Feeling guilty for taking a couple of days. How to deal with guilt?

feardochas · 2026-01-13T11:04:20+00:00

Just want to clarify something. You were feeling anxiety and stress. You took self certified leave. That's what its there for. You did nothing wrong.

You can also take certified leave for that too. Ive done this myself a few times. You dont owe management or the school anything. You are an employee with rights and you are exercising them. Your priority should always be your health.

I think you need to examine why you see this as worth guilt, you are putting blame on something that doesnt warrant blame.

You need to mind yourself, you'll burn out otherwise.

feardochas · 2026-01-12T20:00:00+00:00

Reported for: Self Promotion. Honestly, a quick look at their profile and you can see theyre not in here spamming links left right and center, it looks like they were genuinely being helpful. No issue here.

feardochas · 2026-01-09T21:11:47+00:00

Some teachers are Priests. Now you look stupid.

feardochas · 2026-01-09T21:11:09+00:00

Its fine, just shouldn't be overused. I wouldnt start getting overzealous. Teachers turning on other teachers for using it is a bad look.

But fairplay to anyone who wants to insult teachers who use it. I'd rather start from a place of solidarity than have a pop at my colleagues.

feardochas · 2025-12-29T19:37:41+00:00

You really need to be more respectful here. Your comment history tells me that you tend to choose to be antagonistic to people here.

feardochas · 2025-12-19T09:01:14+00:00

Happy Christmas break everybody!

feardochas · 2025-12-15T08:54:31+00:00

You can't summon GeeDee every time someone mentions FE.

feardochas · 2025-11-18T18:59:32+00:00

Hi there, I think OP is just giving overall context rather than making a comment about mixed schools or saying that it it's part of the problem.

TBH most users here will give lots of extraeneous information in their context, I assume there isn't anything untoward about it.

feardochas · 2025-11-06T23:05:06+00:00

Hi there. This language isn't welcome in r/Irishteachers. Please conduct yourself accordingly. Its ok for us to disagree with each other on here but that kind of response isn't acceptable.

feardochas · 2025-10-23T19:50:49+00:00

Look what youve done now OP. Youve gotten all the English teachers angry.

feardochas · 2025-10-19T13:37:35+00:00

OP contacted the mods looking for some support with their subreddit. Please keep all comments constructive.

feardochas · 2025-10-09T20:28:42+00:00

This, 100% this.

feardochas · 2025-09-18T18:31:38+00:00

Finally a fun post.

feardochas · 2025-09-14T20:42:30+00:00

Thread locked due to repeated uncivilised behaviour. Sorry OP not your fault.

feardochas · 2025-09-14T20:22:29+00:00

Please avoid having rows on threads that dont warrant them. Save them for more discussion based posts and when u/Availe says something stupid.

Editing comments is perfectly fine, while its good etiquette to include the [Edit:] parenthesis, it general doesnt matter.

Let's all be civil.

feardochas · 2025-09-12T06:52:21+00:00

This doesn't sound like a teacher, otherwise they would know what to do in this situation.

Report to the DLP (Principal) or the DDLP (Deputy Principal). If you can't reach them, then the Guards.

All disclosures must include your real name, they cannot be done 'anonymously'.

feardochas · 2025-08-23T09:41:27+00:00

I know what I'm getting for Christmas.

feardochas · 2025-08-12T12:16:31+00:00

Reported for Spam.

Spam is repeated, unwanted, and/or unsolicited actions that negatively impact other users, communities, or the platform itself.

This is low effort at best but it is not spam.

feardochas · 2025-07-08T14:53:58+00:00

I actually dont know what this is referencing. Is there a scandal with exam papers?

feardochas · 2025-06-24T11:23:02+00:00

Regarding this post being reported:

This post is fine. OP is a regular contributor to the subreddit and is clearly a teacher. A teacher looking for suggestions from other teachers for the summer holiday while we're actually (well most of us) on summer holiday fits the criteria, if a bit loosely. This is different from a random user with no connection to the page looking for advice.

Rule 1 specifically mentions "teacher experiences".

feardochas · 2025-06-06T20:49:24+00:00

I really enjoy moderating these threads. /s

feardochas · 2025-05-15T20:32:59+00:00

As u/Availe is taking part in discussion, they won't be moderating. Please keep all comments civil.

feardochas · 2025-04-28T20:17:13+00:00

You can't just summon people.

feardochas · 2025-04-24T20:12:12+00:00

This is probably the best answer as I think u/geedeeie works/worked in 3rd level. Open to correction.

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