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Hello fishes, need help in finding a suitable job change for one of my relative. She is an Associate at Cognizant with 7.5 years of experience. Her experience domain is in functional testing and manual testing. Her preferred job location is Kolkata.
Any leads would be very much helpful. TIA
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The never ending list... the unrealistic parents expectations, the 5am wake up call every weekday. the never feeling like your good is good enough. The academic needs of students is constantly growing because parents are not doing their part at home.
I agree about the lack of engagement from parents. It is sad that so many students struggle, and the guilt seems to be educators' fault.
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In a nutshell…
Everything about the job tbh. Year after year we're expected to do more and more with less. Pay has been pathetic for who knows how long and the pressure from higher ups and parents is insane. It's thankless job in many ways and as much as I want to love what I do it seems like our society doesn't want teachers to feel valuable or successful.
So do you feel that the field of education has become like a broken cistern. We keep pouring ourselves into our students while regulations, expectations, and requirements seem to chip away at the foundation of the hope for our students.
How long of a list do you want?
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We can go on and on!
My job is great but I have one parent who has decided to make my life hell. I am tired of walking on egg shells because her daughter runs home and tells lies. Then the mom blames everything except her child with everything. I am ready for this year to end because I will be done with these people. This is my burn out point this year.
I have been there and the treatment from these kinds of parents is offensive and hurtful. I did an early retirement last July and am working as a para now. I love being able to go in and leave without having to plan or do lesson plans or faculty meetings.
Endless reports that clearly no one reads. Administration that’s has minimal classroom experience, aside from taking online classes. Parents who don’t care to answer their phone.
This is so true! So many of the people who are making the regulations we have to follow have little to no classroom experience. Textbook knowledge has nothing on being in the trenches with our students!
Oh and did I mention the BEHAVIOR issues that get worse every year and nothing seems to be done with these students who disrupt the class lessons every chance they get? It’s not fair to the students who behave and want to learn. It’s very draining.
Again, parents
I have been teaching for 21 years, 18 of them at my current school. Up until about 3-4 years ago, I had the usual burnout that comes from the usual being “on” all the time. But lately, there is more to teaching then being “on” all the time. Now, it’s the lack of admin support, almost daily student fights, finding out a colleague has been threatened, blatant disrespect, total lack of empathy. For me, these things wear on me daily. My anxiety is through the roof almost every day. I really try to disconnect from it but I am not “built “ that way. I guess most people would say I am too sensitive. I will probably retire in the near future.
Working with kids every day for months on end....will burn EVERYONE out, regardless of the type of student, grade level, or level of preparation of the teacher.
You can't remove kids from education, so we will ALWAYS feel burnout.
My response to everything is parents. Please join me
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https://health.clevelandclinic.org/signs-of-burnout
imo, a lot is because they try to micro manage everything
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Nurses across the country experience, the same. If not the same affect or label, the same results, exiting the profession faster than replacement , for quality service/care: Systemic.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279286/
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Numerous factors in my experience. I seem to generalize it all as out-dated and slow to evolve (buildings, methods, management styles, PD for 21st C curriculum), and a reason for the Covid shutdown classroom crisis!
Consider that Florida began implementation of official online learning pedagogy 1997!
Although not all teachers implemented online, FL’s PD for the masses had a “rapid response” during Covid, per a Miami colleague: Prepared and not lost!