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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, former teacher, also FARMS, voicing my support.  Some crazy responses here, out of left field.  Are you teaching elementary or secondary, and if secondary, what's the subject area?[/quote]

OP here. I am an elementary ESOL teacher. I worked in the social work world before I went to grad school to get my masters in teaching. My only teaching certification is for ESOL but I'm certified K-12.  I'm thinking that a change of scenery may just be what I need. I've been at the same school for 10 years.  There are a lot of positive things about it, but as I stated previously, having my own kids became a game changer in that it's not fair to them when I have used up all of my patience during the school day on other peoples' kids and very little is left for my own.

Honestly, it's the behavior issues that get to me most right now since I've had my own kids.  I have many lovely students with lovely, involved families but it's the select few that take up most of my patience. I could probably even deal with the behavior issues if the little time I have without students during the day wasn't micromanaged beyond belief due to one new initiative or another.   To the posters who are ready to pounce on the FARMS issue--I don't even know who is FARMS and who is not (that info is confidential), so please don't use my personal experience as "evidence" to support your agenda when the students I'm referring to may not even be FARMS.

I've been thinking about what else I'm interested in and really the only jobs that fulfill me are in the helping professions.  I would love to become a curriculum writer, but those jobs in my system rarely become available.  Thank you to the posters who have shared BTDT experiences. [/quote]

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