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Re: burnt out

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-08-21 12:59

To BtBob,

Boy, did you get me wrong! Yes, I live in Brooklyn, but I'm originally a farmer's daughter from Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. And there we called them as we saw them. PC was not in our vocabulary.

Laurie's problem sounds much more like "bum out" rather than "burn out". According to her initial post, she got a teacher she didn't like and rather than work it out, she transferred. Then the new school had requirements not to her liking. Why she didn't check that out before transferring is mystery to me. I suspect she is suffering from unmet unrealistic expectations. However, these circumstances do not amount to burn out.

I taught at a college for 11 years and heard every excuse in the book. I also had a private studio during that period and the two situations involved a more than 1000-mile commute every week during the school year.

I was also a floor counselor at IU for two years and a housemother at Boston U the year the Boston Strangler was prowling less than a mile from our house. I have some really shaggy dog stories from those years.

So that I could retire with a bit of a war chest, I worked in technology at Citibank for 15 years where we were expected to work a minimum of 50 hours a week and to be on call 24/7/365, including vacations. That's a burn out job.

Oh, BTW, I am no cultural conservative, having been a bleeding heart liberal since the age of five. I just think people should take responsibility for their actions and accept the consequences. My hope is that Laurie will use this situation in a positive way and make lemonade out of her lemon.

Best,
Mary Vinquist

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