stickysituation
Sep 21, 2010, 08:44 AM
Just a brief background.. My boyfriend and I have been together for about a year. He graduated from college this past semester, and moved back home to begin working as a teacher. Meanwhile, I'm still in school, and that is about 4 hours away from home (we're both from the same city).
His current job situation is really stressful and a giant mess, and there is no way he can leave - his job requires him for 2 years. The school where he works is really disorganized when it came to giving him the job, and the tasks that he would fulfill. They told him that he would be working there 3 days before school started. To add to it, he graduated with a degree in elementary education, but the school has him teaching 8th grade writing and math (which is out of his certification area). The school administration and other teachers aren't much help in getting him situated either. We talk every night, but it always turns into conversation of how bad his day was, how he feels defeated and beaten after his work day. I listen to him, and my heart breaks to hear about it all. He is starting to regret his past 4 years of college, and I feel like his job is killing his desire to teach. He wishes he did something else in college. And for as long as I've know him, he has loved teaching, so I know that this isn't him.
Should I tell him that he should pursue something else? To just stick it out? What can I do to be the supportive girlfriend and help him through this? I would really appreciate any advice.
His current job situation is really stressful and a giant mess, and there is no way he can leave - his job requires him for 2 years. The school where he works is really disorganized when it came to giving him the job, and the tasks that he would fulfill. They told him that he would be working there 3 days before school started. To add to it, he graduated with a degree in elementary education, but the school has him teaching 8th grade writing and math (which is out of his certification area). The school administration and other teachers aren't much help in getting him situated either. We talk every night, but it always turns into conversation of how bad his day was, how he feels defeated and beaten after his work day. I listen to him, and my heart breaks to hear about it all. He is starting to regret his past 4 years of college, and I feel like his job is killing his desire to teach. He wishes he did something else in college. And for as long as I've know him, he has loved teaching, so I know that this isn't him.
Should I tell him that he should pursue something else? To just stick it out? What can I do to be the supportive girlfriend and help him through this? I would really appreciate any advice.