What's new
Off Topix: Embrace the Unexpected in Every Discussion

Off Topix is a well established general discussion forum that originally opened to the public way back in 2009! We provide a laid back atmosphere and our members are down to earth. We have a ton of content and fresh stuff is constantly being added. We cover all sorts of topics, so there's bound to be something inside to pique your interest. We welcome anyone and everyone to register & become a member of our awesome community.

Just to let you know...

beowulf said:
jeez!....you could have let me know another way
scared.gif




take care and dont you dare 'go anywhere'..............cant do without the silly word games that just happen



Hiya, how's the new job going?
smile.png




Well I'm hoping my aunt will visit me when I'm under and say 'Here are next weeks winning Lottery numbers' rather than 'Time's up! Come with me!' Yikes!
eek.gif




Well folks, I finally have a date - October 27th. So 11 days from today. Eek!



Work has been manic. It's been SO busy but I was loving every minute. Then last week I was promoted and I'm hating it. It's SO boring. I'm hoping to go back but don't think that will happen. When I was busy I didn't think about the op. but now I have time to twiddle my thumbs and panic about it. Eek!



Oh well. Back to lesson planning. Hugs to all. Rap. xx
 
Good luck Rap!



And coz I'm nosey, I want to know what EE wants to know
icon_lol.gif
 
Lol. Well it's an odd kind of a thing. I've been put in the Nurture Room where all the very special needs children are. They either have behavioural, social or learning difficulties, usually a mixture. Some have autism, ADHD, global delay, phobias, so quite a mixture of very volatile children who can kick off at a moments notice and shout, swear, throw things or run away from school - literally, by climbing over a 12 foot gate!



Although financially it's not an improvement, people in the school tend to look up to those in the Nurture Room as they have a LOT more power than the normal staff and can insist something will be done and it WILL be done!



Anyhow, over a year ago I asked if I could go into the Nurture Room but was told No. However, last Wednesday the Head told me that I was being transferred there immediately! The lady who runs the Nurture Room is going to be going out into the community and into children's homes and trying to help parents work with their children on their behavioural issues, whilst the second lady and I will run the Nurture Room full-time.



The problem for me is that I am due to have major abdominal surgery on the 27th and although I'll have 2 weeks off afterwards, apparently it takes months to fully heal and to stop feeling exhausted from the surgery.



Last week one of the children kicked off big time! It took 4 of us to carry him into the Time Out room, kicking and screaming. We put him in and shut the door and he proceeded to kick hell out of the door! (The room has a reinforced glass door and is filled with cushions) and it made me realise that actually, if I get kicked or punched in the stomach after my op. it could cause me major problems. I talked to the Head of the Nurture Room about my concerns and she said she understood but that also she had personally selected me out of the whole school because I was so caring with the children and so compassionate towards their needs and that no one else in the school would really fit in! A lovely compliment to me but there's also some emotional blackmail involved! It was left that she would talk to the Head and I have contacted my surgeon for his opinion, but he was on holiday this week and not back until tomorrow.



Also, at the end of last year we were all allocated classes and I asked for a year 5/6 class, which I got. I was loving working with my class, planning lessons, marking, changing things and moving them on. I absolutely loved it!! Now another teacher has been given my class and I'm in Nurture doing nothing! I haven't been given any books or papers to study and barely any planning to follow. The Head of Nurture and the other teacher are writing 4,000 word essays which they were given as assignments following a course they went on. They're also completing profiles on the children and updating notes. The most that I've done is some observations on the children. Since last Wednesday I've washed out paint pots; sharpened every pencil in the room; cleaned out the school guinea-pigs! and played games with the kids. Game after game of snakes and ladders or lego or k'nex or doing a jigsaw in unbelievably monotonous and I am absolutely loathing it! I was SO rushed off my feet before but loving every second and feeling as though I was doing something worthwhile, but now I'm playing games with a handful of kids who need to learn how to socialise but who cheat at games and then say mean things to each other and you begin to wonder if they are actually getting anything out of their nurture session?



In theory, I know that I will learn a lot in time and I will be privy to the children's histories, which most staff are not privy to and which are, frankly, horrendous. There is so much mental and physical abuse, you wouldn't believe! Not physical violence but starving a child with ADHD as a punishment when he's naughty when he can't HELP but be naughty with ADHD. Childhood neglect is a biggie too! Their stories make you want to sob! But whilst I would have loved to be here a year ago, right at this moment I am worried about my own health and safety, following my op. It's tricky, isn't it? I'm also SO bored at the moment. They're obviously just giving me a flavour of the children and their behaviour but I really LOVED my class and I MISS them!



The problem is also that the Head doesn't like me and will do whatever she can to make life awkward as she would like me to leave. She's done this to a few members of staff. Some have already left. Some have handed in their notice. If she knows I want my class back she'll just say 'No', so I don't know what to do next. *sigh*



I don't know, maybe this sounds very self-pitying. I don't mean it to. I just don't know what to do for the best right now. *shrugs*
 
Hmm, have you done anything more interesting yet? :/

Rapunzel said:
sharpened every pencil in the room
Was that smart?
 
Evil Eye said:
Was that smart?

*snigger* I didn't think of that!!! Lmfao now!
icon_lol.gif


Probably wasn't a good idea in retrospect! Doh!



Have I done anything more interesting yet?

Well, the other day the second lady, Fee, told me her life story. It took most of the day and was very involved. I tried VERY hard not to yawn. Not even once!

Then she said she was going into the ICT suite to order her weekly shopping from Asda, and did I want to come to?

So I did and spent a pleasant hour having a wander through Amazon! Lol!



Other than that, No!



It bugs me that I used to be running around like a maniac and that there weren't enough hours in the day, and now I'm sitting and twiddling my thumbs all day, whilst the other year 5/6 teachers are still rushing around like blue-assed flies! What a waste of resources, not putting me where I'm needed!



I haven't been told officially yet, but unofficially I've heard that I'm staying in the Nurture Room. I've said i refuse to deal with kids who kick off, for a while anyway, and they're fine with that.



I'm obviously stuck there but, looking on the bright side, I will eventually get a whole lot more training and be part of the Emotional Support Team for the children, and therefore heading towards the Management Leadership Team, so it's all good experience. I'll be dealing with very emotive issues, which I'm very good at.



As an example, we're not supposed to hug the children. It's difficult because children NEED to be hugged and shown love and given attention and be listened to. And you just KNOW the children who aren't hugged at home. You're supposed to just give them a quick hug, in plain site of everyone, and then move away. But I think *f*ck that*! If a child needs a hug I will give them a hug and if they need to be hugged and hugged then thats what they get. And they can hold my hands and talk to me and I rub their arms or their shoulders or smooth their hair, just the same as i do to my own kids. I'm very tactile and they like that, they NEED human contact and they NEED to know that someone cares.



I also frequently report any abuse I see, which a lot of he other teachers don't. So obviously I've made a rod for my own back. Hoist by my own petard! Lol.



However, it is only 2 months to Christmas and by the time I come back, after my op. it will only be 6 weeks until Christmas and the new Nurture groups will start straight away after Christmas.



In March there is a part-time course starting which I am hoping to be able to get onto, which will benefit me teaching-wise. So hopefully it's only 6 weeks of boredom (assuming I come through the op. okay) followed by 8 weeks of Nurture and then either training (hopefully) plus part-time work or maybe looking for another job.



It's funny, life seems to be wanting me to change course lately and it seems to be forcing my hand! It's so weird!

I had thought my life was following an inevitable path, which ended in a not-good scenario.

This operation will change all of that and hopefully give me a vastly improved outlook on life.

Because of that I decided to try my hand at this course, which would improve my life further.

Then, because I was SO enjoying my job, I decided not to apply for the course.

However, now my job has changed and I now want to apply for the course to improve my situation.

It's great when karma or the cosmos take over your life (because you're screwing it up) and lead you by the hand along the path which you're supposed to take. It doesn't happen often but when it does it makes your whole life just fall into place and change direction very smoothly, in a way it wouldn't have done if the cosmos had just left you alone to screw things up.



Am I talking rubbish? Maybe, but it makes sense to me.



Someone upstairs is guiding my life along a totally new path and I'm very excited about it.
 
Oh, I forgot to add . . . we made pompoms and I taught a couple of kids to knit! Lol!
 
icon_lol.gif
Sounds like you're having fun...



Ah well, if it can only get better... have fun
biggrin.png
 
Evil Eye said:
icon_lol.gif
Sounds like you're having fun...



Ah well, if it can only get better... have fun
biggrin.png

Lol, not really. One knitted a knot! and the other kept pulling the wool off the needle, so just ended up with a loop, even though I knitted a few rows for him! Doh!



Ah well, 3 days to the big op. then 2 weeks off work, just chilling, and then back to chaos and mayhem (that's the guinea-pigs).



Kidding!
 
Lol. Bless the little darlings. *Ahem*



Only one more day to go now. Arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I see the tension is killing you before the op ever gets a chance
tongue.png
 
It's been a while since I've stopped by here, but Rap I wanted to wish you all the best for the upcoming op. Hope all goes well and that you're giving hospital staff a hard time with that wonderful sense of humour before too long. Sending a tonne of positivity your way. Will be thinking of ya.
 
Wishing you a speedy recovery and am sending positive thoughts your way.
hug.gif
 
Lol @ EE and sending thanks to Doenut and Jazzy.
smile.png




Well, I'm back. Lol. (Did you guess?)



I had internal bleeding after the op and they thought they might havew to go back in and reoperate! Yikes!



Luckily they decided not to and they gave me blood clotting drugs and 2 blood transfusions instead.



So I should have come home Saturday but they kept me in til today instead.



Still quite tired and woozy from the drugs but thought I'd pop by and say hi and thanks for the kind thoughts.
smile.png
 
Glad it went well for the most part! Hopefully you'll be back up and running in no time!
 
So happy you stopped in to let us know you survived the operation! All joking aside, I wish you a very speedy recovery!
hug.gif
 
Sounds like you had fun... :/

Good thing you're still with us
biggrin.png


Rapunzel said:
Well, I'm back. Lol. (Did you guess?)
No.
 

Create an account or login to post a reply

You must be a member in order to post a reply

Create an account

Create an account here on Off Topix. It's quick & easy!

Log in

Already have an account? Log in here.

Back
Top Bottom