Between everything that goes into teaching, how do you reach a personal balance between work, self, friends and family?
2007-01-14 08:37:15 · 12 answers · asked by Chelsea 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
My husband says I don't, I learned to watch tv and do school work at the same time!
I have a very difficult time balancing it all. One or more aspects of my life always take a backseat, it is just not always the same one. Recently, we moved so my school work had to suffer some. Now, I am trying to catch up from that and still have a house that needs unpacked.
You have to prioritize what is most important at any given time and devote as much time and energy as you have to them. Then reprioritize the next day.
2007-01-14 08:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by tbaybucsgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A different perspective: if you're finding that many people around you have a hard time balancing, it might be the administration of your school or your fit with that particular school. If that's the case, put in three or four years of hard work and then go somewhere else. I recently moved from a school where I had an insane number of students; I volunteered for everything, put in many extra hours, and then changed schools. I am now getting twice the salary for half the students and finally have a personal life again. Think not just about what's right in front of you, but about whether lifestyle and career changes would help.
2007-01-14 12:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by hamsterinwheel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The more power you have the more good you can do for others. A good education and a good job are power. Socializing, being a kind of networking, increases your power too. Moreover, as you experienced yourself, even when feel that you want only to work, you need to have some rest. Happy medium, by definition, can not be an extreme - in this case, as you put it - "doing enough goodness". Had, let's say, Mother Theresa done enough?; May be if she was sleeping less .... If you are on your way to finish your schools with decent results, you will have "a job where [you] could have maximized the amount of happiness that other people have." Take it easy and All The Best P.S. Reading Foucault does not have to be on the side of work, but can be on the side of pleasure.
2016-05-24 01:13:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teachers get very good at multitasking. Even when we cram grading papers during our lunch time and our few non student contact periods, we still have work we take home with us.
The best answer I can think of is to surround yourself with people who understand teaching isn't like most jobs where you can leave your work at work. Sometimes you just have to take a break and not do anything that is part of teaching.
2007-01-14 09:21:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no balance. Teachers don't work just for the time they are at school and on the clock.
2007-01-14 09:13:16 · answer #5 · answered by redwidow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multitask and remember your family is always first. You have to do a great balancing act school life and home life, both depend on you.
2007-01-14 11:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by Bren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that there is no real balance. The ability to take time for things when they arise is the best we teachers can hope for.
2007-01-14 08:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by eck_03 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The work will always be there. You can work 60+ hours a week and there is always more you can do. You have to make yourself stop. Try not to bring home work on the weekends...make the weekends for you and your loved ones.
2007-01-14 13:40:30 · answer #8 · answered by cammie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What goes on at work should stay at work. That's how my teachers are doing it lately. They grade papers during their lunch hour or during hall duty. That way, you have time for yourself after work, and you have time for your normal life too.
2007-01-14 09:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
U learn the art of multi-tasking.
2007-01-14 09:16:00 · answer #10 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋