this is going to be kind of long, so thanks in advance for reading it. i have a quick temper and tend to over react, so i just want some other opinions on some things that have been going on at work (the school).
first off, they take advantage of me (i think). my schedule is mon wed fri, 745-245. the first week i worked tues also, the 2nd i had a training on tues/thurs, the 3rd our head teacher was out so they asked me to work both and i said i would come in late on tues, and the 4th week they asked me to come in to go on a field trip so the teacher didnt have to go. i said no to that one. also, last week, without any notice, they told me i had to stay late for a meeting. it isnt fair for them not to tell me in advance, especially since they know i go to work at another job at night. (oh, and i interned there for 3 months prior to officially working, so when i say 1st week and stuff its really my first paid week)
secondly, i feel like i do a lot of busy work. there are 3 program aides in the classroom, which is what i am. and i'm the one stuck with busy work. today i: peeled velcro off the wall, organized (even though i really cant bc the teacher is so picky and knows just what she wants, so its pointless for anyone else to do it) the cubby, and previously i've cleaned windows. she even admits she has nothing for me to do.
third, i volunteered to take one of the kids home on mon/fri bc his mom leaves work to get him since she has no ride for him. i go 40 minutes out of my way to do this, and she pays me $20 a day. now, its not about the money. she was VERY rude to me today, because last week i said no, i wouldnt pick him up and take him TO school. i said hi to her when she picked him up, and she said she "just wanted to remind me he doesnt have a ride on friday so he can't come to school." and she said it very snippy. theres no reason for her to tell ME he isnt coming, im not his teacher. i'm doing her a favor and she's going to be rude to me because i won't go even farther out of my way? theres no way i can take him to school in the morning.
on top of all that, there's the bloodwork. now, that may not seem like a big deal to some. but i get very very sick. its like a day long thing.. first, i have horrible anxiety over it, and then 9 times out of 10 i faint and throw up. i have to sit for at least an hour before i can get up without going right back down. i need someone else to go because then i cant drive myself. i've had issues with them twice about this, because i had to send my vaccine info multiple times because they claimed they didnt get it and it would be easier for me just to get blood drawn. even though it was all on the same sheet and they had some of the infoso today i get another email saying i need to get bloodwork.
i got upset and the head teacher asked what the big deal was and said to just get it done. sure if it didnt make me sick for hours.. but it does. so when i have proof of vaccines and its THEIR mistake, i'm not putting myself through that.
i also dont think theyre very organized. besides that ^, the teacher, this morning, insisted we went by baltimore county, when i tried to tell her we go by the city. she insisted we were closed. i had to call the school to prove to her she was wrong. if i had listened to her then me, her, and the asst teacher all wouldve just not showed up today.
last, i dont enjoy it. i dread going to work every day and consider calling out every morning. i like working with the kids who dont really need it. i get too frustrated working with the very low kids, and i hate doing it.
i'm thinking about quitting. i'm not happy, at all. i make $12 an hour and work 21 hours a week. every 2 weeks, i get a paycheck between 4-500. i could make that up with an extra night of dancing, even if it was a bad night and i only made $200, i could work an extra night each week. but am i being silly to want to quit? am i making a bigger deal out of things than i need to? i dont know what to do to not hate going there in the morning, and to stop getting so frustrated every day and wanting to leave.



so today i get another email saying i need to get bloodwork.
i got upset and the head teacher asked what the big deal was and said to just get it done. sure if it didnt make me sick for hours.. but it does. so when i have proof of vaccines and its THEIR mistake, i'm not putting myself through that.
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