I didn't posted for quite a while because i started my new job at a kindergarden in the nursery section. It was a very intense experience for me since i have never worked with children who are that small ( about 2-3 years old) and it was a private school lead by an arabic principal. At first i was very enthusiastic about the new job for which i strived to make a very good impression during the training ( all this summer) as i was going to learn some lesson planning techniques from the headmaster of the school. I was suppoesed to teach English to the children.

Anyway, first of all they told me i was going to teach bigger children, pre-schoolers but then another girl came in and they made up their minds and gave me the Nursery. I tried to work as hard as i could though i was very low paid and stayed there for 8 hours though on my contract there were mentiond 3 hours of teaching. I got to do a lot of stuff except teaching such as consoling the little ones when their mothers left, dresing them, supervising them.

It was my first time when i carried a child in my arms to sooth him since they didn't quite like being there and not all of them were happy..but for some reason the principal was not satisfied and 3 days ago told me she received a complaint from one of the parents that i was not maternal enough with some kid. She refused to tell me whom did it and later on i found out she lied because she does the complaint thing every month so as not to raise the employer's income as time goes by..
I got very upset and i handed  in my resignation. The headmaster was very mean with me for being soo ungratefull with her and so insensitive with the children which was not true.

At home after a talk to my mother i started crying in my room at a glimpse, feeling guilty for leaving the chhildren. My eyes simply welled up with tears and at one point i noticed 4 streams of tears on my cheeks instead of the usual two. There were a lot of tears but no sobbing, nor BLT. I lasted for 3 minutes or so. Then i could feel ok but the next second i would tear up again.
I felt also very weak these weeks because i caught a stomach flu from the kiddies there and for 3 days i had severe diarrhea. One morning i started crying again while being sick for fear i couldn't come to work but i went anyway..
I felt very relieved though and next monday i'm going to be hired somewhere else, in another kindergarden..
I don't know what to say about the crying, i guess i was sorry for the children, for having to leave them..

Last edited by psychic_girl (September 28, 2013 6:07 pm)