Just listening to you brings back all the stress and bad memories of when I was a classroom teacher 😢 Now I work as a relief teacher at the one (secondary) school. As I am older, and semi- retired, I take days off when I need to, and also for travelling, which is something I’ve always wanted to do 😊
I'm a teacher from South Africa and it is exactly the same here. The work goes beyond the usual working hours and you definitely work in your holidays. 😅 The challenges are so similar too.
It's a tough gig no doubt anywhere in the world, when done right, and people need to know that before wanting to become a teacher because they think they're going to get "all those holidays!" haha :-)
I can't speak about a nursing perspective, but hats off too you, because from what I've heard, it's an incredibly stressful profession. I mean I guess you'll miss the 12 hour shifts on your feet, and the stressors of rude patients and wondering if you've miscalculated a dosage etc. I think each of the two professions would have their own stressors. As an anxious person myself, I have come to realize almost every job has it's stressful moments but it's what type of stress that is easier to cope with. For example, people say a hard part about being a psychologist is hearing the traumatic stories. For me, that won't make me anxious. Rather that would make me curious and want to help. So I guess what I'm saying is, compare the types of things that stress you in nursing to the types of stressors I mentioned in my video and see if you'd cope better with that type of stress instead. The benefit of teaching is at least you get to be at home rather than a workplace during holidays, even if you do have to do prep work for the following term. The benefit of nursing on the other hand is once you've finished your shift for the day (I'm making an assumption here) you don't need to take any work home and you can potentially forget about it, unless you had a crappy shift or a patient died?
Hi Jeremy, thank you so much for your kind words :-) I wasn't working full time at the time of making this video, and I can't remember how many jobs I was doing, but I just gave birth again and just before that I was working a few different jobs at once that could help out the household financially while still able to keep my other child (toddler) out of daycare. I think working full time with a toddler and studying would be a nightmare. I've still been studying but since giving birth about 6 weeks ago, I'll be taking a short break. Newborns are hard lol.
Just listening to you brings back all the stress and bad memories of when I was a classroom teacher 😢
Now I work as a relief teacher at the one (secondary) school. As I am older, and semi- retired, I take days off when I need to, and also for travelling, which is something I’ve always wanted to do 😊
Damn you really hit the nail on the head with the whole teaching thing.
thank you :)
I'm a teacher from South Africa and it is exactly the same here. The work goes beyond the usual working hours and you definitely work in your holidays. 😅 The challenges are so similar too.
It's a tough gig no doubt anywhere in the world, when done right, and people need to know that before wanting to become a teacher because they think they're going to get "all those holidays!" haha :-)
So is it a bad idea to switch from nursing to teaching? Like you, I also want to do the master's in Primary Education.
I can't speak about a nursing perspective, but hats off too you, because from what I've heard, it's an incredibly stressful profession. I mean I guess you'll miss the 12 hour shifts on your feet, and the stressors of rude patients and wondering if you've miscalculated a dosage etc. I think each of the two professions would have their own stressors. As an anxious person myself, I have come to realize almost every job has it's stressful moments but it's what type of stress that is easier to cope with. For example, people say a hard part about being a psychologist is hearing the traumatic stories. For me, that won't make me anxious. Rather that would make me curious and want to help. So I guess what I'm saying is, compare the types of things that stress you in nursing to the types of stressors I mentioned in my video and see if you'd cope better with that type of stress instead. The benefit of teaching is at least you get to be at home rather than a workplace during holidays, even if you do have to do prep work for the following term. The benefit of nursing on the other hand is once you've finished your shift for the day (I'm making an assumption here) you don't need to take any work home and you can potentially forget about it, unless you had a crappy shift or a patient died?
wow this is awesome, you're awesome. how do u find the time to study with a kid and a full time job?
Hi Jeremy, thank you so much for your kind words :-) I wasn't working full time at the time of making this video, and I can't remember how many jobs I was doing, but I just gave birth again and just before that I was working a few different jobs at once that could help out the household financially while still able to keep my other child (toddler) out of daycare. I think working full time with a toddler and studying would be a nightmare. I've still been studying but since giving birth about 6 weeks ago, I'll be taking a short break. Newborns are hard lol.