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In reply to the discussion: Really hard jobs. Name one. [View all]

TrogL

(32,822 posts)
89. Junior high school teacher
Tue May 8, 2012, 12:49 PM
May 2012

I burned out in three years and had my nervous breakdown. Apparently that's about average.

My favourite grade to teach is Grade 4 (let's ignore for the moment that's the class the South Park kids are in). They're old enough to actually be able to do something but they haven't hit puberty yet. Also, Grade 4 humour is surreal. They understand the mechanics of how to tell a joke or funny story, but it usually runs off the rails into absurdity.

Really hard jobs. Name one. [View all] Bertha Venation May 2012 OP
Cat herder Major Nikon May 2012 #1
My boss. He manages my team TrogL May 2012 #19
I was on a team with the same experience! noamnety May 2012 #42
Is that difficult? cyberswede May 2012 #2
Yes. hunter May 2012 #14
Thanks cyberswede May 2012 #30
Unless you have an extremely good ear, I'd pay to have it done. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #53
Furniture mover... 4_TN_TITANS May 2012 #3
+1 rrneck May 2012 #13
I used to do that. Man, I was STRONG. hunter May 2012 #15
my husband's going back to moving furniture fizzgig May 2012 #34
Fact checker at Faux news Rambis May 2012 #4
That would be a easy no show job whistler162 May 2012 #38
I don't think that job exists. Initech May 2012 #77
What would s/he do if s/he found one? KamaAina May 2012 #84
Porn actor. ohiosmith May 2012 #5
I nominate Fermin, the guy who cleans 40 stalls daily at my place. riderinthestorm May 2012 #6
pardon the ignorant, but . . . Bertha Venation May 2012 #64
Heh, my bad for ASSuming everyone would know... yup, horse stalls. nt riderinthestorm May 2012 #68
Nurse's aide in a convalescent hospital. CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #7
oh lordy, Peggy dana_b May 2012 #48
I did that job. Wanna lose weight? This'll do it. MichiganVote May 2012 #98
Industrial sandblasting guitar man May 2012 #8
Neurosurgeon HappyMe May 2012 #9
collector of bull semen/artificial inseminator of cows Arugula Latte May 2012 #10
Commercial roofer, during summer months. hifiguy May 2012 #11
Yup. That one gets a +1. HuckleB May 2012 #32
porta potty cleaner irisblue May 2012 #12
Some of the absolute BEST scenes in the original "Woodstock" movie... MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #26
Have you ever stepped into a Porta Pottie that was FULL? alphafemale May 2012 #40
hahahahaha Levitation skills Bertha Venation May 2012 #65
Teaching public school in a lower income urban environment. hunter May 2012 #16
Hospital laundry--I did it as a temp during my early 1980s unemployment Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #17
Police officer MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #18
How about a combined cop/forest fire fighter/EMT/mountain rescue team member. byeya May 2012 #21
I think their work-related murder rates (Rangers as the victims) is much higher than the police. MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #22
The Dept of Justice Crime Statistics group studied injuries and deaths byeya May 2012 #27
OMG! LASlibinSC May 2012 #56
Hard rock miner in the 1800s. applegrove May 2012 #20
In college, I got a summer job one year digging ditches for a little excavation company. MiddleFingerMom May 2012 #23
County real estate tax appraiser. trof May 2012 #24
My husband used to do that for the state of TN. Lars39 May 2012 #28
I know the term. trof May 2012 #37
Some days are better than others. davsand May 2012 #29
I did exactly the same thing. trof May 2012 #36
Paramedic or Emergency Medical Technician begin_within May 2012 #25
Yeah, that is seriously ugly work. BlueIris May 2012 #80
Grocery bagger, ditch digger, construction site lackey (brick/block carrier), landscape company ... HuckleB May 2012 #31
I was a dishwasher in a little local diner...hardest job ever nadine_mn May 2012 #54
Set three 16X80s in a day and you'll go back to washing dishes in a heartbeat LOL snooper2 May 2012 #101
Not out of touch, HuckleB... Bertha Venation May 2012 #66
There are, but I don't think this thread shows much perspective. HuckleB May 2012 #73
Newt Gingrich's PR writer Initech May 2012 #33
Rush Limbaugh's hooker HopeHoops May 2012 #35
Obviously parenting.... whistler162 May 2012 #39
Assistant crack whore. Scurrilous May 2012 #41
Kindergarten teacher. School bus driver. School custodian. School cafeteria worker. femmocrat May 2012 #43
Yes, anything affiliated with the educational field is murder. BlueIris May 2012 #88
It's almost as bad as running a smelter snooper2 May 2012 #102
Junior high school teacher TrogL May 2012 #89
School Social Work-killer MichiganVote May 2012 #99
Newt Gingrich's wife George Cauldron May 2012 #44
Training the small creature that sits on Donald Trump's head. SOteric May 2012 #45
HA! blue neen May 2012 #46
Customer service at a call center chrisa May 2012 #47
Elementary School Janitor. madinmaryland May 2012 #49
The guy at the animal shelter whose job it is to put down perfectly healthy animals Rochester May 2012 #50
Yes, that would be the worse job on the planet. femmocrat May 2012 #91
President of the United States RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #51
Parenting. Odin2005 May 2012 #52
Migrant farm worker. n/t gkhouston May 2012 #55
Crawling on your stomach in human waste & mud to get to a broken sewer pipe and repair it. Kaleva May 2012 #57
Power washing ANYTHING DiverDave May 2012 #58
debate prep for Sarah Palin Enrique May 2012 #59
Interesting how different people define "hard"... Scuba May 2012 #60
It's because our experiences are different. Kaleva May 2012 #62
While others don't understand stress... Scuba May 2012 #63
I've been a bricklayer for forty years panader0 May 2012 #61
I was an alcohol and drug counselor for adolescent street kids - runaways and throwaways. cliffordu May 2012 #67
I've always heard that the success rate for such programs is extremely low. Kaleva May 2012 #69
Thanks - cliffordu May 2012 #71
Parent (nt) bigwillq May 2012 #70
Donald Trump's critter-wrangler krispos42 May 2012 #72
Shoot just bein' married to him is bad enuf' MichiganVote May 2012 #100
Military survivor assistance officer. Hardest job in the world. jmowreader May 2012 #74
Missile launch officer. pa28 May 2012 #75
The world is full of hard jobs Marrah_G May 2012 #76
Don't know the 'name' of it laundry_queen May 2012 #78
Senior care provider. BlueIris May 2012 #79
Stay-at-home parent HopeHoops May 2012 #81
Fast food service one block from a major sports and entertainment arena. mikeytherat May 2012 #82
Servicemember in Afghanistan. KamaAina May 2012 #83
Locomotive engineer and freight train conductor. I had no idea until Mr. Brickbat started on the Brickbat May 2012 #85
Motherhood begin_within May 2012 #86
Zombie killer. nt. NCTraveler May 2012 #87
Therapist for any republican. geardaddy May 2012 #90
Destroyer OF Worlds! ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #92
Hmm, Broken_Hero May 2012 #93
Diamond Cutter. Neurosurgeon. Public Bathroom Janitor. Taverner May 2012 #94
Medical Examiner at a crime scene AsahinaKimi May 2012 #95
Being second in command to an insecure person. nt raccoon May 2012 #96
Wild Honey collector in the Sundarbans mangrove forrest..... Cronkite May 2012 #97
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