u/dyphormie

(CA) i have been applying like crazy to the local school districts and finally got invited to test for a position as an Instructional Assistant at an elementary school. part time, low pay but i just had a few questions i thought i would ask here:

1. what to expect as an instructional assistant for this age group? pros/cons?
2. what will the interview questions be like?
3. my goal is to work my way up to a secretarial or administrative role with decent pay. is this achievable with no degree?
4. will i be forced to hide piercings and tattoos? and will i be drug tested? (thc user)

i have worked in healthcare the past several years (leaving due to physical and mental strain) and i would be taking a big pay decrease, but luckily i have a support system that currently allows me to take a low paying role like this. i’m looking at this like a foot in the door if i get hired

any advice is appreciated!

edit: ok the title sounds so aggressive so i dont HATE my mom…. i just absolutely loathe everything she says and thinks 😀

i (27f) live with my parents and partner. my parents are
maga and me and my partner are progressive. i get into it with my parents sometimes about literally everything going on in the world right now but i just want to rant about this interaction this morning

she sent me a facebook reel of jake lang holding up a sign running from “a bunch of muslims” and getting stoned and megyn kelly spinning her narrative of them being “anti-christian”. my mom thought the sign said “we love jesus” or something and that’s why he was being attacked. i immediately go up to her like i know you didn’t send me a video of JAKE LANG rn, and inform her of the heinous things he’s said. she replies that it’s his right to say what he wants, i then retort by saying charlie kirk deserved to get shot and her smile slipped and she said “that’s messed up” and I point out her obvious hypocrisy when it comes to free speech. anyways, i was curious as to why jake lang got beat up so i insisted we watch the video again and see what his sign says. it said something like “deport 100 million save america” with an AI generated image of a plane and people in it. i asked her what she thinks he intended to do with a sign like that, going into a muslim community? she shrugs and is adamant about his right to “be a christian”

we are so fucking cooked. i kind of lost it during the argument, i find it hard to keep my cool when her and my dad say absolutely ridiculous unsubstantiated claims. i was yelling and i repeatedly tell her she needs to look these things up for herself and prove herself wrong, to which she responds “oh yeah trust the lefty sources” like i am losing my mind speaking to her. but there is something in me that wants to break through and bring her back to reality, but every time i try, i upset my own self and end up getting too riled up about it.

i love my mom, but it’s getting to a point where i can’t look past this type of shit man. it’s just truly so UGLY to me that she can think this way. i’ve always had a rough relationship with her but the growing divide in our politics brings my hate for her back.

tl;dr - my mom is a racist bigot and i simply can’t stand it