I work as an instructional assistant at a school for children with behavioral issues. As you can expect, it isn't an easy job at all. In my time there (about six months now), there have been several fights and incidents where the police needed to be called in. For me, the issue I most had to deal with was teasing from the students. They mostly teased me for my size, as I am quite overweight. I can just be walking down the hall to go to my next assignment, minding my own business and a student comes along and calls me “fatass”. I had to deal with that shit all throughout elementary school, middle school, high school, and even college, but to have it happen to me as a working adult was the last straw. I've told the administrators to do something about but the only thing they say is for me to “grow thicker skin” or some bullshit like that. It doesn't help that the school is going through a regime change currently. The previous principal (who was the assistant principal at the high school I went to) left to take another job in the district and there really isn't a clear leader at the top.
Today, all of the teasings from the students and the downright apathy from the higher-ups got to me. and I found myself breaking into tears when I got home, something I don't usually do. Part of me wants to quit, but I'm not sure if I should. I need the money, I just bought a car, and I want to eventually become a teacher, but I'm fucking tired of being treated like shit and nothing being done about it. I could try and stay the course and hope things get better, but I tried that at my old job and they fired me soon after. I've always wanted to become a writer and even start making YouTube videos. Maybe all this is a sign that it's time.
What do you all think?