RANT: Teachers, why are you so whiny?

[Anonymous]

This is a 23-page thread of people whining about how much teachers whine. Why do they do it? I guess because they're just like you.

[Anonymous]

Registered Nurse here. So you don’t get a “pee”-pee break? To quote Freddy Mercury...
“Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?” I cannot believe someone actually compared their
teaching profession to other professions and asked if other people actually get a free moment
to go to the restroom. I seriously lol’d. In my job as an Intensive Care Unit Nurse where I actually
bathe people and wipe human waste from them (many of whom have been teachers or
their loved ones) to aid in maintaining their dignity, my bathroom break may not happen in
my twelve hour shift. In fact, during my first year as a nurse I actually had to go to a urologist
to have my urethra muscle dilated because my urethral muscle had been so overused from holding
my urine during my 12 hour shift without bathroom breaks that the muscle had closed my urethra and
caused me to retain a full bladder. I had to take Flomax, a drug used primarily for older men
(24 year old young lady at the time) with prostate swelling for a year and have a Medical form
signed for my boss to see so that there wouldn’t be any issue with me leaving my patients for
5 minutes three times a shift to re-train my bladder. My Mandatory raise of at least 1% annually
stopped about 10 years ago for our profession and union representation isn’t present in my state. My hospita
is not government-controlled as most hospitals in rural settings are privately owned and are capitalist organizations.
This means the better your hospital performs financially (more patients to less nurses, no litigation),
the more the administration gets paid. While you got your full lunchtime, pee break, planning period AND got off at 4pm
break, a nurse is probably sleeping through breakfast and lunch with her family only to scarf down a protein bar
as they give a quick kiss to their loved ones and race to their fourth shift in a row which is a
mandatory overtime shift and the third one this month. They have a 50/50 chance of having a minute
at 1am to have an energy drink polished off in 10 minutes before they race to a CODE BLUE where CPR is performed
for an exhaustive 30 minutes to an hour. Possibly on one of YOUR colleagues so that they
can live to fight another day full of making mind-numbing lists of injustices done on teachers. While you
are worried about the possibility of an active shooter coming into your school the nurse considers this as she is
screamed at and threatened by a family member of the patient who is a paranoid schizophrenic and was brought to
the hospital by cops who tell you he is combative as they remove his handcuffs and walk out leaving him as he is
threatening to blow up the KFC because they wouldn’t serve him chicken McNuggets. The nurse has been bitten,
head butted, scratched and fondled this week and had an actual active shooter in the hospital last month.
So what if there are 23 pages of rants against teachers? Maybe it’s time for teachers to listen and
get over themselves and their petty complaints. Please enjoy your summers and major holidays off work.
Enjoy it for me, your friendly neighborhood nurse. I’ve worked the last 5 Thanksgivings and 7 Christmas’ and
delayed my children’s Holidays. Thank you for finally giving us nurses an outlet to rant and whine a bit.
Gotta get back to it...KFC is calling again because Bless him, my sweet patient just stuck his hand in the fryer
trying to fish out those pesky McNuggets.

[Anonymous]

Wow couldn’t even read more than 4 sentences from the above poster... you really like to feel badly for yourself huh? Get off your high horse

[Anonymous]

THIS THREAD IS OLD. SHUT UP.

[Anonymous]

It’s an oldie but such a goodie

[Anonymous]

Why you mad though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Registered Nurse here. So you don’t get a “pee”-pee break? To quote Freddy Mercury...
“Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?” I cannot believe someone actually compared their
teaching profession to other professions and asked if other people actually get a free moment
to go to the restroom. I seriously lol’d. In my job as an Intensive Care Unit Nurse where I actually
bathe people and wipe human waste from them (many of whom have been teachers or
their loved ones) to aid in maintaining their dignity, my bathroom break may not happen in
my twelve hour shift. In fact, during my first year as a nurse I actually had to go to a urologist
to have my urethra muscle dilated because my urethral muscle had been so overused from holding
my urine during my 12 hour shift without bathroom breaks that the muscle had closed my urethra and
caused me to retain a full bladder. I had to take Flomax, a drug used primarily for older men
(24 year old young lady at the time) with prostate swelling for a year and have a Medical form
signed for my boss to see so that there wouldn’t be any issue with me leaving my patients for
5 minutes three times a shift to re-train my bladder. My Mandatory raise of at least 1% annually
stopped about 10 years ago for our profession and union representation isn’t present in my state. My hospita
is not government-controlled as most hospitals in rural settings are privately owned and are capitalist organizations.
This means the better your hospital performs financially (more patients to less nurses, no litigation),
the more the administration gets paid. While you got your full lunchtime, pee break, planning period AND got off at 4pm
break, a nurse is probably sleeping through breakfast and lunch with her family only to scarf down a protein bar
as they give a quick kiss to their loved ones and race to their fourth shift in a row which is a
mandatory overtime shift and the third one this month. They have a 50/50 chance of having a minute
at 1am to have an energy drink polished off in 10 minutes before they race to a CODE BLUE where CPR is performed
for an exhaustive 30 minutes to an hour. Possibly on one of YOUR colleagues so that they
can live to fight another day full of making mind-numbing lists of injustices done on teachers. While you
are worried about the possibility of an active shooter coming into your school the nurse considers this as she is
screamed at and threatened by a family member of the patient who is a paranoid schizophrenic and was brought to
the hospital by cops who tell you he is combative as they remove his handcuffs and walk out leaving him as he is
threatening to blow up the KFC because they wouldn’t serve him chicken McNuggets. The nurse has been bitten,
head butted, scratched and fondled this week and had an actual active shooter in the hospital last month.
So what if there are 23 pages of rants against teachers? Maybe it’s time for teachers to listen and
get over themselves and their petty complaints. Please enjoy your summers and major holidays off work.
Enjoy it for me, your friendly neighborhood nurse. I’ve worked the last 5 Thanksgivings and 7 Christmas’ and
delayed my children’s Holidays. Thank you for finally giving us nurses an outlet to rant and whine a bit.
Gotta get back to it...KFC is calling again because Bless him, my sweet patient just stuck his hand in the fryer
trying to fish out those pesky McNuggets.

thank you for what you do

[Anonymous]

My SIL retired from a DC area school system at 52 (30 years). She brings in a 80,00/year pension that is COLA ‘d. That is not underpaid. Tired of hearing how hard a job it is. Many teachers dial it in year after year. I worked as an aide and can attest to this. There are some exceptional teachers but that is not the majority.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher. I will retire within the next ten years. I am ONLY staying because of the pension. The pension is the only thing that makes teaching worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My SIL retired from a DC area school system at 52 (30 years). She brings in a 80,00/year pension that is COLA ‘d. That is not underpaid. Tired of hearing how hard a job it is. Many teachers dial it in year after year. I worked as an aide and can attest to this. There are some exceptional teachers but that is not the majority.

That is not a pension that newer teachers will receive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Registered Nurse here. So you don’t get a “pee”-pee break? To quote Freddy Mercury...
“Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?” I cannot believe someone actually compared their
teaching profession to other professions and asked if other people actually get a free moment
to go to the restroom. I seriously lol’d. In my job as an Intensive Care Unit Nurse where I actually
bathe people and wipe human waste from them (many of whom have been teachers or
their loved ones) to aid in maintaining their dignity, my bathroom break may not happen in
my twelve hour shift. In fact, during my first year as a nurse I actually had to go to a urologist
to have my urethra muscle dilated because my urethral muscle had been so overused from holding
my urine during my 12 hour shift without bathroom breaks that the muscle had closed my urethra and
caused me to retain a full bladder. I had to take Flomax, a drug used primarily for older men
(24 year old young lady at the time) with prostate swelling for a year and have a Medical form
signed for my boss to see so that there wouldn’t be any issue with me leaving my patients for
5 minutes three times a shift to re-train my bladder. My Mandatory raise of at least 1% annually
stopped about 10 years ago for our profession and union representation isn’t present in my state. My hospita
is not government-controlled as most hospitals in rural settings are privately owned and are capitalist organizations.
This means the better your hospital performs financially (more patients to less nurses, no litigation),
the more the administration gets paid. While you got your full lunchtime, pee break, planning period AND got off at 4pm
break, a nurse is probably sleeping through breakfast and lunch with her family only to scarf down a protein bar
as they give a quick kiss to their loved ones and race to their fourth shift in a row which is a
mandatory overtime shift and the third one this month. They have a 50/50 chance of having a minute
at 1am to have an energy drink polished off in 10 minutes before they race to a CODE BLUE where CPR is performed
for an exhaustive 30 minutes to an hour. Possibly on one of YOUR colleagues so that they
can live to fight another day full of making mind-numbing lists of injustices done on teachers. While you
are worried about the possibility of an active shooter coming into your school the nurse considers this as she is
screamed at and threatened by a family member of the patient who is a paranoid schizophrenic and was brought to
the hospital by cops who tell you he is combative as they remove his handcuffs and walk out leaving him as he is
threatening to blow up the KFC because they wouldn’t serve him chicken McNuggets. The nurse has been bitten,
head butted, scratched and fondled this week and had an actual active shooter in the hospital last month.
So what if there are 23 pages of rants against teachers? Maybe it’s time for teachers to listen and
get over themselves and their petty complaints. Please enjoy your summers and major holidays off work.
Enjoy it for me, your friendly neighborhood nurse. I’ve worked the last 5 Thanksgivings and 7 Christmas’ and
delayed my children’s Holidays. Thank you for finally giving us nurses an outlet to rant and whine a bit.
Gotta get back to it...KFC is calling again because Bless him, my sweet patient just stuck his hand in the fryer
trying to fish out those pesky McNuggets.

How many shifts/hours a week do you work?

[Anonymous]

I work 3 to 4 twelve hour night shifts and sometimes swing to days where there is a need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My SIL retired from a DC area school system at 52 (30 years). She brings in a 80,00/year pension that is COLA ‘d. That is not underpaid. Tired of hearing how hard a job it is. Many teachers dial it in year after year. I worked as an aide and can attest to this. There are some exceptional teachers but that is not the majority.

That is not a pension that newer teachers will receive

I have 27 years in FCPS. I’ll have 30 years at age 52 and will be eligible for full state retirement (VRS), but that will be nowhere near $80k. VRS provides about 50%, so figure $50k. Now, at age 55 I’ll be eligible for the district’s supplemental plan which will push it closer to the $80k amount. Is your SIL in MD or VA?

As a PP mentioned, newer teachers’ requirements (age and service) and benefits are different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher. I will retire within the next ten years. I am ONLY staying because of the pension. The pension is the only thing that makes teaching worth it.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why my kids are all in private school. $hitty teachers only doing it for the pension.

[Anonymous]

Because we have to deal with entitled parents like the above poster, who think that they are The Boss and their child is The Most Important Child. Sorry, Billy isn't that special and he gets an equivalent portion of my time and concern as all the other students in the class. The loudest parents think that they get the best treatment, but I'm an advocate for all the children, not just yours. Being demanding and obnoxious makes me much less likely to devote extra attention to your child.