I work as an elementary teacher in a rural area, and I just can’t take it any more.
Not only is this an under employment of my education (I have three degrees from top universities- why am I spending my days with children doing the ABCs over and over?), but I have to be at school until 4:30 every day even when I don’t have classes. I also live in a rural area without a car and have to take a bus an hour each way, and the bus service is intermittent. If I miss one, I have to wait an extra hour to get home. This is all for extremely low pay, all while being completely ignored by the other teachers. I never want to talk to another child again in my life. Luckily, I only have 1.5 months left of this.