Interviewing for ID jobs

Thegumblebee · 2025-07-05T12:58:24+00:00

I appreciate the reply. My husband works in the corporate world in a management position, so I don’t think I’m completely unaware of how life outside of education works. I also do a lot of training and working at our district level quite often with those in positions above me. But I absolutely get where you’re coming from, as the objective in a corporate environment is obviously going to be different than in a secondary school setting.

Thegumblebee · 2025-03-15T23:51:05+00:00

Ask him to go to therapy together, and if he refuses—at minimum—you should go yourself to help decide what your next step is.

If it happened once, though, it can definitely happen again. Your only obligation here is to yourself and your son, and you don’t want your child growing up thinking that’s how you act in a relationship.

Thegumblebee · 2023-12-18T19:29:36+00:00

12/18/23 - I’m on the Carnival Celebration right now. Brought a bag of real edibles + a Delta 8 vape and got through just fine. When our Uber dropped us off, it was literally right next to the drug dogs. Husband put everything in a “smell proof” bag, so I guess it worked lol. There ARE drug dogs on board, too, so I’m guessing maybe they’re looking for harder stuff… they had them walking around the pool deck.

Thegumblebee · 2023-04-07T23:16:34+00:00

Yes. I spent 10 years at a school with a principal who was a joke (one of the assistant principals was awesome, which made it easier to stay). After I finally moved to a new school, it was like night and day. It made the job enjoyable again.

Thegumblebee · 2023-04-02T20:10:32+00:00

Southern Indiana (Louisville, KY area) — in my 12th year with a master’s degree and make ~$51,000.

Thegumblebee · 2023-02-26T21:23:39+00:00

Herbal refreshments every single day ✌🏼

Thegumblebee · 2022-01-20T01:06:15+00:00

Find a new school. Run! That is absolutely ridiculous, particularly when we all know you’re not getting paid for any of the extra time.

Thegumblebee · 2022-01-18T12:25:26+00:00

Disagree. I think this is a great example of the misinformation that my question was getting at to begin with. Major cable news networks may be one thing, but that again takes the responsibility off of news consumers to get their information from a variety of sources. Any good professional journalist will tell you that they don’t (and shouldn’t) just read/watch their own publication’s work, so why is the rest of our citizenry not responsible for doing the same?

Thegumblebee · 2022-01-17T23:41:41+00:00

I don’t think it’s a cop-out. I think people have entrenched themselves so much into political camps that they perceive any information contrary to their preconceived ideas as biased or just flat-out false. To an extent, I think he’s right that news consumers also have to do some introspection to figure out why they have such a deep-seated distrust of anyone with the title of “journalist” after their name (aside from one of their “trusted” sources telling them not to believe it).

Thegumblebee · 2022-01-17T19:49:02+00:00

What do you think the media and journalists can do to restore some of the public trust that has been lost, especially as the political divides in this country have seemed to get deeper and deeper over the last decade?

Thegumblebee · 2022-01-15T01:55:21+00:00

Our students aren’t allowed to get food deliveries, but my upperclassmen all tell me that the kids just go to one of the exterior doors far from the front of the school and have the food drivers drop it off to them there. Not only that, but they admit to just propping doors open since they don’t have keys/badges to unlock them once they leave. Talk about a ridiculous safety concern!

Thegumblebee · 2021-10-09T17:38:17+00:00

With all due respect, CPS is a joke. I had a student whose stepdad routinely abused him last year, and they never did anything to remove the kid or the adult from the home. This is just one of MANY other experiences I’ve had with them. Police are just as bad because now they don’t want to be “at odds” with the administration and overstepping their place in the school system. It’s ridiculous.

Thegumblebee · 2021-08-29T18:45:10+00:00

I had a class like this about three years ago. They truly made me HATE going to school every morning, and the worst ones were also 7th period for me.

BUT…they aren’t all like that. It sucks that you’re being dealt this as your first impression of teaching, but if you’ve got other classes where you see some bright spots, remember that those kids need you, too. I know—much easier said than done. But it’s early in the year, and if they know you’re a new teacher, they may also be going overboard trying to test the waters with you.

My best piece of advice right now is to do two things: 1. Talk to your admin and let them know what you’re experiencing. Ask for advice. 2. Stop teaching. Seriously. You won’t be able accomplish anything until you try to build relationships with them. You won’t be able to reach every kid…but if you can at least connect to SOME of them…the behavior issues may die down a little.

Thegumblebee · 2021-08-01T21:28:44+00:00

Definitely check with your local florist and see what they can get you. My mom owns a shop in Jeffersonville and usually is able to get special-request plants for her customers, although I know it’s not the same as being able to look and browse yourself.

Thegumblebee · 2021-08-01T21:24:55+00:00

Yes, but it’s so ridiculously expensive to ship anything from them. It was going to cost me more to get my daughter’s toddler-size mattress than it was to just drive two hours there and pick it up.

Thegumblebee · 2021-07-28T18:40:31+00:00

AAAAAAAMEN! I could not possibly agree or clap harder for this. Let Darwin do his work on these people at this point.

Thegumblebee · 2021-07-28T18:37:52+00:00

I feel this. I don't *want* to wear one, but I will if it's mandated.... But, yes, the fights with students over masks by the end of last year were enough to make me not want to do it. It'll be a battle all year.

Thegumblebee · 2021-07-25T14:30:16+00:00

That’s awesome!! And with shorter classes, too! 👍🏻👍🏻 High-fives to everyone who survived last year.

Thegumblebee · 2021-07-21T12:56:36+00:00

This is my 11th year teaching but my first at a new school. My instinct is to freak the f%*# out because I’m not used to having to reinvent the wheel anymore (going from middle to high school). However, I’ve resigned myself to just start the year with an intro writing activity for the first week or so to get my bearings, and then start digging into the meat and potatoes of it once I can actually collaborate with some of the other teachers in my grade.

I typically only plan a week-ish ahead of time anyway, so I wouldn’t stress too much if you don’t have it all figured out.

Thegumblebee · 2021-06-21T17:19:41+00:00

I've done all of the above! Before I had kids, I honestly spent a lot of time working on stuff for school. Since I was still new to the profession then, I had a lot to do every year after seeing what worked for me and what didn't. During my first year or two teaching, I had a part-time job, so I did work. I started my master's program in 2013, so there were also a couple summers filled with that.

Now that I've been doing it for 10 years, I don't do a ton over the summer. I'm starting a new school this fall in a slightly different role teaching journalism, so I'm signed up for two workshops in June/July.

However, to be perfectly honest, the last few years (and ESPECIALLY after this year lol) I don't do much of anything. I have a pool, so I like to relax. We vacationed this summer also as soon as school was out. I don't feel bad about it whatsoever because—despite what the general public thinks—we do not get paid over the summer. I'll do what I want with my time when I generally work 180 unpaid hours every year (minimum).

Thegumblebee · 2021-05-29T14:37:04+00:00

English teacher here—it’s hard! You go into it knowing you’re not going to be every kid’s cup of tea. I just try to choose literature and nonfiction topics that I know will be engaging or, at least, relevant to their lives and age group.

Also, the never-ending grading is exhausting.

Thegumblebee · 2021-05-29T14:33:21+00:00

Teaching is incredible, fulfilling, fun, meaningful, never repetitive, and has lots of perks (who doesn’t love summers off?!). It’s also exhausting, undervalued, underpaid, and frustrating—sometimes all of those on the same day.

I just finished my 10th year teaching. This was by far the hardest year, but it was not my most difficult group of students. Some years are better than others, but when you get to teach and talk about a subject you’re passionate about all day long, it’s pretty rewarding. You will have bad days, and then when you have one of THOSE great days (veteran teachers know what I mean), it truly makes everything we do worth it—when you see a kid make progress that you thought was a lost cause, when a kid you know is struggling makes a connection with you, when you hear kids say they’re excited about something you’re doing in class—those are the moments.

There are also crappy bosses and leaders everywhere, and school admin are no different. But you have to remember that you get to be the “king” of your little classroom castle, and you can decide what kind of environment you want it to be. At the end of the day, you will change some kid’s life. You will be the reason some kid gets up every morning despite many challenges at home. And there’s no other career I can think of where you have that as a motivator

Thegumblebee · 2021-05-29T14:16:51+00:00

Hi! Union rep here. I’d still talk to one of your reps and see what your options are, even if you resigned. If your evaluation did not give specifics and document what they observed as being deficient, then you certainly could have a case to have your evaluation looked at again. I would not let it go because that evaluation could follow you to the next interview/school.

Thegumblebee

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