| Teach, This is just a thought ...but maybe you should try a different profession. I think you might need to change your environment a bit. I have a strong opinion of precribed drugs ...they are still drugs and something for us to rely on..besides trying to cope. I decided after going nuts on anti-depressants..that I would just change my environment. I wasn't as stressed..but I was still stressed..being a single mom. So I was on a steady diet of pot. It was better than the anti-depressants but it was still a drug..I used to keep me from emotionally breaking down. Now I am trying to quit the pot. And it is working cause I changed my job and envirnoment. I wanted to be a teacher so badly. I should be a teacher. But the fact is...there isn't enought support for teachers. If you are having problems with your emotions. Then teaching is just going to drain you. Maybe try doing private tutoring. Or some other type of work that is helping kids but not where you are teaching a large classroom of kids.
I teach my child now..and plan on working part time at the school as an aide.
I don't know if any of this will help. If not then just ignore what I have said. I don't mean to upset you. I just know how you feel. You want to teach these kids and it seems like nobody cares. You care for kids...that not even their own parents care about. Its emotional to care. And when the school isn't very supportive, you wonder if you can take them all on by yourself. Make a difference in their lives. Well, if you are not feeling good...you can't be any good for them. Figure out how to take care of you...so you can do what you love to do best..take care of others.
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