I'm dying. I need a new friggin' job.
To sum up- I've been in my current school since September of 2005. It's been a good school to me, it really has... but I just can't take it there any more. My district is anything but supportive, my VP does little to nothing, the principal (whom I love and adore) is stressed beyond belief and might be going to a different state next year, and my teaching partner is moving as well- across the country. All of that would be fine, if I didn't have what we fondly call "The Crazy" at our school. My principal compared it to the projects (which sounds horrible, but hear me out)- you put a lot of people with high needs (and we're talking both the parents and kids here) in the same place and then don't have enough supports in place, things are going to go south quickly. Examples:
- Substitute teachers being hit in the face by students as part of a game that they're playing
- 6 year olds who, on a regular basis, tell the VP to fuck off
- multiple 2nd graders who, despite massive efforts from their K, 1st and current teachers, are unable to read, who also have incredible behavior disorders (as one would expect- they're frustrated!) and all of it is blamed on the teacher because they are refusing to hit the child to "get them in line", as the parent said.
- a parent who tried to run over a teacher with her car because she was standing in the crosswalk, escorting kiddos across the street
- a parent who, just today, cussed me out, telling me that I'm a mother-fucking bitch, and I need to mind my own fucking business, and she's going to punch me in my god damn fucking face (I apologize for the language, but this is what she was screaming at me in front of not only her children, but 150 kids waiting for the bus today). My crime? Telling her that she can't park in the bus line. Mind you, this is the third time that I've had to tell her this, which she was quick to point out.
... and that's just this week.
I have to be done. I can't do it anymore.
All this to say... what the heck do I put on my resume? My subbing work before this job? Just details from this one? What kind of details?
Sorry for the rant... it's been a rough week.