in my time here in the hat i've met many teachers. up till now the only ones i knew were my aunt and my mil and sil.
my mil and sil always had to talk about being teachurrrrrrrs every time you'd see them. my mil was particularly bad for always stopping dinner conversations to talk about the problem children in her class. my sil had to announce at my wedding while she was playing the emcee that she was a teachurrrrrrr. relevance? none.
those two have always been obnoxious about what they do for a living and bragging incessantly about their holidays. well, what good are all the days off you have if you have nobody to share them with? really. if all your friends work during your summers and you're not up to travelling alone, then what the fuck do you do with yourself? sure, it's nice to have time off, but to sit and do jack shit all summer long would be a waste of a summer. my sil is busy with the appearance of busyness and will go between here and yyc and the laaaaaaaaaaaaaake about a dozen times. she's not with anyone, but just doing her thing. to me she's trying to look as if she's really busy when in reality she's killing time. i kinda think that her entire life is filled with that mask, as if she has to appear one way, but in reality is the opposite. i get the impression that she excels at looking busy at work, but in reality is mostly delegating and sitting on her ass. oh she will tell you how hard she works, but i'm sure she works twice as hard trying to appear busier than she actually is.
up till those two twats, i havent met too many teachers, until i started working out at heartbreakers. it seemed that 90% of the clientele were teachers. oh and they love to tell you allll about how they are teachurrrs when you talk to them, too. i had made idle chit chat with one girl i ended up running beside and asked her if she was going to go camping. instead of saying what any normal person would say, she said "well, i get all the summers off because i'm a teachurrrrrrrr". it was completely irrelevant to my question. the other day i was at the gym and some newbie nerd came up to me and started talking. i could tell she wasnt "quite right" upstairs...i have this tendancy to attract those morons, i guess. anyway, she was asking me about working out etc and then said "i dont know what you do for a living, but i'm a teachuuuuuur". it came totally out of the blue and it was an unprovoked statement.
i dont know where these fucks get off talking as if they're all so important. i swear they all must take some course like arrogance 101 where they have to pass it in order to be a teacher. i know many people from many walks of life and let me tell you, they arent walking around saying "well, i'm a lawyuuuuur" or talking about their clients the way teachers do.
every time i see the sil she is always talking about her stooodennnts. always talking endlessly to an audience of none about the bad kids in her skool as if we all care. i have been out with her many times at a table of four where she is the only one talking and the other three (me included) are sitting there throwing in the occasional "huh...is that right" comments but otherwise ignoring her as she blabs on about the kiiiiiiiiids. seriously, it's all she talks about. i once went to edmonton with her for some teacher seminar and went to dinner with her and four other teachers and it was ALL they would talk about: stoooodentssss. nothing else. i suppose that when we are with work colleagues we talk shop, but i have also noticed that shop talk extends beyond work colleagues and becomes topics of everyday conversation.
most of them yammer on as if you are a rapt audience. i really could care less about the lil fuckers who misbehave. frankly, i see a teaching degree as an expensive glorified babysitting course. you're not allowed to hit them, are responsible to make sure chores get done, and in the end, are getting older as the kids get younger. i see it as a depressing job. teaching the same subject year after year and getting the same questions, while the age gap grows has to be depressing. really.
but i think what bothers me most is how they always throw shit in your face. yeah, you get lots of time off, but the job conditions SUCK. who wants to be around bad people and kids all day long? not me. who wants to be planning lessons after hours while everyone else is watching tv, going to the gym, or living their lives? (of course we know that p.e. teachuuuuuurs such as the sil dont have as extensive lesson plans as say english or math teachuuuurs) i know they get two months off in the summer, but the trade off really isnt worth it.
in my line of work, i have PLENTY of time off. do ya see me bragging about it? no. i dont think that my work defines me. i realise and am thankful for what i have, but i dont need to ram it down anyone's throat to feel superior. i have overheard my sil say that i'm "just a book keeper", which makes me want to slap the smug off her face, but really, it's how i play it up. i dont need fireworks and a parade to announce that i do the books for a company i partially own, nor do i need to tell you all about how much time i have to do what i please without a boss or kids interfering or panting down the back of my neck.
i think there is a big difference between what i do and what the sil does. i am very grateful for what i have and i really thank the good gods that i'm fortunate enough to be where i am. any time i hear the sil talking about work, she is so negative and dismissive of it. it is really difficult to listen to. i mean, then why go get your masters if you're so miserable? oh i know, to have power to lord it over everyone. she's already yammering about "when i'mmmmmmmm principuuuuuuullll"...oh god, i can hardly imagine her school and her poor colleagues, much less her fucking out of control ego. when she is being negative, i really want to point it out and ask her directly, "Why DID you become a teacher then?" seeing as she is a classic narcissist, she will either put me down for my profession for challenging her, or will have nothing to say because narcissists never reveal their inner dreams or desires....
regardless, i have yet to meet a teacher that doesnt want you to be impressed with their career choice...i just dont get it.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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in my time here in the hat i've met many teachers. up till now the only ones i knew were my aunt and my mil and sil.
my mil and sil always had to talk about being teachurrrrrrrs every time you'd see them. my mil was particularly bad for always stopping dinner conversations to talk about the problem children in her class. my sil had to announce at my wedding while she was playing the emcee that she was a teachurrrrrrr. relevance? none.
those two have always been obnoxious about what they do for a living and bragging incessantly about their holidays. well, what good are all the days off you have if you have nobody to share them with? really. if all your friends work during your summers and you're not up to travelling alone, then what the fuck do you do with yourself? sure, it's nice to have time off, but to sit and do jack shit all summer long would be a waste of a summer. my sil is busy with the appearance of busyness and will go between here and yyc and the laaaaaaaaaaaaaake about a dozen times. she's not with anyone, but just doing her thing. to me she's trying to look as if she's really busy when in reality she's killing time. i kinda think that her entire life is filled with that mask, as if she has to appear one way, but in reality is the opposite. i get the impression that she excels at looking busy at work, but in reality is mostly delegating and sitting on her ass. oh she will tell you how hard she works, but i'm sure she works twice as hard trying to appear busier than she actually is.
up till those two twats, i havent met too many teachers, until i started working out at heartbreakers. it seemed that 90% of the clientele were teachers. oh and they love to tell you allll about how they are teachurrrs when you talk to them, too. i had made idle chit chat with one girl i ended up running beside and asked her if she was going to go camping. instead of saying what any normal person would say, she said "well, i get all the summers off because i'm a teachurrrrrrrr". it was completely irrelevant to my question. the other day i was at the gym and some newbie nerd came up to me and started talking. i could tell she wasnt "quite right" upstairs...i have this tendancy to attract those morons, i guess. anyway, she was asking me about working out etc and then said "i dont know what you do for a living, but i'm a teachuuuuuur". it came totally out of the blue and it was an unprovoked statement.
i dont know where these fucks get off talking as if they're all so important. i swear they all must take some course like arrogance 101 where they have to pass it in order to be a teacher. i know many people from many walks of life and let me tell you, they arent walking around saying "well, i'm a lawyuuuuur" or talking about their clients the way teachers do.
every time i see the sil she is always talking about her stooodennnts. always talking endlessly to an audience of none about the bad kids in her skool as if we all care. i have been out with her many times at a table of four where she is the only one talking and the other three (me included) are sitting there throwing in the occasional "huh...is that right" comments but otherwise ignoring her as she blabs on about the kiiiiiiiiids. seriously, it's all she talks about. i once went to edmonton with her for some teacher seminar and went to dinner with her and four other teachers and it was ALL they would talk about: stoooodentssss. nothing else. i suppose that when we are with work colleagues we talk shop, but i have also noticed that shop talk extends beyond work colleagues and becomes topics of everyday conversation.
most of them yammer on as if you are a rapt audience. i really could care less about the lil fuckers who misbehave. frankly, i see a teaching degree as an expensive glorified babysitting course. you're not allowed to hit them, are responsible to make sure chores get done, and in the end, are getting older as the kids get younger. i see it as a depressing job. teaching the same subject year after year and getting the same questions, while the age gap grows has to be depressing. really.
but i think what bothers me most is how they always throw shit in your face. yeah, you get lots of time off, but the job conditions SUCK. who wants to be around bad people and kids all day long? not me. who wants to be planning lessons after hours while everyone else is watching tv, going to the gym, or living their lives? (of course we know that p.e. teachuuuuuurs such as the sil dont have as extensive lesson plans as say english or math teachuuuurs) i know they get two months off in the summer, but the trade off really isnt worth it.
in my line of work, i have PLENTY of time off. do ya see me bragging about it? no. i dont think that my work defines me. i realise and am thankful for what i have, but i dont need to ram it down anyone's throat to feel superior. i have overheard my sil say that i'm "just a book keeper", which makes me want to slap the smug off her face, but really, it's how i play it up. i dont need fireworks and a parade to announce that i do the books for a company i partially own, nor do i need to tell you all about how much time i have to do what i please without a boss or kids interfering or panting down the back of my neck.
i think there is a big difference between what i do and what the sil does. i am very grateful for what i have and i really thank the good gods that i'm fortunate enough to be where i am. any time i hear the sil talking about work, she is so negative and dismissive of it. it is really difficult to listen to. i mean, then why go get your masters if you're so miserable? oh i know, to have power to lord it over everyone. she's already yammering about "when i'mmmmmmmm principuuuuuuullll"...oh god, i can hardly imagine her school and her poor colleagues, much less her fucking out of control ego. when she is being negative, i really want to point it out and ask her directly, "Why DID you become a teacher then?" seeing as she is a classic narcissist, she will either put me down for my profession for challenging her, or will have nothing to say because narcissists never reveal their inner dreams or desires....
regardless, i have yet to meet a teacher that doesnt want you to be impressed with their career choice...i just dont get it.
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