New Principal Tells Teacher To Quit Second Job, Quits Teaching Job

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    Font - Posted by u/Ancient_Educator_76 10 hours ago "Having a second job won't cut it with me; you better fix that pronto" ? You got it, dude! oc M This pains me to write. I keep going back and forth as to which of my sentences I should start with , the former or this next one. Tears are rolling down this old teachers face; a rarity.
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    Font - I've had a fairly rough teaching career. In my sixteen years of contracted service, I've spent five of those in the school I've been at this year. This is a record possible in part due to my eventual kickassedness at teaching algebra, part from learning when to shut up (always), part learning that the students, and my care, are all that matters, but mostly due to my great rapport, relationship with my principal . He gets my quirkiness, knows I'm a great teacher so he doesn't need to tell
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    Font - Shit. I'm not sure if this is just a school thing, but he's doing his farewell tour while introducing us all to the new principal. We'll call him Not the Mama. Anyone from the 90s who also has suffered from the New Boss Blues knows my pain, and gets this reference. During the tour Doctor J tells Not the Mama about me, how I'm the hardest, smartest worker and teacher. How I have a great relationship with my students, hoe they stop by the school to see me years after. He also mentions in th
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    Font - Not the Mama instantly winces at this, right about the same time as everyone's favorite teacher /s, Miss Why-aren't-you-paying-attention-to-my-ironic-T- shirt, pops out of a sky filled with irregular sized suspenders and stories about someone's relatives that amazingly have no relevance to any person, living or dead. I'm pretty sure she said something to distract dr. J long enough to give Not the Mama the opportunity to turn back to me, like a dad threatening his children into "bein hayve
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    Font - He manages to quickly mutter under his breath what confirmed every fear I had about the new bos: "Having a second job won't cut it with me so you better fix that pronto" Reverse jerry McGuire, you lost me at pronto. You had me at Hell No. I despised this person so much in such a short time that it wasn't even an afterthought that, despite my "second" job being minimum wage, and despite my current job just issuing me a longevity bonus (literally yesterday), I would press the biggest, most
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    Font - Pronto means soon, so that afternoon I put in my notice that I won't be coming back. Hey, he wants me to only have one job right? Voila. That's French for Check this shit out. Your man OP started going back on School Spring. Two interviews set up for tomorrow via zoom. Oh, and I'm pretty sure they'll be a juicy update, because I just received four missed calls from Dr. j and I'm going to check my email, as requested by Dr. j. I can't believe I'm leaving. Pretty sure he can't either. Barel
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    Font - Barely worth reading update: I read Dr. Js email. It was shorter than the texts, but both basically said he needs to meet with me to find out why I'm suddenly out. I can tell based on his wording that he suspects it's the new boss, but he's never be accused of explicitly saying anything via email. I didn't give any reason for making the decision, and he begged me not to send anything officially to district until we talk. As we're texting back in forth right now, yes at midnight, he asked
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    Font - Okay. Nothing iron clad, but three schools need an academic advisor for Math in “Desert Valley". He says I'm a shoe in. Pay scale looks promisingly better too. Update: "Confirmed". Interviewing with two of the three schools for a job that pays me what I'm worth. Fingers crossed. On an unrelated note, it appears that I have people that either really like, or really can't stand my writing. Can't please everybody. Not gonna try. But thanks for the input. What I HAVE noticed is that those who

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