Waffle
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Post by Waffle on Oct 29, 2013 11:45:37 GMT -5
That's how I got my first teaching job. Was doing a long term assignment for a teacher who had had a routine hysterectomy. She came in every Friday afternoon and we'd go over the week and plan for the next week. One Friday she didn't show up which I thought was odd but oh well. Monday morning the principal called me in and she'd had complications and died over the weekend. Signed me to a contract on the spot. I got through the day and never said a word to her/my students. She wasn't supposed to come back that school year anyway. So I could get away with it. I can relate to that. It wasn't my first job - but I got a promotion to fill the slot of a colleague who died. He had a pretty long battle with cancer and he was a really nice guy. Even though I had been in the job for close to a year while he was off sick, if felt really weird getting officially promoted into it. We talked on the phone maybe once a month or so while he was off. And he once came back to work for about a week - the company we worked for at the time had a pretty liberal sick leave program, but he needed to come back and work so he could continue his sick leave benefits. He didn't really work - I worked he was just there - it was nice for him (I think) and definitely for the rest of his coworkers to get to see and talk to him.
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kent
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Post by kent on Oct 29, 2013 11:49:46 GMT -5
We had a guy that worked the night shift, got off early for some reason and went home to find his wife in bed with some guy.
He came back to the plant, climbed a very high water tower and took the plunge - sad.
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Oct 29, 2013 12:04:08 GMT -5
Zib's story is kind of like my BIL's. All the execs of one of the offices were on the company jet and it went down, so my BIL and a handful of other people got promoted to fill all the empty spaces. Lucky break for them, but none of them felt that great about it.
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Spellbound454
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"In the end, we remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends"
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Post by Spellbound454 on Oct 29, 2013 13:35:57 GMT -5
I had a lovely form class a while back. I saw them every day for 5 years, kept them straight, watched them grow from frightened little kids into beautiful young adults... and was so proud when they achieved. Two have since died. 19 year old from an accident... and recently 22 year old suicide. Saddest thing ever is standing at a funeral for someone so full of promise with their whole life ahead of them.
As for coping.You got to be there because it is expected. You got to say and do the right things to comfort the other youngsters.... who are so lost. but it does hurt their teachers too.
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Phoenix84
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Post by Phoenix84 on Oct 29, 2013 14:58:59 GMT -5
I've not experienced much in the way of death of co workers, friends, or family (knock on wood). My grandparents are all dead, but I never had much of a relationship with any of them. Other than that, some neighbors were murdered when I was a kid (didn't even know them) and a classmates brother was murdered when I was in college, but that's about it.
I've never lost a co worker. I don't see why'd you need to keep their office around for a while though....
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