Are you scared?

[arcadian]

Be honest. I'd like to say, "from time to time". But it's pretty much all the time. Sometimes I don't know how I maintain. Weight of the world.

[femmocrat]

1. Kick....

Hope posting here helps you to cope and you get some replies that will be helpful.

:hug:

[montanto]

2. Yep, every day.

I've gotta face 140 11th graders in a few minutes and tell them that everything is gonna be alright.

[femmocrat]

3. Are you back to school already? Whew!

We go back on the 19th, kids on the 25th.

Summer went way too fast.

[montanto]

16. I teach at a "Year-round school" in Los Angeles.

A frightful juggling act due to overcrowding. Student population, 4500. Seats in classrooms, 3000. School is always in session. We have three "tracks." My track, "B" track, goes on vacation in September and October, then again in March and April since the year divides itself almost neatly into thirds (lots of time off at the expense of starting class at 7:15 and finishing the day at 3:15, with a few minutes between classes to maybe go to the bathroom or snatch some gruel from the cafe). The day after I leave my room, another teacher on a different track with different students occupies it.

So, in a sense, its almost time for my summer break.

Oh yeah, and on "B" track the students go from being 10th graders, for example, to 11th graders over the Fourth of July weekend! Sound like fun? The teachers have three whole days (and sometimes only two when, like this year, the holiday fell mid-week) to refresh themselves and enjoy the transition from graduating their previous class to the discipline issues of the next one!!

You've never seen a more wrung out group of people than B-track teachers on the Monday after graduation.

[femmocrat]

19. Wow.... that is a tough schedule!

I wasn't familiar with the year-round schedule. We don't have any districts using it here.

Enjoy your break! You have the two best months off.... great for off-season travel deals! Good time to rejuvenate!

:hug:

[montanto]

22. It is the best two months off:

This year, Turkey, last year Ireland and Greece, the year before, Italy, Spain, and France, the year before . . . well, you get the picture.

[Fran Kubelik]

4. yes.

it wouldn't bother me so much if i didn't have a kid. but the idea of the hardships he might have to face scares me mightily.

[mdmc]

5. I am no longer scared. This is what happened

I finally realized that I am not in control of the world. God is (or nothing is :shrug: ).
I have no control over what my clients do. I can prompt and assist, but it is up to them to do what needs to be done.

I can't make enough money to pay my bills. All I can do is try.

I can't make my girlfriend well again. If it is possible it is up to her and her doctors. I can only be supportive. I can only be as supportive as I can be.

I can't worry about my parents. They will both grow old and pass on.

I can't worry about politics. It won't matter who wins. The workers will always lose and the corporations will always win.

I don't know what to do. I just keep on keepin on. :cry:

[mdmc]

8. actually, I am a bit scared and concerned about my niece and nephew

I worry about them and the world. But I have faith in my sister and b-in-law.

[charlie and algernon]

6. why? am i on scare tactics?

Seriously, though i guess from time to time, especially when i start to think about my future.

[otherlander]

7. Yeah.

[Dangerously Amused]

9. Eh.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. Fight the Fear

Yeah, I am scared, too.

Jackson Browne~The Pretender
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhp96VWLEqA

[southpaw]

11. I try to remain optimistic

But, yeah... especially for my kids. And not just in the global warming, national debt kind of way. Life can be a bumpy ride and there are plenty of heartbreaks, disappointments and hard lessons to be experienced.

I'm afraid that I will try to shield my children from the things they need to experience in order to be mature, compassionate and empathetic adults. My mother kept me far too sheltered for far too long, and I feel that I have spent most of my adult life catching up on things I should have learned as a teen.

[Connonym]

12. almost all the time

[MrCoffee]

13. No. Should I be?

[redqueen]

14. Yup.

[SidneyCarton]

15. Yes, at times.

I realized long ago, that in the end the only thing I have absolute control over is my reactions to the things that happen. To some degree I, like everyone else here, am at the mercy of other people's decisions. This is part and parcel of sharing the same rock with 6 Billion other people, my decisions affect countless people I can't see, and vice-versa. If I don't think too hard about it, I'm ok. If I do, I tend to need to go to the happy place for a while...

[taterguy]

17. Nobody said it would be fair, they warned you before went out there

There's always a chance to get restarted
To a new world
new life
Scarred but smarter

(Close enough for government work)

[XemaSab]

18. Yeah, all the time

:(

[helderheid]

20. Much of the time. I am working on living in the moment but it is a difficult task.

[BarenakedLady]

21. Not feeling much of anything

Honestly.

This is why I'm changing my meds. I think I'm over-medicated.

[Q3JR4]

23. No,

I know that one day my parents will die. I know that one day my friends will die. I know that one day everyone I've ever met will die. I also know that I, too, will die. If that happens because humans create a virus that wipes us all out, animals revolt, complications from global warming cause untold destruction, earthquakes, tornadoes, or hurricanes ravish the land, political upheaval makes me a target for subversive thoughts, or even if a meteor from planet X or the area around Betelgeuse comes crashing into the Earth, then there is really nothing we can do about any of it.

I am okay with the concept of death, mostly because I look forward to the nothingness it entails. I'm okay with the people I'm close to dying before me, because I know that's the path we all must ultimately take. I'm okay with massive extinctions, horrible diseases, hunger, and ultimate death for humanity, because--seriously--that's probably best for all concerned. Humans might leave this planet a barren wasteland, but life came into being once I have no doubt that it will do so again.

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that I can only do what's best for me and for those in my immediate area. That's why I volunteer where I can, live around people I care about, love the people I'm close to, and play whenever I can.

Q3JR4.

[tigereye]

24. no.

This planet has been here for 6 billion years. So no.

[BreweryYardRat]

25. Worried about my future.

Sigh.