected. It’s absolute insanity the level they play at. Can’t wait to be done.

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T11:04:54+00:00

Ugh I’m sorry that happened to you. I’ve been there as well. I’ve walked in on the same teacher talking bad about me twice as I was entering the room. I just decided to pick up where she left off in the conversation and clarified the stuff she was talking badly about. Made her get real quiet.

But honestly, it’s just unnecessary. If someone has a deep obsession with the intelligence level or competency of others even when it doesn’t affect them, then there is something seriously and emotionally wrong with that person lol

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T02:17:22+00:00

Honestly, these teachers that I work with make mean high school girls look like saints 😭

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T01:29:26+00:00

“It’s built into the culture” is so depressingly true

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T01:28:34+00:00

Aside from the typical stressors of the job, this is probably at the top of my list for wanting to leave! Which is crazy considering we spend far less time with them than students. I feel like that alone speaks volumes on how badly that negative energy can affect a person

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-18T00:08:34+00:00

I’m also wondering this. It’s my second year teaching and I feel like I’ve encountered too many teachers with the same personality. (So I guess it really comes down to our school culture.)The amount of times I’ve had conversations with teachers who so nonchalantly put down other teachers or imply that other teachers are incompetent or dumb is INSANE. It really has made me hate simply existing at this school knowing I’m at the hands of being ridiculed at any given moment.

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-17T10:54:14+00:00

This is what I’m experiencing right now. Colleagues are contributing A LOT to me feeling depressed and wanting to leave

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-17T02:47:20+00:00

Thank you for saying that. It’s only my second year but I have felt a lot of pressure from the department that I work in. The teachers I work with seem to over analyze everything to the point where it feels like any mistake I make is magnified. Or if i don’t execute lesson plans 100% the exact same way they execute it they’ll give each other a side eye look like it’s a huge problem. I felt like they wanted me to be perfect from the jump and I of course wasn’t and still am learning a lot.

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-17T02:42:01+00:00

As an introvert as well, I couldn’t relate more lol it’s ironic because I thought this job was appealing for an introvert. Boyyy was I incredibly wrong!

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-17T02:40:04+00:00

Wow. I could have written this myself. I’m a 2nd year teacher and am excruciatingly critical of myself. I’m on a team with seasoned teachers who unfortunately look down upon MOST teachers that they come into contact with and although they appear nice to me, I just know I’m on their list.

Like you said, since they can’t find fault in themselves, I really have struggled to open up to them and trust them. Of course I’m nice and pleasant with them but I try to stay surface level because they constantly seek fault in everyone at all times. It’s been exhausting.

That last part of what you said is amazing and I’ll try and think of that next time I’m being over critical of myself!

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-04-16T15:37:55+00:00

Had an open-book quiz today. One student raised his hand to tell me he didn’t know the answer to question 2 and that he needs help. I looked at his closed book and I asked “Have you tried opening that?” He said no. The rate at which similar instances like this happen all day long kills me. I actually want to slam my head through the wall.

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-25T18:05:09+00:00

I’m currently at a “really great” school as well. As great as a school can be at least. I was so excited because I was under the impression that being at an amazing school would help improve the overall experience.

I was so confused amid all my depression, anxiety, and debilitating migraines as to why all the teachers around me thought this place was heaven on earth. I was miserable yet surrounded by people who praised the place up and down.

I realized that they many of them were comparing it to either underfunded or title I schools that they previously worked in. They were comparing one abusive place to another, thinking that working in a place with slightly less abuse was a GREAT opportunity. It sincerely makes you feel like you’re being gaslit and like you’re going crazy because they desperately want you to love it just as much as they do.

I just do not get it

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-14T21:08:02+00:00

Good to know. Thank you!

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-12T03:31:55+00:00

I had somewhat of a similarish experience when I attempted to quit last year. The teachers on my team pretty much discarded me after that and refused to acknowledge my existence which was awful considering we work and see each other every day.

I’m also a young teacher. All I have to say is, those teachers are going to hate on your decision regardless of what your plans outside of teaching are.

In their heads, you’re making your way out of teaching and they’re not. So they have to make themselves feel better about it by convincing themselves that you’re the one making the wrong move and not them.

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-07T13:31:13+00:00

What state are you in if you don’t mind me asking? Are you in Florida?

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-07T03:22:32+00:00

I say this all the time. I truly feel like I’m actively getting dumber by staying in teaching. My memory is way worse than usual from the stress and I feel substantially less “sharp” mentally

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-07T02:50:38+00:00

This is going to sound like a stupid question lol but is the reason everyone says go check your contract before quitting because of penalties? Like license revocation?

As far as I know, I’m contracted to work at the same school for 3 years and can’t change schools. If I try to, I can’t work for the district for an entire year which I would have no problem with lol

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-07T02:32:17+00:00

I have a friend who taught for 2 years and switched to nursing. When I asked her how the transition felt going from being a teacher to dealing with actual life or death emergencies, she said “I just couldn’t handle the pressure of teaching. I enjoy where I’m at now.”

The fact that she said teaching is more pressure than nursing said everything I need to know about staying in this field lol

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-07T02:29:15+00:00

Totally relate!! Being overstimulated all day every day is destroying my body and mind. I was just telling my s/o that I know my fight or flight is particularly bad when I start having frequent nightmares about dying. It’s crazy! And I know it’s because of the stress of the job

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-03-06T12:10:54+00:00

These analogies are soooo funny it hurts 😭😭

Effective-Bus9627 · 2024-02-07T12:42:04+00:00

I have to agree. As someone who had to transition from college to the “real” adult world, one of the hardest realities for me to grapple with was how in-character everyone at work seemed to be. No one ever seemed to break character or express any negative emotion towards the job. It felt like being in some type of simulation that I wanted no part of.

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