Teaching
Living with my roomate and seeing the discouragement, stress and dogged tiredness in her eyes makes me angry at the system that would do this to a bright, hopeful and strong young person - suck the life right out of them and then ask them at the end of their day when they are about ready to fall to the ground and bang their fist against the earth, about summer school. Well actually, it gets better, when she tells them she can’t make the decision today but that if they push her for a decision it will be no, they ask her what is wrong…
I’ll tell you what is wrong…
First year teachers being given classes outside of their training and gifting - being made to carpool themselves and their materials from classroom to classroom with no place to organize, strategize and settle themselves - the lack of support in the system. “We’ll help you…” is followed by short meetings and then followed by “what’s wrong” when you continue to struggle; the fact that teaching is such a zoo that many veteran teachers worry only about themselves, having finally succeeded in managing this time/life consumming profession they have no time for those who have no idea where to begin, and then don’t even get me started on administration who does not even know how to do a lesson plan
bitter - me
not at all -
angry - extremely
and that is why i no longer teach - although the fact that certain aspects of it lay distinctly outside of my gifting has something to do with it too 
When I meet teachers, I hold my tongue and hurt for what they will experience in terms of stress and frustrations — and I look for places to support and lend a hand to them. They need it.