I've had a rough couple of weeks - overwhelming high-stress, super-urgent projects. I know that once I am done with these - I will be very not-busy, and looking for additional projects. I like being busy and having lots of work. I don't like starting my day and realizing that there is almost nothing on my to-do list.
Apologies, I am rambling.
It's not the work that is stressing me out. It's the new clients. It's the lack of a good process that I've come to take for granted when working with established clients. It's the fact that they ignore our advice, our recommended ways of getting from point A to B to C. They throw our entire way of doing things into disarray.
Like my boss says, the work is great - interesting, challenging... The only problem are the clients...
Dear Reader: In your line of work, what would you get rid of?
Stupid people
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Mindless 504, IEP and ABC, XYZ paperwork
Students taking advantage of their accommodations
Parents acting like teaching is customer service
Students acting like teaching is customer service
Parents, instead of asking their children about their grades, asking teachers
Projectors that don’t work
Summative evaluation process that asks teachers to let administrators know what they should include in the final write-up… In other words, I am writing my own review.
Dasha
Hi Dasha. I hear you... I just saw my sister-in-law yesterday, she is also a teacher. Ugh, they have a situation with entitled parents who also happen to be the administration... Not fun.
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