TGITSON!
Thank God It's The Sixteenth Of November!
yesterday saw the end of an era. the overworked-and-underpaid-stressed-out-being-treated-
like-crap-without-taking-a-stand era of my life is over. (i fully expect to be all of these things again, probably in the near future, but never again all at once, and never again without dealing with it heads on.) after 9 different performances, of 7 different scripts, in 4 days, starring my 600 students, i, quite unceremoniously, said good riddance to my *&!#%^$ of a partner teacher, had a few drinks, crawled into bed. i awoke this morning (at the blessed time of 9:45am) with a new commitment to myself.
then i went over to the theatre and worked for another hour free of charge.
okay, so the era isn't quite over, but i'm getting there. i have taken a firm stance on the number of hours, and schools in which, i am willing to work next semester. and i've decided to take action and apply to grad school. if i get in i can finally tell tell this organization to shove it - or at least politely decline to ever teach for them again.
i've always been a bit of a late bloomer, and this self-confidence thing has been slow in coming to be sure, but there is only so much a person can take before finally growing up and being honest to yourself and others about what you can handle and what you won't. i'm entering the adult era of my life.
this doesn't mean i have to start reading the newspaper or going to bed at a reasonable time, does it?
yesterday saw the end of an era. the overworked-and-underpaid-stressed-out-being-treated-
like-crap-without-taking-a-stand era of my life is over. (i fully expect to be all of these things again, probably in the near future, but never again all at once, and never again without dealing with it heads on.) after 9 different performances, of 7 different scripts, in 4 days, starring my 600 students, i, quite unceremoniously, said good riddance to my *&!#%^$ of a partner teacher, had a few drinks, crawled into bed. i awoke this morning (at the blessed time of 9:45am) with a new commitment to myself.
then i went over to the theatre and worked for another hour free of charge.
okay, so the era isn't quite over, but i'm getting there. i have taken a firm stance on the number of hours, and schools in which, i am willing to work next semester. and i've decided to take action and apply to grad school. if i get in i can finally tell tell this organization to shove it - or at least politely decline to ever teach for them again.
i've always been a bit of a late bloomer, and this self-confidence thing has been slow in coming to be sure, but there is only so much a person can take before finally growing up and being honest to yourself and others about what you can handle and what you won't. i'm entering the adult era of my life.
this doesn't mean i have to start reading the newspaper or going to bed at a reasonable time, does it?
posted by jordan at
11:06 PM
2 Comments:
Oh dear...since I am clearly over-worked, under-paid and stressed-out does that mean I am not a grown-up???even if I will turn 60 in just 3 weeks? This is very scary.
By
Anonymous, at November 18, 2006 2:05 AM
no, cindy, you run the place - that makes you a grown up.
By
jordan, at November 18, 2006 9:52 PM
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