A Better Life.

RosaBernicia

badmemory said:

It also doesn't help that people keep telling them their futures are ruined.

I have been thinking something similar - it must be so unhelpful to have the smug older generations saying 'gosh you can't have what we so easily got, how awful your lives will be' instead of 'well things are different now, we need to find ways of making it work for you'. 

badmemory

Actually I think it is more the papers telling them, rather than older people.  Most of much older people didn't even get a sniff at university & the bulk left school at 15.  It was only much later that 50% got to go to uni & had to start paying.  Most of the people I knew left at 15 & I did first year 6th form before leaving & finishing A levels at evening classes.  Which seems an impossibility these days.

RosaBernicia

badmemory said:

Actually I think it is more the papers telling them, rather than older people.  Most of much older people didn't even get a sniff at university & the bulk left school at 15.  It was only much later that 50% got to go to uni & had to start paying.  Most of the people I knew left at 15 & I did first year 6th form before leaving & finishing A levels at evening classes.  Which seems an impossibility these days.

I wasn't necessarily thinking of uni, more of house prices and pensions.  We are very slow in changing renter protections even when house prices have shot out of reach of most in almost all of the country. 

Buffythedebtslayer

I have been a teacher for a long time. Longer now than all but one member of staff in my school. 

And today broke me. Something in me snapped. I luckily didn't lose it in front of the students. I did refuse to teach a few times. I just kept thinking about my blood pressure and my heart.  It is partly that I don't have time to do all the behaviour stuff. I think I am going to have to rethink how I do my job. I really do. 

It is a very bad time. 

tunathe_cat

buffy, hugs sounds like a bad day on the coalface.  have a pamper day at weekend.  ? I always thought you need to date a vet to cover the animal health care.

beanielou

That sounds dire 
Big hugs  xxx

stymied

Take a sick day. You need it to protect your mental health xx

in_need_of_direction

stymied said:

Take a sick day. You need it to protect your mental health xx

You also need to speak to a health professional.

RosaBernicia

Hugs and puppy cuddles from here Buffy. 

And another vote for protecting your mental health.  If your HR are no good, can you go to your union?

milann

I also think you need some time off to protect your health. I’ve found you get not better thought of for struggling on and no job is worth making yourself ill for. Take care.