It felt like Friday yesterday, why can't it be Friday now?

[theatokos]

This is the week that just won't end. I realize that if I'm going to do well in my job I have to care a hell of a lot more about administration than I do now. I'm going to have to take on some responsibility for intra-office communication. I need to be a one woman pep squad. (None of this is above and beyond my job description/expectation in this little office.) The issue is my ambivalence. I don't want responsibility for other's communication. And I really don't care about administration. The frustrating thing is, I'm a natural organizer, communicator, facilitator, and coordinator. I do a lot of these things freely among my friends and in other areas of my life. I think I need a job that does not ask me to do even more of these things. I lie in bed at night and lists run through my head. I have at least three calendars that I keep current.

In all honesty, I liked being the front desk receptionist better where all I had to do was register people and answer phones and was only responsible for task completion. One of the things I liked about working here was the lack of compartmentalization. We are encouraged to bring our whole selves to work - a rare request in the working world. However, I'm finding myself more and more wishing I could just clock in and clock out. Maybe the problem is just that I'm bored and have too much free time on my hands. As evidenced by this post.

Maybe I should've followed my mother's advice and gotten my MA in teaching. You're never bored in a public high school classroom. That's for certain.

Comments

[eelsalad.livejournal.com]

Hee! I used to substitute teach in the local public high school and boy howdy is it ever possible to be bored there.

Bored of the jerky students.
Bored of the lack of enthusiasm.
Bored of the excuses (though some of them are entertaining).

Bleah.

'course, I burned out on subbing WAY before I could get out of it as a job, so that may color my memories a bit. ;) Presumably when one is a full time teacher one is less bored than when one is a sub.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

I spent two years working as an aide in a high school. One of the most fun jobs I've ever had. Of course, I was 24 and just thrilled to have a "grown up" job where people (ie high school kids) thought I was cool. It was like getting a free pass to go back and do high school right, in many ways.

I just like school. In fact, my job post has encouraged me even more to go back to school. Part time here + PhD work would be much more satisfying. Also, much poorer, and I'm getting burned out on the poor part.