Just wanted to come on here and vent a little. These past few weeks have been stressful and what's been keeping me going is my 7 year anniversary with Joseph! We have both been under a lot of pressure with our jobs and so we planned a weekend getaway to give us a nice break and to celebrate this amazing accomplishment. After a long work week I was so excited for the weekend and lets just say this weekend has not been as relaxing as I was planning it to be. I've have some really bad anxiety due to some unfortunate circumstances and I'm just very overwhelmed. What was the tipping point for me was as I came on to my blogger account to start this post, I noticed that one of my previous posts had a new comment. So I went on to check the comment, and usually people are really nice so I was really looking forward to seeing what the person said, but this person's comment was just flat out disrespectful. The funny part was that the person posted as "Anonymous." I instantly deleted the comment after I read it, I was in complete disgusted that someone would come on here, read my post and leave such a rude comment. If you have nothing nice to say just keep it to yourself. How this person came to find my blog, I'm not sure, but if you don't like what I'm talking about or have a different view point, then just leave my page, it's very simple. So from already feeling absolutely terrible this past week and now this weekend, this was just the icing on the cake.
The person commented on my last blog called "Let's Talk", which was a post about my job as an ECE in the school board and how I wish I could provide more in my relationship financially. I really shared my true feelings about this matter and was very vulnerable. This person decided to comment, "How much money do you expect to make you're a glorified babysitter, you have no skill." This is probably the meanest thing you can say to an ECE. People have such a misconception of what we do as ECE's and let me tell you we are not babysitters. We go to school for two years, we learn how to plan and implement learning activities for children as young as 3 months all the way to the age of 12. We learn how to encourage social and emotional development as well as cognitive and physical development. Many people don't know but the first 5 years of a child's life is the most important for development. If the foundation for learning is not set by the age of 5, these children will struggle in their future academics so in reality we are teachers for young minds. I honestly don't even know why this person comment bothered me so much because I know there are so many people out there that have this frame of mind but I just don't appreciate people being so rude, especially because they don't even know what my job actually entails. Try to do my job for a week and tell me if you can handle it, tell me if I'm a "glorified babysitter." I'm not on here bashing other profession's, because I don't know what they entail and what it takes to do what they do. So because I don't have my OCT I'm not considered a teacher. Believe me when I tell you without an ECE in the classroom, in regards to kindergarten, that teacher would not last. Having to deal with 30 - 3-5 year olds, it would not be possible without that ECE for many reasons aside from "watching them". Talk to any kindergarten teacher and they will tell you exactly that.
These past few weeks have been rough, I've been working everyday which is amazing but at the same time it's drained me. I planned to take this up coming Friday off so me and Joseph can get to the cottage early and make a full day out of it but because the nature of how my current job is set up, if I take a day off it would break the 30 days of consecutive work and my pay won't increase. As of now I am replacing an ECE in an Sk/1 split and I have been slotted to work 25 days. There may be a chance that the women I am replacing may extend her leave and if the days surpass 30 consecutive working days then I am entailed to more pay. Teaching is difficult on a regular basis, now add teaching during a pandemic and its x10 harder. So I unfortunately will not be taking this Friday off which was something I was soooooo looking forward to. I just needed one day aside from the weekend to myself to relax and take a breather. But on the bright side my career is really taking off and I should be really proud of myself. I'm really looking forward to this weekend so me and Joseph can celebrate our 7 years together. Unfortunately last year we didn't get to celebrate because COVID literally just hit and the lock down took effective a few days before so we are making up for that lost time. I guess to some it all up is that I should not let people's words effect me, especially the words of a stranger who has no idea about my life or my job. I am happy with my career and I don't need to prove myself to anyone. With everything going on around us for the past year now, the least we can do is be kind to one another. For all my ECE's out there, I appreciate you, I respect you, you are amazing and you should be proud of what you do for all the children you care for.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Deanna
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