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"I Was Happy Until"I Found ISR" wrote one member of the International School Review recently. Specifically, they wrote:"I recently accepted a post at a school and start in August. I'm
beginning to sell house, car, everything. But now, two weeks later, I am really
worried"I just discovered ISR. Ouch! There's one bad review after another about
"my" new school! I wish I knew whether these reviews were teachers just letting
off steam after a bad day or if I should be seriously concerned about my
future.
I am giving up my whole life here at home for this post abroad. Now
I'm just not sure what to do. I was happy until I found your web site! Now? Any
suggestions on what to do next?" Go to Blog
SURVEY from ISR asked readers:
(1) Would You Stick It Out? Or Run?
When you find yourself in
an intolerable school situation do you stick it out or run for your life?
Opinions vary, with each side of the dilemma adamant about its
position:
(2) I'D RUN FOR IT: "There is no honor in
suffering. The idea that working at a rotten school in a lousy country,
educating a do-nothing population with no interest in academics will somehow
make you a better teacher or a better person is pure malarkey! Suffering is
suffering no matter how you cut it & the less time of your professional life
you can spend doing it, the better. Some schools are so god-awful, shifty, &
immoral, the most honorable thing to do is to call it a day &
RUN!"
(2) I'D STICK IT OUT: "I could have run away from the
job, but I felt the experience would actually serve me well in the future &
that as a professional I could learn from what was happening in the school. My
colleagues thought that if I left without notice & the school could not find
a replacement, the children's education would ultimately suffer. As an educator
first & foremost, I could not leave the students."
HOW ABOUT YOU?
http://internationalschoolsreviewdiscuss.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/would-you-stick-it-out-or-run/
I responded:
I don't see much point in running. You can either wait to be fired--while doing your best--or you can resign early.
Many people who have run from jobs without properly resignng etc. cause unnecessary political, social, and economic stress and retributions for others, too.
For example, rotten companies in the Middle East and elsewhere have responded to run-aways by holding passports etc.
