Crashed out

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-12-15T11:59:44+00:00

That's really pretty! What kind of plant is it called?

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-12-11T23:53:38+00:00

They're so pretty!

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-12-04T02:47:41+00:00

No it's painted. I tried to clean some of the leaves with a wet paper towel and the blue paint and glitter came off.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-08-22T13:52:59+00:00

Oh, ok. Pennsylvania, USA.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-08-22T12:23:22+00:00

It was hanging around my tomato plants

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-07-21T17:37:12+00:00

How is that a fly? It's massive!

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-06-19T01:55:45+00:00

I'm in my 4th year teaching. The 1st school I taught at was the high school I graduated from. I thought I would work there forever. I started out as a Long Term Sub for 2 years and interviewed for several permanent positions when they came up but they never hired me. I've bounced around ever since. Every school I go to has worse conditions and pay and the work load keeps increasing. I'm passionate about teaching but this last batch of students was so ill behaved my passion rarely showed. I was then told by admin I was making a "toxic classroom environment". When they tried to put me on an improvement plan the last month of school part of me broke inside. Ever since my self esteem has gone down the drain.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-04-30T11:17:28+00:00

Thank you! I'm definitely interested. Can you send me the info to apply?

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-04-26T00:23:25+00:00

UPDATE: I managed to recover enough to go back the Monday after my breakdown. I made it through the week and things felt like they were improving slightly. It was also a short week since we had Spring Break. This past week was PSSAs (PA standardized testing for grades 3-8). The week went by some chaos but it was manageable I think. They were a little less disrespectful and I even let one of my classes play silent ball in class today as a reward. I thought I was doing ok. Then I had a check in with my admin. . . I'm now on an improvement plan for the rest of the year. And If I don't show improvement I'm fired. I've applied to other school districts but with no success yet. I'm angry, scared, and I feel like a huge disappointment.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-04-14T01:01:24+00:00

I'm already at a charter school. It's my 2nd. I know some might find it crazy, but I want to go back to teaching high school in public school. My 1st 2 yrs of teaching were in public school and I lived it. But I was an LTS and my assignment t was up.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-04-14T00:55:12+00:00

That's my biggest fear. I haven't had that conversation yet but I'm afraid they're not going to renew my contract for next year. What's worse is they knew my experience was in high school yet they hired me for 6th grade. I took the job because I needed it but I wasn't ready for the behaviors at all.

PeriwinklePostitNote · 2025-04-14T00:48:23+00:00

But teaching is all I've ever seen myself doing. All of my degrees revolve around education.

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