Social isolation interationally
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Artrageous
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Re: Social isolation interationally
Book clubs are also another good way to socialise with people, either fun, light books and/or work related professional reading. I also think you shouldn't count out the married people- I often socialise without my spouse at lunches, brunches etc and he goes off and plays golf without me- you might find some married people to hang with if you put out feelers.
Re: Social isolation internationally
@MartElla, I get your colleague's point. Does your school have a large number of younger teachers, in their 20s and early 30s? I think there's sometimes an assumption that if you're over 40 (like me) that you don't want to join in so you don't get invited (and to be fair, my days of drinking to the point of collapse are well behind me.) It doesn't help that my classroom is at the back end of a corridor so I'm out of the sight of others!
Personally, for me it's not a problem - my wife's school has teachers who are generally around my age, and we have friends at other schools who we knew before we moved here. I quite like not having some of the social stresses of being around colleagues at all times and it's nice sometimes to hear that other schools have their moans as much as we do!
I think the idea of a book group / cultural get together is a good idea though. We have something similar at my school which is working really well just now - alcohol is available but not mandatory by any means.
Finally, does your school have a staff room or other social area where people get together? If it doesn't, could this be suggested? If it does and it isn't used, could you try something which might entice people in - one school I worked in had a cake club where staff took turns baking / buying cakes one day a week and we all got together at break time.
Personally, for me it's not a problem - my wife's school has teachers who are generally around my age, and we have friends at other schools who we knew before we moved here. I quite like not having some of the social stresses of being around colleagues at all times and it's nice sometimes to hear that other schools have their moans as much as we do!
I think the idea of a book group / cultural get together is a good idea though. We have something similar at my school which is working really well just now - alcohol is available but not mandatory by any means.
Finally, does your school have a staff room or other social area where people get together? If it doesn't, could this be suggested? If it does and it isn't used, could you try something which might entice people in - one school I worked in had a cake club where staff took turns baking / buying cakes one day a week and we all got together at break time.