Why So Many Teachers Are Leaving This Year - A Teacher's Rant
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I literally just walked out of my teaching job 10 minutes ago. I couldn’t survive till the end of the year. Wish me luck everyone!
You will be fine...
I wish you all the blessings. God please see Mary through!
@@ashcash5035 Thank you, Ash. I’m feeling wonderful. I wish you many blessings, too!
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Blessings to you in 2022! Because being a teacher now is NOT worth, I walked away as well 3 year's ago. Living my best life as a realtor!
I am emotionally abused by my students. They don’t listen, they talk back, they have conversations with each other while I’m teaching, they fight each other, they yell across the room. They are entitled, they are lazy, and so much more. I’m tired. I can’t sleep at night. I’ve gained 50lbs in a year. My admin is crazy too.
Hi, I'm not sure what grade you teach, but you have to take over your class and stop letting them run the class! I teach 2nd grade and I stay on my students like white on rice! Do you have a relationship with your students? Perhaps start there, get a behavior management system in place that works for your students! Not all behavior management systems works for all students.
@@dstgirl9of9 please don’t come and think that your simple comments can save me in my situation. Things are always far more complicated than I can explain in a simple paragraph. I teach middle School theatre and Chorus. I have classes of 50 students because they just drop kids into my class to hold a space. I don’t have a teaching assistant, and my classroom management is not the problem. I have a great relationship with my students but so many of them just don’t care. Your comment is the EXACT problem with education. Instead of empathizing with the teachers, you work overtime trying to make teachers feel like their efforts are useless and they are the problem.
@@heyheyhey40 OUCH! Middle School? Say no more. When I first got into custodial, my first school was a middle school, and after 20 years of being a custodian, I can safely say that middle schools are the WORST. I'll take a high school any day over a middle school.
When I worked at a middle school, I saw so many of my teachers literally in tears. Don't feel bad about what you're going through. You have to worked at a middle school to truly understand it. We always had kids throwing garbage at our feet and walking away.
5 months until retirement. By the gods, I hope I can make it.
I gained 100 pounds little by little after teaching over 20 years…I left last year after 23 years just 2 years shy for retirement, I knew I was not going to make it alive…now after 1 year gone, I’ve lost close to 40 pounds and am a lot healthier… no way would I recommend that profession to anyone…
@@heyheyhey40 Trust me I'm not coming for you! They don't teach Classroom management in school and a lot of teachers don't know what to do so I was just giving you some suggestions.
Say no more! You couldn't pay me to teach Middle School, I'd be in jail because I can't take disrespectful kids! Perhaps you can go up to high school? I started in high school, I loved my students, very respectful!
I was thinking of becoming a sub after retirement. I reviewed all the requirements and expectations. I saw that teachers are literally not allowed to enforce discipline in the classroom. I "Noped Out" on that idea immediately! Kids need structure, discipline, and expectations. The current system is rewarding failure.
Lol
And to take your observation about discipline one step further, you are literally not allowed to defend yourself if assaulted by a larger teenage assailant. After all, if they cannot be forcibly restrained then you have no option other than literally punching them out. If you flee the classroom you might as well not even bother returning. But most teachers probably lack the athletic ability to prevail in hand to hand combat with some older juvenile delinquent. And of course the asshole administrators will blame you for not being able to control the asshole kids through some sort of psychic mind control which is just a totally nonsensical expectation. It is literally just as stupid as if you were a clergyman and your bishop fired you for inability to perform faith healings on people who don’t take proper care of their own bodies. It’s literally an atmosphere of all pervasive stupidity and dysfunction. And the people who walk into this trap are nothing but suckers. Everyone needs a healthy dose of cynicism to avoid getting shit on by the larger society.
WTF??? What kind of school is that? K discipline?
I swear is this an American thing?
Here in Canada Some province's and I think on territory have brought in this retarded policy were teachers are FORBIDDEN to give zero's to students for late assignments. A student doesn't even have to bother doing the assignment, period, and they'll still get a A+.
One teacher, either New Brunswick or British Columbia, was suspended for giving an F to a student for not doing their work.
These students will probably expect a paycheck from their employer when they don't do the work they were asked to do.
I'm in my 2nd year and teaching is absolutely the worst job I've ever had. Great administration. Lots of support and back me uo on everything. THE STUDENTS ARE TERRIBLE. ITS HORRIBLE. Everyday is nothing but "put than down, sit down, stop throwing that, stop running sit down, I'll wait until everyone is quiet, please stop that, sit down" ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE
A LOT pf people should NOT be having kids that there are CLUELESS in how to raise.
Adults absent in there raising of childrens values
That's my experience too, asking them to be civilized, and then being blamed by admin when the kids act wild.
Some have No disipline in familys. Sorry was never like this before I HELPED in schools.
Where do you teach. Not the same everywhere
When I taught in China, I was treated SOOOO well. You can't imagine. A nice, warm breakroom with all kinds of amenities, parents bringing me home cooked food and taking me to see their cultural spots, kind words wherever I went in town. A parking spot by the front door. I met a divorced black guy whose children had been starting to get messed up in the DC public schools, in desperation he took a teaching job in China. He said his kids turned around within months. And he loved the good treatment he got from everyone as a teacher. He was the only black man many chinese had ever seen, so they pampered him like crazy. Everyone tried to find a wife for him. He finally married another chinese teacher. His boys mastered calculus (in chinese!) by 11th grade.
I had several Chinese exchange students in my class before Covid. They were insanely polite and respectful!
Wow. This is an superb testimony of when a teacher from the states leaves and teaches overseas.
@@broaj1453 I LOVED it overseas.
our country needs to treat teachers as the heros they are. miracles happen every day because of school employees And teachers. where is the love? i get thrown shade from family over how overpayed teachers are and hear the judgement and contempt for but i hear no understanding from these parents. shit, i have a relative who constantly complains about last year's student pic looking bad ,as if it was the teacher's fault. wtf???????let it go
What a great story!!
And let’s be honest, this was all happening before the pandemic but COVID brought everything into sharp relief by intensifying the already overwhelming problems in education. My favorite line is the one about about returning to business as usual. Business as usual was ridiculous, oppressive, and exploitative so the return to it was incomprehensible. We missed a golden opportunity to rethink what education should be and to start reforming from the ground up. This rant is nowhere near complete but I will stop here. Gotta get ready for work.
From..........."business as usual..........incomprehensible." 👏👏👏💯💯💯
from «We missed an opportunity (...) from the ground up.» claps* indeed. you and every other country lost the opportunity.
Why go back to "Business as Usual", when so many of our students were already falling behind before the pandemic. And yet, we suppose to pick up from where we left off, and students did not even finish the previous grade they were in. Please don't take this as a complaining opportunity. I love teaching. It hurts to see our students fall so far behind. We don't need a new curriculum. We need to get back to the basic so our students can read and write on grade level, and perform basic computation in math.
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@@gwendolynpoindexter2142 We actually need to stick with a good curriculum instead of switching to a new one every few years. It's expensive and unnecessary. Spend that money for more intervention.
Overworked and underpaid, something needs to be done. People aren’t raising their children properly. It all starts at home, teacher can’t raise your kids for you. Some parent literally get mad at teachers because their kids aren’t grasping information, sweetie you’re the parent. They need to raise teacher wages just how they raised nurse wages. Nurses didn’t get paid like they did today a few decades ago! It should be the same with teachers. I’m all over the place but I hope everyone understands. Teachers have a lot of degrees, in demand degrees too. They’re sacrificing other jobs, better paying jobs. I’m from a low income neighborhood and seen teachers go through the worst, it’s literally sickening.
It's an even deeper problem than that though, isn't it? It's not just the teachers being paid less, working more, and not having time to raise their own kids or have lives outside of work. Parents in general aren't making enough money to pay the bills, so they have less and less time to teach their kids fundamentals; even basic manners.
I could do very basic addition and subtraction, and I knew the alphabet before I started kindergarten, thanks to my mom taking the time to teach me. If it hadn't been for my grandparents giving her a hand the first 6 years of my life, I would never have had that, because she wouldn't have had the time for it. As soon as we were on our own again, she was working 70+ hours a week just to make rent.
Hell, even nurses still aren't getting paid enough for what they do!!
Real wages have been stagnant since the 80's. In fact, we're making LESS today than we did then on average, because the prices for literally everything goes up far faster than wages. I could afford 2 cars and a 2 story house on a $10/hr wage in 1980.
The entire system is diseased, and needs to be cut off like a gangrenous limb. And the name of that disease? Capitalism. The endless drive for profit affects literally every industry, whether directly or indirectly. Teachers don't get paid enough because rent/house payment is 4 times higher than it was 20 years ago, food prices are 10 times higher, while their wages haven't even doubled. This goes for LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE WORKING CLASS PROFESSION! Even though schools don't have a profit motive (not directly), they are still subject to the profit motives of every single industry they require to function.
@@PandemoniumVice based on the lack of the word father in your comment, I’m going to assume that your mother did literally everything, and this points to the single parent problem, not a capitalism problem. You need to check out the statistics, especially for underprivileged youth and the single motherhood rate. It’s not capitalisms fault that women make 80% of consumer decisions and carry over 60%of all student debt. That’s not capitalism, that’s what feminism did.
@@Saixjacket I didn’t say mom or dad, I said parents…
I agree. I always say, "it starts at home and ends at home."
@@remseynash4986 Exactly! I wish more people knew this
I’m a high school teacher and I’ll be retiring at the end of this year after 24 years. I feel like one of those marathon runners crawling the last couple of yards on all fours. This has been the hardest year. I don’t see it getting any better any time soon, that’s why I decided it was time to call it quits.
I’m thinking about retiring early as well. I have 26 years. Jumping out on faith.
Those 5 hours a week you actually teach with weekends, holidays and summers off must have been horrible.
@@firstlast7090 wow home school your kids huh?
@@firstlast7090 People like you just add to the stress, because you’re clueless.
@@lisabroestaff7133 Stress?!?!?!😂🤣😂
I resigned a month ago after 15 years. The increasing admin demands, discipline demands and low pay made teaching unsustainable.
In that month the stress level has dropped considerably. Monday's work is something for Monday. There is no constant niggling stress of constantly trying to perfect a lesson. I am not worn down each day. I have a new job and much less stress for much better pay.
@@CatM23 I retrained over the summer to become a SAFe agile SPC. That allows me to become a scrum master, a scrum master uses their emotional intelligence, to motivate and organize software development teams to complete their projects. It pays better than teaching for essentially the same skill of using your classroom management techniques to get software developers to finish projects on time. A good amount of these position are remote.
The joys:
Higher pay
Remote work
Monday work, waits until Monday morning
The cons
I miss that feeling that I made a difference in kids lives, that my work was essential, and world chaging
I will not have the "summers" but the time I do have I will have the funds to actually enjoy the time off I have.
Side note
I also don't feel the need anymore to have all that time off to recover from the unsustainable workload of the 180 days of school. Work is just work, not something I need to recover from for 2 months.
@@ecmoore71 Where did you go to get that training? This is my 22nd year and I am DONE! The disrespect and misbehavior is unbelievable! I have been trying to leave since 2005. I have two Masters degrees (Training and Ed. Admin) plus a BA in Advertising and cannot find a job.
I left in 2019 after 15 years also. It is no longer a profession, just a job.
Wow.
After 33 years I FINALLY get to retire in June and it can’t come fast enough. Teaching simply sucks now. You can count on no support and no matter what you do- it’s your fault and you suck. 7 months to go. Sweet Jesus- give me strength
Don’t forget you get spring break off so it less time then you think 😃
The shortest length always feels like the longest. You got this, one more last day of school left.
Awesome. Do you have days you can take off? I’d use them. Sprinkle off days throughout the school year!
Congratulations 🎉
Same here @Kristin Hall. Retired June 2021 after 35 years. Really miss the kids though.
I am a teacher in Russia. Kids have respect for teachers here because their parents explain this to them at home. We say that education starts in the family. Coming to school kids already know what is bad and what is good.
That is how children were raised and taught pre-` 1960 in USA. After that lunatics look over,
Kids here don't have parents; they are babysat and raised by food, video games and the internet. Parents work all day and won't sacrifice even an hour of time to sit and play or educate their kids. Of course this is generalizing but I'd say 90% of people I know are like this. I had to teach my niece her alphabet right before kindergarten started. You're lucky the society you live in has maintained normalcy.
💯❤ Absolutely
@@x2z964 “Won’t”? Mmmk. How about CAN’T?! When our jobs are threatened just by asking if we can take an hour off to pick our kids up from school, what do you think we can do about it?? Work culture has gone INSANE. We now have to choose between spending time with our children or putting a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, and giving them halfway decent health insurance. Yeah, totally admit, some parents are crap, they need to communicate with their kids, but way too many simply don’t have the time and energy they NEED in order to help their children for the exact same reasons teachers come home too drained to help their own children. Most of us are overworked and underpaid with unreasonable expectations in an economy so out of balance that we make way more than previous generations on average, but we STILL can’t afford the cost of living. Society has to take a serious look at itself and change this shit.
@@x2z964 this is the stupidest comment I've ever seen my entire life parents don't have time to sit down talking about some pointless also you're saying kids were raised by food???😂😂 also I guess you're one of those Karen's that think that viDeO gAmEs CaUsE vIoLNcE🤦♂️🤦♂️
The sad thing is a year later (from this video)it is still going on. I feel so bad for all teachers who have to endure this mistreatment. I'm sorry you all are going through this.
Besides mistreatments it's all the school shootings happening in America. Some teachers are feeling like this is guerilla warfare.
Why should you be sorry? The people who should be sorry are the parents of these misbehaved students who these teachers are stuck with.
Yep, im leaving teaching
I felt this video so much I started crying. I decided to leave without giving a 2 weeks notice. I refuse to let my well-being suffer anymore and my kids need their mom. Thank you.
You don’t have to give a 60day notice??
@@sdays59 She made the choice to do what she felt was best for her and her kids!
Take care of yourself, Teacher!! Im happy for you. Don’t worry. Everything will work out, AND your mental well-being will be restored.
That's why I left one position- the kids needed their Mommy, and I couldn't be Mommy to 20 needy kids, while they overtly ran amok and parents blamed me. I tried everything I knew.
Good for you sweetie. You don’t deserve the abuse and stress. Now it’s time for you to heal and find a different line of work that isn’t abusive. Sending hugs to you and other teachers who are struggling.
Sounds like there's no incentive to stay: the stress, no time for your own families, abuse from students parents and admin, lack of appreciation, sounds like yall are being treated like babysitters rather than educators imo. And you don't even earn a livable wage from this high pressure job! Kudos to all of you for standing up for yourselves and your peers! Yall deserve better.
TY. I *wish* we were paid what a babysitter would make, per child! I did the math once. It was just too depressing.
What makes it more heartbreaking is when parents hear all that and say: "If you don't like it, leave!" Teachers poor their hearts, souls, and energy into our students and job. We all want to do what is right for the kids, but we are killing ourselves doing it. The question to stay or leave has been on my mind since last year. We have had 2 teachers resign in our small school just in the past week. 😔
@@megandavis4705 That is infuriating. A more respectful parental response would be, "Please share with me your honest experience and tell me what I can do to support you in a joint effort to reform this system that clearly is not working." We deserve no less than that, and can actually take our labor elsewhere. En masse.
@@akc1739 I absolutely agree. Teachers want what is best for these kids. We all just need to support each other and work together.
@@megandavis4705 The "if you don't like it, then leave" mentality is why there is a shortage. I wish the people saying that would realize that there are issues in the system, which is why people no longer like it and thus leave.
Absolutely true, Every word! I taught for 19 years and took retirement last June. By the end I didn’t even recognize the job anymore. My heart goes out to all teachers. You’ve got to save yourselves first, if you can.
New teacher here and the main issue is the DISRESPECT! and how little you can actually do about it.Easily the toughest part of teaching is behaviour issues and being forced to deal.And fortunately I am not even at a school where behaviour is that bad but it has deteriorated since Covid as everyone keeps telling me.This is aside from the pay, workload and the fact its a 6 day job.It's been two and half years for me now and I honestly don't know how people deal with this long term.Sometimes it's amazing yes, but those lessons are overshadowed by the bad ones.Usually due to a minority of students in each class.I have heard of teachers having anxiety, time off for exhaustion and others breaking down crying due to how bad the behaviour and lack of support can be.I get why so many people leave.A shame as schools are losing amazing teachers.
Yes. Out of all the struggles in school, disrespect from kids is the worst. It terminates every aspect of the education system. Lack of respect= lack of safe environment for kids= lack of emotional security for kids= lack of actual academic learning=lack of growth in general. Everybody loses.
I’ve got an idea! For admin to do recertification they should have to go back into the classroom and teach for a whole year on a teacher’s salary every 4 or so years. How quickly they forget what it’s like to be us and they just pile on teachers. Need to simplify education. Too much waste, too many pointless meetings, and most importantly education has become way way too monetized. This is why we’re in the shape we’re in. Every ass in the seat is $$$$
BINGO.... I wish I could have given you about ten thumbs up instead of one.
I have a former student who teaches in Germany. Their administrators are required to teach one class period every day -- they have a regular teaching schedule, just reduced. They do it there because Germany realizes administrators can quickly forget what it's like to be in the classroom. I wish we followed this practice in America.
PREACH!!!!
I feel bad for the kids who would have to deal with the admin
I don’t, however, feel bad for the admin who would have to deal with the kids 😂
Love that idea! Last year, during a Covid surge, a superintendent and an district person came to sub. They lasted one day, and never came back again.
This is my 9th year teaching! I’ve never seen my colleagues more emotionally stressed and burnt out then now. Unfortunately, teachers will never get what they deserve because we are NOT valued in society! It sucks, but it’s true!
Don’t worry! When more and more teachers leave the education field and the shortage is extremely severe. Schools will once again shut down and parents will be forced to make arrangements to homeschool their kids forever.
Preach. I started homeschooling my 2 elementary students October 2020 and it's a full time job. That I don't get paid for. But since they're my kids, it's worth it. So any teacher out there teaching other people's kids... MORE POWER TO YOU! I pray for ya'll every day.
My God bless you and your husband. We homeschool too and it is worth it. I am trying to leave my job as a spanish teacher to transition into cybersecurity. Wish me luck!
@ CoCo!!! I agree with you completely
Homeschooling is the way to go 👍👍
I’m not a teacher, but I was a school counselor. This was my first year, and I quit today because I just couldn’t handle the toll it was taking on me. I could barely sleep and started having panic attacks everyday. I’ve gone to urgent care 7 times this school year because of how sick I was getting from stress. Thank you for sharing this, and for everyone still working in schools, God speed.
I feel sorry for innocent teachers
We trust teachers with the thing we treasure most in life and we pay and treat them like indentured servants. Messed up, isn’t it? ❤️
The joy of teaching fizzled out for me and I stopped loving, enjoying life during those teaching hours. The good thing is that we teachers can leave the profession and in fact leaving little by little.
So true. And it was like that BEFORE the pandemic. It’s only gotten worse 🙇🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
maybe if the kids were not monsters our school staff would not need to stress so much! parents are STUPID these days. oh we can't spank or say no to our gender neutral darlings so that gives them carte blanche to tear up the world.
@@triciajohnson8332 I think it’s because children aren’t being raised. They’re just growing. We need to get back to actually raising children with discipline and direction instead of being so relaxed and unintentional.
Then they should do something else. If you are so frustrated with your teaching job then leave the teaching career.
There need to be assistants in almost every elementary classroom, so that kids can get more adult attention and the teacher can teach. Class sizes need to be smaller. Cut the central office staff, cut the instructional coaches, stop with new initiatives, and put all your money toward hiring more people. Have firm routines in place and consequences for misbehavior right away. The kids will fall into line once they see that there are boundaries. Mental health services need to be brought into the school.
Assistants/paraprofessionals are in short supply. Many para positions have been posted since the summer, with no applicants. I am a SpEd teacher with the neediest high school aged students. three of them require a 1:1 aide; two of them finally got a contracted employee from an outside agency, one child still does not have one. I am supposed to have two classroom paras. I have one, the other position finally got an acceptable applicant (in NOVEMBER) and is going though the "pre-employment" process, which is lengthy. I will probably see her after Christmas break, which will be a relief, since I have three female students who need help in the restroom every day, and I am the only female adult in my class. Most of my students are transported to school by temp agency workers in 9 passenger vans (because they only require a class C license). Even our speech therapist is from a third-party agency.
They don’t train or pay paras well enough!
I agree
Are the mental health services just for students or teachers, too? Asking for a friend!
@@sdays59 Unless it's special ed, most place have gotten rid of them do to budge cuts
I wish we had assistants in every single classroom! I'm in a middle school, and it seems as if students need somebody to check in with them or keep them on task every moment of the class period. There is no way one teacher can reach all of these students in a meaningful way. The learning gaps are far too great.
I am a teacher assistant at a shelter and I do feel appreciated by the teachers there.
This is part of why we decided to homeschool my nephew for a second year. I know the teachers are stressed and schools are understaffed, and they don't need his crazy on top of all the other crazy. He's not a bad kid, but he's had a lot of craziness in life happen on top of Covid. So homeschooled because we could. Trying to get him settled so he can go back smoothly.
Really glad you’re able to make that decision for your nephew.
Keep him at home and continue to homeschool him. This the best thing all of us should do for our and our families' children. Read your Bible! God tells us to do this.
Yes! continue do not stop homeschooling. Why would you not do that? What that child is being taught you would blush at!
I homeschooled my oldest from k-12. I'm currently on homeschooling my 17 year old (He has never been to a typical school either). I promise you your nephew will outscore the rest of his classmates by the time he is finished with high school. More power to you!
@@rachelhilton685 If we'd been able to stick to my original lesson plan, maybe. Had a lot of interruptions this year. We're going to try online schooling next year to see if the hybrid approach works for him.
I quit after 12 years 2 weeks ago. Done. Join the great teacher resignation. If you are in college studying to be a teacher....STOP. Choose another major. Get out. Save your mental health. The country abandoned us 2 decades ago. Leave now and better your life mentally and physically.
I am sorry to hear this. Any admin out there, please listen. Teachers are necessary
I quit teaching in 2006 after 9 years. They can't pay me enough to go back. Especially not as a substitute. It was not worth teaching then, and certainly not now.
I just went back to school to complete my teaching degree while working as a TA and every week that goes by I wonder if it's worth it.
@@GP27373 It's not worth it. It really isn't. I started teaching just before the pandemic happened and shit just keeps getting worse. This isn't even including how the pandemic has affected things. Please save yourself the money, exhaustion, time, and mental/emotional fatigue and do anything but teach. 🙏 🙏 🙏
@@GP27373 It's worth it to me. Everyone's experience is different. Years ago, during my student teaching, I had a teacher tell me not to do it. I’m so glad that I didn’t listen to her. I LOVE teaching. Ultimately make the decision that's best for you.
I'm not a teacher, but as a parent, please know that you are appreciated. I appreciate every teacher, that any of my children, ever had. Thank you to all the teachers who going above and beyond for your children. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏
Michelle I'm sure your remark is like a breath of fresh air for so many teachers. Appreciated and Thank you can be so powerful at the end of a hard day or week. I wish we had more of you.
As a fellow parent with 3 kids I fully concur. I really wish there was something concrete we could do to help.
@@Mama_Bear524 Sounds like you are a very kind person. Best to you and your children.
Thank you for your support
GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I am an old teacher and Head Football Coach of 42 years and will be retiring in May of this year (2022). I will continue to Coach Football as in that world I sent the rules. I set the standards. I set the expectations and finally I set the policy where and when a player is to be dismissed due to not following our rules. I would love to continue and teach but I am simply DONE!!!! I agree with you 100% on everything you said. I teach and coach in the state of Florida and I just found out the FRS (Florida Retirement System) and my county will NOT allow me to return a few days a week to substitute to supplement my income for a period of 1 year. Now how stupid is that? They would get a 42 year veteran of 42 years, in the classroom helping teachers who take the day off and not forcing a current teacher to give up their planning period. Yet they tell us in this HUGE shortage of Subs we cannot come into the school and sub. So much for what is best for students. This state and my county DO NOT CARE ABOUT STUDENTS. ONLY THEIR OWN SILLY RULES.
Not one lie was told! I’m in my 5th year as an educator… this year definitely hits real different! It’s harder than any of my previous 4 feels like I’m a first year teacher all over again
Hoping that means it'll only get easier for us new teachers starting this year... Looking like I might luck into some rent controlled housing to help with the low starting pay, but it still feels bad given my classmates who don't teach make several times what I do. Kids need to learn technology, but teaching it means so many sacrifices... I'm giving it 5 years before I leave, but I'm not terribly optimistic.
@@syber-space it’s hard making it to that mark…. Maybe with all of these teachers leaving they might give educators more love but we shall see but I’m not that optimistic either I’m in a good school district so I think I can keep pushing for a little while longer
100% true. That’s why I left at the end of last school year. A lot of these school districts near me say they value male teachers of color. I only see it in writing, not in actions.
@@sergiocastillo6716 this is so true…. As another male educator of color I get it! It’s really crazy out here
THANK YOU, just thank you, for sticking in there and caring for these kids… giving them knowledge and a positive male role model which so many lack today. God bless you!!
I'm one of those teachers that walked away. It's truly overwhelming being a teacher nowadays. And you're exactly right, what we're doing is not working.
Diddo. I'm on year 25. My love and devotion went from a juicy plum to a shriveled prune. Dropped the mic and moved on.
I've seen many good teachers walk away. The teachers that are replacing them are the kids that you walked away from just a bit older. They're no different than the students. I've seen young teachers who are right on par with the lack of morals, decency, manners as the students.
I understand completely. After 52 years of being an educator since 1973, I have seen so many changes, dumbing down the curriculum and entitlement issues of why a specific child should receive a passing grade for just showing up part of the time, and finally retired. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
52 years! God love you for your dedication!
The trouble lies with the parents who don't "parent" their children at home. I was the eldest of five children and none of us would have behaved badly at school or anywhere else. Even if we had been on lockdown for nearly two years we would have gone back to school and behaved ourselves.
Flame LIly, you are telling the foundational truth. Our legal/political culture has created a generation of children in our public school system that are absolutely abusive to their teachers and are supported in that by "parents" and administrators who cater to each other. The profession of teaching, other than at the collegiate level, has been debased and devalued. I know, because I have taught both elementary and college level. That anyone stays in public school teaching in this day and age is a miracle to me.
I am so sorry for what you're going through. No one is recommending teaching as a profession anymore. You are a great spokesperson for teachers. Thank you for your service.
I’ve always felt like Teachers should get paid at least 70k per year. They deserve it! We have got to understand that NO ONE wants to deal with bad kids! It starts at home! Teach your kids respect and manners then maybe teacher’s will want to stay! Do something about the cost of living too!
And 70K is only decent in some areas. In expensive places like California and New York, 70k would not be enough. But yeah, I agree we all need decent wages in teaching.
Six figure teaching salaries is a LOT better.
You are crazy!! these dirt bag teachers spreading their political views and woke garbage to our kids!! i hope they defund the schools!!! My child wont be going to public school!!!
Yes, and covid made it worse. Parents need to do their part. Money will help, but salary alone won’t be enough. Once you’ve had enough, you’re ready to leave. Salaries def need to increase
@@aaron2700 pssssttt... you're probably one of the parents they're talking about.
😢I am so sorry for Teachers! God bless you and may there be a big change soon!
I will never set foot in a classroom again. Mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially I can’t do it. It no longer makes sense to work multiple jobs. Not getting any days off and toping it off with being abused by student and parents with no admin support. Never again. If this country wants good teachers then changes need to happen now.
I work in a childcare center as an teacher. At my center each classroom has so many children with behavioral issues. And nothing is being done. And there is no support whatsoever at my center. Us as teachers have to deal with these children’s challenging behaviors. And on top of that the teachers aren’t even specialized with children with behavioral issues.
@gymnut74 I resigned from my job on May 18th. It was not worth it for me to stay at that place. I was always burned out as an assistant teacher. And the paychecks are so little.
@gymnut74 admin, and the director would treat me so badly. And the teacher aides I use to work with will have me doing everything. And will leave me alone with the kids while they have conversations amongst themselves
@gymnut74 And the teachers aide will tell me your the head teacher I’m supposed to know what to do. And always telling me that I’m always complaining, and what I’m stressed about. And that I need to get up because I was suffering with headaches.
@gymnut74 I put it my two week notice back in May. And it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Because no amount of money is worth staying at a toxic environment. I’m just applying for other jobs. I’m just going to learn how to have faith. And that something will come my way.
I left after 16.5 years. I couldn't take it another day. The disrespect from every side. Kids cursing at you. Parents cursing at you because they don't want you calling them. Kids thinking it's funny to smack teachers on the butt. Admin more afraid of the parents than concerned about discipline. Nobody is dealing with that anymore. I'm done. I'll work at Walmart if I have to but the worst feeling in the world is having parents blame you because they didn't raise their kid. I should have left sooner. I agree. Most teachers I know had second jobs. My job now is the same amount of money and way less stress. I foolishly stayed for the kids but I had to leave for me.
What do you do now? I hate teaching too :(
So sad you make the same without the stress of teaching responsibilities. Shows that most teachers aren't paid their worth.
I hear you loud and clear. Congratulations you lasted for 16.5 years, I don't know if I could have ever done that. I'm not a teacher but a pediatric occupational therapist and I tell you, when I first started doing therapy 18 years ago, I was doing therapy, these last 10 years I spent more time disciplining a kid to do a 30-minute session. And these were preschoolers. Their parents are something left on the side of the road. I'm done.
Where are you working now?!
WE DID NOT SIGN UP TO RAISE OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN!!!! IF WE DID, WE WOULD BE FOSTER PARENTS OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS!!! I left 11 years ago. Now, I advocate the homeschooling of our children. Teaching is a part of raising the children and this is the parents' and families' responsibility! This should NEVER be farmed out to the state!
ALL TRUE!!!! THIS YEAR IS A JOKE!!! I'm a teacher and to be honest, the system does NOT want good, great, or amazing teachers. NOT all but many of the parents are a joke. You don't want your child to fail but you're not helping them at home and blamethe teacher. Then admin says one thing but does another. I applaud my fellow workers...those who stay and those who leave. It's a business not education.
I agree, it's a scam of our tax dollars and all the stress workers endure is to keep them busy from organizing and changing things on the legislative level.
The parents take up for the kids and students lie and say they have done their work when in actuality they haven't. Everybody wants something for nothing.
I teacher told me she goes home every night and cries.. teachers deserve better. Student behavior is the worst part . Parents need to step up
You NAILED IT! I gave my notice two weeks ago that I wasn't renewing my contract for next year. The only thing my Executive Director could say to me when I gave him my letter.....AFTER 14 years....was "Thank you for your service". That says it all. They don't care at all about the staff. Time to move on.
I almost teared up watching this.😢
Several of us were talking back in September and couldn’t understand why after less than 2 months we were soo tired…like end-of-the-school-year tired!!!🤦🏾♀️🙏🏾🙏🏾
And the students are acting like they do in April/May!
@@tammy2830 Right!
Thought it was just me! ... On the SECOND day of school, I actually began counting down the days until summer break. 🤦♀️
This! We were May levels of tired by October and it actually took awhile to realize that it was because we were suddenly behaving like it was a normal school year with a normal school year's level of work and adding on pandemic teaching loads of work.
I had similar conversations with my colleagues a few weeks into the school year. The narrative was the same regardless of the grade level that they teach. To hear you share this let's me know there's something going on globally within the profession, not just with my local school site.
I've had 3 separate physical contact aggressions this year and those don't include being hit with things thrown at me, one of which was a broken pencil that hit me in the face. This behavior is partly due to lost time due to Covid and all the online learning they are doing now, with even students saying they miss books, but most of it is due to the fact that the US is crumbling as a nation.
And kids do it because they know they will get away with it. At most, a couple days suspension.
God wake people up.WHERE GODS LOVE, LIGHT AND TRUTH IS NOT. The devils lies, hate will be! To those teachers who genuinely have a heart for teaching. God bless and help you. Bad behaving kids is the result of a godless culture
Anti God teachers who pervert and indoctrinate the Innocent. SHOULD BE FIRED AND ARRESTED!
Woke peoples are insane. As they are.out of their God given mind. A man is a man and women is a women.
Turn to Jesus and don't allow the sinfully crazed to lead you to hell.
And you should be able to sue the parents. I don't want to equate children to pets, but if a dog bites a person, the owner is responsible. So of a child acts aggressively, the parents should be held responsible.
And yes, I am a parent.
As a 22 year high school teacher, the thing that irks me most is that I do not control my own classroom. Even in that, the biggest thing I have issue with is that I don't get backing by admin or parents.
Parents:
Your kid is not the angel you think they are. What they do at home is far different than what they do at school, whether it's better or worse in an individual case, but you parents need to stop thinking that just because your kid doesn't do it at home, does not mean they don't do it at school. And something else: take the effin cell phone away from them and give them a flip phone. They can still make calls, but I don't have to deal with little Johnny and his video games or disruptions that I have to call you at home about...and then you scream at me because he doesn't pay attention in class because he's playing racing games on his $1000 cell phone. You don't help us by letting your kids do whatever they want and then not believing us when we call home. By the way...your kids will be making decisions for you when they're older and you're too old to remember what you had for lunch. If they were prepped for the real world in school, then they learn it the hard way by people who do not care one whit about them. You want them making decisions for you?
Administration:
Stop backing the kids all of the time. We need a united front to demonstrate that the kids can't play "mom against dad" in school. If i suspend them from my class, then back me. Stop pandering to parents and actually get to the bottom of a complaint BEFORE you come say this is all my fault. If it turns out to be the parent's issue, then back me. Stop cowering behind your office desk and stand up for me. Start assuming that you get paid to set the conditions for my success in the classroom instead of sucking down the government dime to call yourself a leader when you actually aren't.
From time immemorial, teachers knew the pay sucked. We knew there were parents, teachers, admin, the state and ourselves that we needed to take care of. We knew that lesson planning could be a chore and that little Johnny or little Janie would come to us complaining about little Timmy. We knew these things coming in or we found out quickly...but we stay because we really do care about the kids. We didn't get into this to be rich. That's what the lottery is for.
But there comes a time...a time when even the patience of a teacher simply can't take the back stabbing, pandering, politicking done to us by OUR OWN FOLKS. Surrounded on all sides, and entirely defensive, it's no wonder teachers are calling for air extraction from "the 'zone".
Move into community college You will like it a whole lot better!
This. Young female teachers starting off in our early 20s are especially abused, like stop blaming me for parent complaints when that child has been abusive in the classroom all year.
@@adrianagauci4894 Definite agreement there!
I took my son out of public schools after witnessing the behavior in his math class while he was on distant learning. I chose to keep him on distant learning so that I could help him more but the teacher was so out numbered by the students who were unruly that I had to call the principal and ask for back up for her. Meanwhile my son sat at the computer awaiting instruction. It occurred to me thar with my son surrounded by that behavior daily it was no wonder I couldn't get through to him to behave or get him caught up with his schooling. After pulling him out, his behavior has drastically improved and so has his academics! It's like he's a totally different kid! I don't blame teachers for quitting. I am by no means saying my child is an angel....but at least now I have a better grasp on his behavior. These kids feed off of each other behavior wise. Parents, if you are having a hard time getting you child to behave you might want to check out who they are around constantly...that might be one of your biggest problems. Meanwhile my son has to repeat 7th grade math becuas the teacher didn't have a chance to do her job! She was too busy trying to mediate and baby sit. That's not their jobs. I felt so bad for her. I told the principle I can tell she is doing all she can but she is out numbered.
As a parent, you can fight against this. Threaten to sue the school
@@wheatstonebridgeThank you, but considering I was able to, my way of fighting was/is to take my kids out. The schools are not getting funding for my children. There are a lot of other parents like me who are doing the same...enough that it's been in the news a few times. I could sue but I'd rather just teach my kids since I can. If another parents choice is to sue, I completely support that too.
I'm a teacher and since school has opened this term I've had headaches every afternoon right at the end of last period. It's like my body knows my day should be over but my brain knows that the work NEVER ends. Exhaustion, headaches, and now sleep problems and it's all really bad signs of stress and burn out...School has only been physically opened for 3 weeks! I feel like it's been a year.
I was right there with ya. I resigned in October. I could not sustain that level of demand any longer.
@@ecmoore71 damn such a double edged sword. It’s teachers like you who we need but it’s teachers like you who burn out the quickest because you care so much, try so hard. I get it. I’m so sorry it was too much. But I understand.
We opened schools in Sept 2020. We've been in person the whole time. And admin says covid is not an excuse anymore
@@ecmoore71 when is your last day of work?
Our teachers are overworked and underpaid! They struggle to pay their own bills and they are always having to fund supplies for their classrooms too. Our teachers are responsible for teaching, counseling and discipline. I don’t know how anyone does it!
Ever hour I taught or spent time going to the various teaching assignments was an hour without the joy of life for me.
Most of the teachers I know who stay in it are subsidized by their husband or wife's better income. It was more rare to not have this. My partner and I lived in a small apartment on a really loud street. It was a sacrifice but with the pandemic our area got worse and worse. The initial benefit was it was less loud during the lockdown. There was no way I was gonna be able to afford to rent a house or buy a house in our area. It was very stressful being in a loud school and coming home to a loud environment. I quit teaching, moved and am doing reiki now. I wish more teachers could try reiki.
You hit the nail on the head. My last day in traditional public school was October 14, 2022. I am still in education, just not public school. They push us to a point that it is not worth it. Between admin breathing down your neck; to overly exerting their authority...where else do you see that in the professional world? Nah, I'm good. Best decision ever.
Extremely accurate. I have been teaching for close to 22 years and I am leaving the field of education due to every one of the reasons highlighted in this video. I recently received my license to sell Health/Life Insurance. Just one day in the field, selling only two life insurance policies, I made more money than I bring home after two weeks of teaching. I absolutely love teaching but I need to live.
I have a daughter in law who is leaving the teaching profession who is married to my police officer son who is also on his way out. They are also moving far away. It's been brutal for them both. My heart is breaking for them, for me and for the country as a whole.
Society is going to lose the best teachers, mental health counselors/social workers, officers, and nurses. They are burnt out and leaving in droves!!! Society needs to change.
God bless them both. Times are hard. I stay close to my faith God will provide for us.
Trust me it's happening in other countries in the world...we are feeling the heat that got turned up during the COVID. God help us all!
Unfortunately it is only when societies get to a breaking point that things change. It has always been like that and it'll continue to be so. Despite the alarming scenarios and deep pain it brings for the people involved, things will get better and they will change. Linda, the same with your son and daughter in law. They will be okay :) God has mysterious ways, be blessed
America....GET IT TOGETHER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
I'm not a teacher. In fact, my kids have never even walked into a public or private school. I can totally see how much re-adjusting these kids to the classroom can be such a huge problem. Even in a homeschool setting, when we've had family emergencies, long term sicknesses, or moves, we would have to pause and come back s-l-o-w-l-y... How can they expect teachers with 20 students to just "get back to business" after all these kids (and teachers) have been through?!?! Praying for you! Much respect!
So thankful we are back to homeschooling. Cannot imagine all that the teachers and staff are dealing with!
Great insight! I wish it was only 20 kids! I have 33 first graders every. single. day. 😔
@@mst675, oh bless you! I knew 20 was a conservative number, but 33 seven year olds... yikes!! I'm praying for you
20 students? Who has 20 students? I wish! I have always had a minimum of 33 students, and that is with no aide and no help, ever.
@@francinemitchell3809 Fuck prayer! Prayer doesn’t do shit! We need parents who teach their kids how to behave, how to listen and be respectful! This is 100% on the parents. If they acted like parents and not like feel good buddies, maybe we wouldn’t be trying to teach little monsters.
I switched my major before committing myself to this daily beating of a job. My whole family is in education and I see how frustrated and tired they are. I refused to put up with it
Sad that I am so happy that I never finished my degree in elementary education. So grateful for the ones that are sticking it out. You all are some of my favorite massage clients when you come in to see me because you all need and deserve it so much.
It’s so sad that this is reality today. Teachers should be revered & seen as some of the highest ranked contributors to society. They deserve to be paid significantly more along with having assistants for each class. It blows my mind how backwards our education system is. Teachers are our unsung heroes of the pandemic
Voters say that but then vote against the tax raises necessary to implement teacher pay raises.
Your right. Admin puts all of the problems on to the teachers, parents expect more from teachers then just educating their children and it's just to much to load on to one persons day. Watching and listening to this video made me feel like I was having a family dinner with my daughter in law (elem. teacher) and my son (high sch. teacher). They tell me the exact same thing. Both of them are mentally drained from the pull from both admin and parents. The expectations are far beyond just teaching their students. I'm afraid if something dosen't change will we are going to lose good teachers for good. Backwards is just what this system is. People need to wake up these kids are the next generation, and they are leaving school unprepared for what's ahead for them.
It's the Educational Bureaucracy, doesn't matter how much money you give to Public Education, the Bureaucrats and Unions will just soak it all up and the teachers get the bread crumbs
In private and charter school, that practice can not be afforded or they'd lose all business, so the bureaucracy is kept small and the teachers are well paid
@@logicmeister1821 I don 't know about private schools, but my daughter in law is a teacher in a charter school. Her pay is about half of of what the public school teachers make. No one is payed well in a charter school. These schools are for profit and their bottoms line is all they care about. My grandkids attend public schools, not the charter school were their mother teaches.
@@pamelaz.7659 And how well are you grandkids doing in school compared to you daughters students?
You saying that charters schools paying their teachers less, is the first I've heard of it. But I do know that they achieve higher results with less funding, and that so many parents want to get their kids into those schools that they've literally had to set up a lottery system
I'm in my 6th year of teaching. Currently searching for another job because of all the issues stated in this video. Thank you for speaking the truth.
Damn I’m going to school just so I can teach, but now I’m thinking about reevaluating my major.. idk what the hell else I wanna do 😭
@@TheHellmo If you are aware of the environment and you really want to do it, I'd say go for it. And maybe find a private school to teach for. I can't speak for everyone. I just know for me personally, I'm just done with the environment.
@@TheHellmo Really, pray hard because my first year was my last. Blessings to you!
Preach baby!!!!!!!! You're speaking for teachers all across the world!!!!!!!!! Thank you for letting us know we are not the only one!
Everything she says is absolutely true.
The shame is that quality, caring, devoted, gifted teachers like her are few and hard to find.
It's sad we will lose her, too.
And for her sake, good for her. The current environment would destroy her.
The students are behind academically. If they were already lagging behind, then it’s even worse. A lot of the higher ups want us to go faster and faster to catch up the learning. Teachers are stressed because they are being ignored at every level when it comes to what’s best for students. How can we get the students to where they need to be by overwhelming them with quickly taught stuff.
They expect us to put the roof on the house before all four walls are framed out and even sometimes before the foundation is built. Plus, they want us to do this without planning for it, without building supplies, without financing, and while helping out other builders and using tools we’ve never held before, all while 5 different supervisors are sipping coffee and shouting at us how we could do this or that better.
I was able to spend the Lockdown year working from home and helping my ADHD son out with school, his behavior, and we finally found the right medication. He actually tested AT grade level (5th), for the first time ever. But most of his peers have fallen far behind. Many of them have social and/or emotional issues from a year where their social skills were neglected. I hope they aren't being pushed too hard--as stressful as it is for teachers (and I know it is!), making kids hate school by putting that pressure on them is going to damage them in the long run.
And screw the armchair crew and their uninformed opinions. They need to accept reality--that the teachers who have stuck it out are heroes, that the ones who left had valid reasons and that THEY need to do better to help those who remain. That kids will catch up, but not if they start feeling like they're failures for being behind in the first place.
“They expect us to put the roof on the house before all four walls are framed…” EXACTLY!!!
@@ladygrndr9424 I’m so happy you were able to help your son finally. Must’ve been so hard but such a relief now. And YES to your second part!! They will be fine but being pressured will prolong it and stress EVERYONE out.
Teaching faster and faster to catch up is the most ignorant idea I have ever heard. Yet, being retired from teaching high school students, with learning problems, I have heard it before. Maybe voiced differently, but the same. Having this mentality increases stress on students, parents and especially teachers. God help us.
And these same failing students who never came to zoom and did 0 assignments got promoted for the next grade because parents are embarrassed if their “little angels” got hold back…and then admin tells me to close their learning gaps…how? If your child is failing, DO NOT PROMOTE him to the next grade level, THIS WILL ONLY HURT HIM. He is incapable of learning at-level content and needs to be met at where he is (which is 2 years ago). It’s okay to be retained than later in life when he becomes un-save-able.
And at some point, administrators need to look at themselves for the state of our schools. Morale is at an all time low. Teachers are exhausted and depressed. We have NO support from administrators. They ask more and more of us and wonder why we are “cranky”. When do teachers get to evaluate admin?
I’m retired now for health reasons but I was a principal. I taught classroom for 12 years before moving to admin and I ALWAYS put teachers and students first. I also allowed teachers to “grade” me each month anonymously because I wanted to still really matter and do a good job. I read all their feedback and took it seriously but this wasn’t mandated, just what I did. I protected their planning periods and had the shortest staff meetings humanly possible. I would randomly pop in and take a class period to give them a break as a thank you and kept evaluations on positives and supported improvement. I’m still in touch 10 years out with many of the teachers who were on my staff. And by the way, the Superintendent and county admins HATED me. I was too “revolutionary” because I would push back to protect my school! And we had the highest test scores in the county in every area/every grade. Teachers are professionals. I hired the best and let them do their job as they saw fit! Call me crazy. I saw so many bad admins at all levels and it really bothered me.
I still miss it. I really want to start a private school (so that we could teach children and not tests.) Teach with current innovations with professional teachers and not in a system designed in the Industrial Revolution period. Really be creative and do it differently. Anyone with me?!?
@@margarethamby8689 We had a really great Principal like you! I really miss her and it hurt when she left. You make a positive impact on both teachers and students. :) I don't understand why there is push back when what you are doing is working. I don't understand especially if it's in the best interest of the students.
Amen!!! I get to retire in June and I can’t wait to RUN!! 33 years of nothing but jumping thru hoops and hearing how everything I do isn’t good enough. Good luck education- NO ONE in their right mind should go into education unless you want to hear how you suck every day!
Literally what it's starting to feel like 😞
I quit teaching on October 15, 2022 and went to law enforcement. I can truly say that took a lot off my shoulders and I’m finally able to do something new that I love! Teachers, if you feel yourself getting burnt out, it’s time to leave. Put YOURSELF first no matter what anyone may say or think
I'm sorry, why aren't the admins observing teachers covering teacher-less classes instead? Also, I never trust organizations that tell their staff to "practice self-care" rather than say what they will actually to do make the lives of their employees easier.
They should turn the system around: make all admins classroom teachers and get all new admins straight from classrooms.
Special Ed paraprofessional here. Getting hit, kicked, spat upon, or cursed out is just another day at the office. I’ve done this for 3 years now. Still not making 19,000.00 a year. The only thing that keeps me going is that I love my students.
We appreciate you. A student injured 2 paras and the principal last week. Lots of acting out students this year.
Same here hopefully we will get the pay we deserve. Being in sped is not easy.
I'm a teacher and have a child with Down's Syndrome. My child's Paras and the ESS team are the greatest gift in the world. I'm sure you are the same. I've been teaching for many years and know how tough things can get, but the benefits of helping students currently outweighs the many challenges. Change does need to occur, but our work needs to continue as well. Thank you for what you do!
Absolutely NO ONE with a college degree should make 19000 a year. It's about 9.50 an hour. McDonald's is paying more. That is disrespectful.
You might as well with at Aldi or Whole Foods!
After 25 years, I quit a couple of years ago. I missed the Covid fiasco. I got so tired of hearing, "We don't teach that way anymore." And working like crazy to get my kids at and above grade level, while the teachers that sat around showing videos and having their kids pay computer games were held up as being master teachers. Not that I cared about all of the accolades, but then it became-I wasn't up to par and my evaluations got worse and worse. Even though my students were successful (my last two years, my students, as a group, ranked highest in the district on the state reading and math assessments), I was constantly being told that I was below average as a teacher. My students had access to their Chromebooks and we devoted an hour two to three days a week to individual research projects, but my teaching lacked a technology component. I was called "old-fashioned" because I read to them every day. I got tired of the micromanaging of the admin and the politics/backstabbing. I was being told what and how to teach every minute of every day. It was not my classroom anymore. And it wasn't the career I fell in love with 25 years ago.
This is happening to me now. I don't know how I'll make it to the end of the year.
I suppose you realize that your methods and results made the "computer games and video sit on your arse" teachers look bad so you had to go. Right?
I understand!
I’m done. I packed up my class and took the remainder of the day off. I took over a class that had no structure, no boundaries and no discipline. It’s been two months and I was able to get through to some of the kids but it’s been a challenge.
If I ask them to do anything independently it turns into a “shit show”. These are 9th graders that are unable to sit and do anything without talking. I also had no curriculum, textbooks, workbooks nor novels.
It was a daily battle trying to scour the internet for appropriate resources. I was spending way too much money out of pocket for a school that clearly doesn’t care about the students or they’d have invested in materials.
Teachers: (what she said)
Some Karens in Society: Shut up and teach!
Teachers Who Heard Karen Say That: Come spend just ONE day with me in my classroom. I DARE YOU!
I started teaching in August of last year. I left in November. I loved those kids but the administrators were disgusting bullies and I still feel hurt by it. I was really excited about being a teacher. When discussing my resignation with the principal, he told me that I wasn’t really quitting because of my mental health but because of poor classroom management. Admin refused to believe that they were the problem and not the kids. In just 4 months, I had 15+ observations and 4 write ups. I was treated badly after I talked to the principal about the way teachers were being affected and how we weren’t treated like humans. Treatment got worse. All they cared about was data and “moving the school”. The kids definitely knew that admin didn’t really like them. They would holler at them before they greeted them and the grown people wondered why they tore that school up everyday. If I were to go back there and ask them to point out at least 5 students that they have a relationship with, they wouldn’t be able to. I will NEVER be a teacher again.
Alexis that was me six years ago never looked back to public school teaching!
My experiences are exactly like yours...
After a really tough start with kids who had not been in school and parents having to wave from the fence, playing Mommy for them, I had most kids doing their work. When I was evaluated, I was told that I had not set up a kind and respectful environment and needed to start over. Promised orders that were turned down once I requested them. Promised an aide that never materialized. So I left. Parents blamed me for issues in the classroom. How was the evaluation supposed to help me?
I am so glad the two countries I worked in don't have administrators - they sound disgusting.
Alexis...so sorry about your negative experience, but I fear it's becoming the norm for both seasoned, experienced teachers as well as new graduates. Like you, my niece started her first teaching job this year. She has worked with children since she was 14 and has dreamed of teaching for years. Unfortunately, it's not at all what she signed up for, and she's already becoming disillusioned about the career she feels is her calling. Even though she does have some support from staff since she's a newbie, she still feels like her every move, is scrutinized beyond what is reasonable. She teaches 6th grade math and wants her students to succeed, but is forced to "stay on curriculum" and keep moving ahead even when some students need more time to grasp a concept. She says, "Math builds upon itself. How can a student proceed if they don't understand the previous lessons?" She takes it personally that some kids are being left behind even though the decisions are out of her hands, and is finding out that it's all about the district's test scores rather than the students' best interests. The biggest eye-opener for her has been in dealing with PARENTS that refuse to hold their children accountable for misbehavior, not turning in assignments and failing grades. Some of them blame HER for those issues. It's all very sad.
I feel so sad for the good teachers that really went into teaching to help kids and make a real, positive difference. I don't know what parents did/didn't do for the last 2 years with their kids at home, but the level of disrespect and violence is beyond anything I could've imagined. Bless you in everything you and the teachers that have left the profession. I wish you the best.
You hit the nail on the head. I now have a job the pays double and is no stress. I think the no stress is because after being a teacher every other job is a breeze. The boss said a customer might yell at me once in a while, my response was will they hit, bite, or throw feces (had that student in our school and he had wicked awesome aim), but with a weird look on my new boss' face I was assured none of those shenanigans would happen. I worked so hard to become a teacher because that was my dream, and now I just have a useless piece of paper.
I can’t imagine what is going to happen to America when there aren’t enough teachers to teach all the kids. It’s the same as not having enough doctors, nurses, emts, and police. It’s sad how we treat “essential” people.
There will be a ton of people forced to homeschool their kids. 😢. I’m retiring next year if I make it!
Right because every Doctor Nurses and emts had to go to elementary Middle and high school
They will outsource it to educated overseas immigrants who will be willing to put up with the bs for the US pay rate.
This is not just America here is Ireland it’s the same story with teachers more especially preschool educator.
Every educator needs to watch this!! For all the teachers to know they are not alone! For all the administrators (by their daily ACTIONS) who make us feel alone! Only in America can a teacher feel so worthless and violated!
Everything she said is 100% true. Thank you so much for speaking the truth. To all the teachers out here let’s all stay strong and encourage each other. We are our own team.
Something must definitely be going on.. I do not even work in education and I see these types of videos EVERYWHERE on social media. I hope this gets everyone’s attention, regardless of what field you work in- we need to pay attention to what educators are going through.
You guys deserve so much more than you’re getting.
I’m in my 11th year. I called in once this year sick with a migraine. I received no empathy. All I heard was “FYI: we won’t be able to find a sub this late. Thanks for the notice”. Mind you I called in by the deadline my admin gave me. As if I planned a migraine. 🙄 I wanted to say “Is the principal in a classroom teaching? Cause if not it isn’t that dire”. Now I feel guilty to take off any day yet they have me pulled left and right for trainings. Make it make sense.
So sad that this is so true. I’m not a teacher, but I’m a nurse. I’m tired too ma’am. I have some MAD respect for teachers and I expect my child to treat her teachers like they’re royal. I communicate with them and I send them tokens of my appreciation on a regular basis. It’s a hard job!
Ive had students call parents in the middle of class to lie on something I did, get cursed at by both of them then I end up in the ADMIN office. They told me that they know it starts at home, but when parents support kids bad behavior they can't do anything. We are being controlled by horrible parents and students that know we can't do anything!
A bit of background before I SUPPORT Hey Hey Hey.
I got into teaching at age 39. I'd volunteered in my son's second grade class and was astounded at what Mrs. Majors did and what a wonderful person she is. Like all superb teachers, she had the ability to INSPIRE those who were in her classroom. She inspired me to return to university and get an Elementary teaching certification.
After certification, I was hired in a different district than my children, in the middle of a school year, taking over for a 6th grade teacher who'd had the same students the previous year in 5th grade. Ya think those kids bought into me? It was a NIGHTMARE. My principal never once came to my room for an observation; and she was supposed to be a great administrator. I taught in that district for 5.5 years. My third class voted me their most influential elementary teacher when they were seniors. But I'd had it. I was sick and tired of my principal, the constant piling on of more responsibilities, buying supplies and clothes for my students, plus the low pay. So I quit and stayed out for 10 years.
I only came back to teaching after my divorce. I gave my ex-wife my 1/2 of our business---manufacturing bas-relief tile--- (Remember, low pay, thus I worked two jobs like most other teachers do). It was a very amicable divorce as divorces go; for that I am grateful.
My first year back in the trenches, I taught 3rd grade. My teaching partner, our FANTASTIC para-professionals, and I took third grade from dead last in the Pikes Peak region to first place based upon test scores. Since I'd had so much success in 3rd grade, my principal TOLD me to go up to 6th grade which had also had some rough years.
After four years, I left the district and moved in with Mom because she was suffering from Alzheimer's and was widowed. I rented my home out and was with her for roughly four years until my siblings and I had to put her into assisted living.
In the new district, I started as a 3rd grade interventionist and also taught 3rd grade Gifted and Talented Language Arts. After that, I taught 1st grade---NOT a good fit. I felt like I was herding kittens who'd been turned loose in a room full of ping pong balls and mouse traps. My principal and I agreed that I wouldn't teach 1st grade the following year, but she felt that I'd be a good fit for SPED. So I took a SPED para position.
One Tuesday morning recess in early October, the director of the SPED department approached me on the playground and asked me to be the SPED teacher in a different elementary school. She gave me until the end of recess to decide. God knows what the current SPED teacher was/wasn't doing to/for her students. I took the job and held it while I was taking care of Mom.
Now I'm back in my little mountain top cottage.
Since being a SPED teacher I've been cursed at, spat upon, kicked, bitten, punched, cleaned up feces, wiped asses, nearly had my trachea torn out, had close quarters combat with a 16 year old in a van who, on another field trip, menaced me with a 10" screwdriver, and had two head injuries that required emergency medical treatment.
In November of 2019 a student tore my right rotator cuff. It required surgery (the surgeon said it was the worst tear he'd ever seen) and physical therapy. I was 68 for the surgery and therapy....and frankly this old carcass hasn't gotten back to 100%. However, I haven't had it as bad as some other teachers with whom I've traded war stories...
!!And stop the presses!! I've had some WONDERFUL students along the way. I LOVE this year's herd of little lambs, and my colleagues and administrators are !Muy bueno! !Fantastico!
Why this lengthy narrative? To show that I ain't too shabby of an educator and that I've 'seen the elephant'. So I'm QUALIFIED to tell Hey Hey Hey, you are a SAINT. I take my hat off to you. You teach Middle school? You should have your salary doubled and receive combat pay on top of that.
If you've read this far, I urge you to check out Robert Reyes' comment about administrators; Amen brother. My further suggestion? Legislators and parents should have to be teacher's aides for two weeks every semester with no pay in the classroom nor from their job---just to make it a more realistic experience, folks. If they still talk out of their bums after that, then there's just no hope for them.
P.S. I need my social security check to supplement my salary; there's that old two-sources-of-income-to survive scenario. Finally, to all of you current and former teachers: I am humbled, awed and INSPIRED by you.
A lot of this is down to parenting. What is going on at home that kids don't know how to sit still and treat people with a modicum of respect? I never had a two-year interruption to my schooling, but I guarantee you that I wouldn't have returned to school after two years and thought, "I'll run around like a rabid weasel and bite my teacher." Mad respect to you for persevering, and I also understand if you say "enough is enough" and move on.
Yes it is okay for students to tell us to f off at anytime - what the heck - I would not have even gone home if I had done this - parents would have been furious!
What's going on is kids are having to raise themselves or be raised by electronics. I worked in a school with behaviors like this, and the parents were doing the best they could. You can't parent your kid the way you'd like if you're working 2 full time jobs at minimum wage just to make ends meet, and only see your kid for 30 minutes in the morning, a few hours on the weekend, or when they're asleep. The problem is systemic, blaming parenting is only surface level.
@@m.k.278 I'm inclined to say that while I know some things happen, and I have a great deal of sympathy for people who are good parents but have unplanned circumstances beyond their control (death of a partner, losing a job, etc), the reality is, if people choose to bring children into the world, they need to take some responsibility for raising them. It's not "the system's" fault that people humped and had kids, and it's not "the system's" fault that some of those kids are antisocial cannibals. If someone's loins have spawned a new human, and its parents actually cannot - for whatever reason - teach that child that it's not okay to bite people, then perhaps that child should be looked after by someone else.
@@Catherinzsl Speaking as a conscientious parent doing her best to stay afloat, and half of whose cousins are adopted, I only have one question: by whom?
@@adedow1333
No one else can answer this but the person who is the parent of the child that is so disruptive and unruly that they are not learning and keeping other children from learning.
As a "good " parent you would take the time to teach mindfulness or obedience .
If you are not spending more than an hour a day as the person commenting above used as illustration as a good parent if your kid is not able to learn or interact in society in a healthy way it is up to you to figure out.
That might mean, that if you have no family you extend your chosen family so that you have that support system, it might mean living on the edge of poverty so you are home or choosing a home based job so you can constantly parent.
There are options I did them as a single parent who had removed myself from generational abuse. It can be done its only a matter of choosing to do so
Parenting is your first job. If as a parent you aren't able to spend enough ime with your kids for them to have basic manners due to your lack of time.
That is a parenting issue
I’m a paraprofessional. I cry sometimes after work. The realization that you are giving EVERYTHING to a job that not only doesn’t PAY ANYTHING, but over works you and under appreciates you is SO DEFEATING! We do lunch duty, playground duty, clean the lunchroom, classroom duties- We are substitutes for all of those teachers and subs that call off or quit( without the substitute pay!!!) We are monitors, tutors, after school club runners, and all for barely $800 bi weekly…. We don’t get paid over the summers and have to keep a second job during the school year- I’m a single mom and if I don’t do something soon I will be without a home- a car and a job…
I don't like this, I hate this. It sounds like you need a miracle. Prayers!
Sorry to hear this. I hope it all works out.
@@tvismyfriend8331 yikes! Not worth it is an understatement.
Yes our paras have a super hard with pay worse than teachers while educational consultants (selling testing, PD and teacher evaluation programs)and layers of admin get rich.
I'm a fellow paraprofessional, and when I first started my take home pay was about 800 A MONTH! It's really disheartening when you realize you can make more money flipping burgers. I've stayed because I love my job and I love the kids I get to help each day, but I'm not sure my mental health can take it anymore. 😔
You guys...these stories break my heart! 😢💔. Praying for all of you! 🙏
Sending you love and appreciation for ALL that you do!
I’ve been teaching almost 25 yrs. Last week, I replied to an email from my principal “literally” begging her to reschedule a PD she wanted our team to present. I “literally” was begging for her to postpone it until after the 🦃 break. We just had a staff meeting (an hour early b4 school last week). The day in question was also the start of Benchmarks and Reports Cards needed to be completed. We all know it’s been the craziest school year ever, but I think our school really takes the cake (Oscar, Emmy, AMA, etc) or @ least the frosting. I’ve had to do a lot including things outside of our contract (I’m sure I’m not alone). She’s was out a whole week for a “stomach ache” 🤔This time, in so many short words I explained that I was near the edge (everything ending with “ly”), but trying to push through it knowing a break was coming up soon (except I wouldn’t be able to leave town/spend time w/ my F&F). This so much to “catch up on @ home, health, and again school.
Day two: She hadn’t responded (which was odd), but it was yet another crazy day (water pipe burst from upstairs restroom). At the end of the day she came in to speak to my teammate, I asked if she saw my email. She said, “Yes, but I ignored it! I’m allowed to have two staff meetings per month!” Wow, WTF? When it’s time for our break, guess what? ✋🏾 and I’m ignoring you too!
It’s so comforting to know I’m not alone! I’ve been teaching for six years and this will be my last year. By September I was already taking mental health days off, having breakdowns during break times and lunch. I’ve had to start seeing a therapist to deal with the anxiety and stress. I used to have so much enthusiasm and passion for my job, now it’s a struggle to muster up the energy to keep pushing, keep trying each day when all you want to do is be done with it!
This confirms to me why I quit at the end of last school year. I hope that you heal soon.
Praying for your healing! I was feeling like this at the beginning of the school year but with a lot of self care, surrounding myself with support, and simply not caring about every thing that happens at school it is slowly get better
Can I ask what grade level you’re teaching?
Same girl I had to go on antidepressants
Hang in there Sis, the Summer Break is near. (Note I said Summer, and not Spring. This summer take care of YOU!) ❤️
Prayers & understanding to ALL teachers as I understand the frustrations today.
Yep. As some have said, COVID simply helped highlight what was happening and brewing before the pandemic and during those times, the states, country, did little to nothing to plan. I have decided the leave the public schools and return to private schools, if I plan to continue to teach at all. For all you teachers, take more time for yourselves and be healthy for your loved ones most importantly.
After wanting to be a teacher since middle school, college, grad school, and 7 years of teaching this year has been the first time I've truly thought about quitting. It's terrifying, I have no idea what else I would do if I'm not teaching. The problem is that the constant stress has aggravated my anxiety disorder and now I go through periods of depression regularly. It's not a sustainable way to live and I don't know that I can keep powering through that.
g m o food and gli pho sate in the grains is getting everybody.....perfect storm
Get out while you still have some sanity left! I didn't get out and instead stuck around for 23 years until I literally fell apart and had a nervous breakdown - 1 1/2 years ago now. Now I have so much more to pick up than just the lack of a job. A job should NOT make you miserable.
Plenty of jobs will pick you up. My wife got job after teaching at Publix bakery and said it's harder work physically but it's so much better than teaching. She likes being able to clock in and out and doesn't spend all her off time doing lesson plans or other unpaid stuff they expect out of teachers.
Lies again? Kindergarten Teacher
Girl run! I’m quitting the profession this year! My mental health is suffering immensely!
Teachers are the same as Nurses. Too much work and caring vs lousy wages and lack of respect for what we do. It's a recipe for burnout. ❤️☮️
Yes! Cheers to the nurses! They deserve better as well!!
School nurses are experiencing the same burnout.
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Agency nurses make 50 per hour , but they to get kicked spit at are exposed to infectious diseases.
@@rebeccaabel4589 As a school nurse I make about half that and I get exposed to infectious diseases, and I get the full range of childish behaviors. But it’s the best job ever! I love being a school nurse!
Darn. I needed this. You have no idea how much comfort this gave me. I'm ready to change jobs and I'm only a 3rd year teacher!
I’ve been teaching high school for 30 years. I am seriously thinking about retirement. You hit the nail on the head.
I’m an elementary teacher and I highly applaud anyone who can bravely take on middle school and high school! I could never. I’d chose take a paycut and go back to being an aide than setting foot in a middle school.
I used to teach in an "international" department (grade school level) in China for several years. I had four 40-minute periods a day + a 15 minute early morning reading period 2X a week and a 20 minute study/review time after lunch 2X a week. This was to teach math, science, ELA (reading and comprehension, phonics, spelling, grammar, writing), geography and more. We were able to get through the entire curriculum of each subject with a few days to spare at the end. This included testing (both written, reading, and spoken). And a majority of kids who didn't speak a lick of English at the beginning of first grade, were becoming fluent by third grade. Plus they had their Chinese lessons, PE, Chinese math, piano and other activities. They arrived around 7:30 AM (no school buses) and either slept at the school dorms through the week or went home at around 7:00 PM.
Most of my students were very successful with good grades, good test scores, and a good attitude. I tried to make the classes fun and interesting with a variety of learning activities to keep them going. And they were successful because they didn't dick around all day during their class time. They got 10 minutes between each class and about 20-30 minutes after lunch for play time. They didn't challenge their teachers, or whine about how things were too hard, or come to school with empty bellies and bruises on their faces. I came back here to teach for one year and was verbally abused by students and their parents when I dared asked students to be quiet and listen or do their home work or whatever. Not in a mean way, but simply in a "this is what's expected of you" way. So I believe in a lot of what you are saying, but a LOT of this comes from their home life (or lack thereof) and laziness and attitude from too many kids! I no longer teach here and wish I weren't too old to go abroad again for a few years.
Home life is key, children are clean sheets of paper waiting for lovely and positive things to be written on their lives. and when that is absent; you get mouthy kids with no respect.
What city were you in? peace from Macau.
You're saying i came back here..... So which place was that?
We should be paying teachers how we pay NFL and other professional sports athletes. These babies are our future. The most precious things in our lives and we depend and trust teachers with them. Thank you for all you do.
Just goes to show in our culture that we value all things entertaining WAY more than anything with substance. 😔 #moneydoesntlie
The problem is that the current public educational model eats far too much in admin/oversight while depending on federal funding. NFL players get paid because the numbers and model work. The education system doesn't because it uses a federally funded, non-profit model - that's as inefficient as it gets.
Sounds nice , but sports players actually generate revenue.
Seriously, I can’t thank you all enough for this channel! Amen to all of this! 🙏❤️🤗
I hear you fellow Teacher. This is so stressful and I love what I do. We definitely need more money,respect and prayers 🙏🏽. Thanks for sharing.
Parent of a 6th grader. This video made me tear up. We kept our child home last year due to covid. I had to be a full time Mom, full time employee, teacher and cook. I have always respected and valued teachers but last year taught me even more toys teachers are irreplaceable and are needed for this world to go round. We can’t do this without our teachers and bus drivers. I do not see how you do it. I’m mentally exhausted at the end of a day and I’m not teaching 100’s of students and all the extra things you guys are doing.
Teaches have to be made a priority and be paid more. I don’t understand how our educators who are teaching future leaders, health care professions and productive citizens can not be put first. I pray for you guys all the time. Parents need to parent more and get their children in line. If my child did anything like that I would show up and whoop her in school. Zero tolerance for misbehaving and giving teachers a hard time.
I hope changes happen soon. I don’t know how or when but something has to change. You have all of my respect and support as a parent that needs you.
Thank you! ❤️
Thank you for being a supportive parent!
My dad would whoop ya in front of the class if he had too. We were too scared that this would happen so we always behaved. More parents need to have this understanding with their kids.
If I take a mental health day off, it impacts all the other teachers who have cover for my absence. So yeah, it's hard.
In addition to that, using our sick days affects end of the year evaluations.
You sure hit everything! I’m a teacher who is also considering changing occupations. I don’t see it getting any better. Yes, the kids need extra help, they failed to emotionally grow for 2 years, but our mental health is very important too and we are showing everyone it’s ok we put ourselves last and that is very wrong.
Parents need to be held accountable
I wish more people would watch this and understand the reality of the situation. I have 26 first grade students and several of them have never been in school before. Someone had the great idea to start a new curriculum this year of all years 😩 I don’t leave till late and still need to bring stuff home.
This is 100% true. I believe many teachers suffer from PTSD after having very emotionally disturbed and violent kids in their class ALL year or even a month. It’s awful.
If these parents think that they were stressed out during lockdown, then they have no idea what’s coming to them when teachers completely stop working with their children. At the beginning of the Pandemic, I heard so many parents complaining about doing the “teachers’ jobs,” but a lot didn’t realize that we have been doing the parents’ jobs for ages. This is what happens when students lack home training. People don’t have to work with your children.
@ Linda Johnson
Educators have been taken for granted since before the pandemic. They don’t realize how much schools contribute to society. Aside from teachers…..think everything that school nurses, cafeteria workers, after-school program supervisors, teacher assistants, bus drivers, and school psychologists do for our kids!
You’d think after a tragedy like the covid pandemic when all that was taken away, that society would have more compassion and appreciation. Sadly that hasn’t changed much 🙁
As a retired teacher who grew up in the 50s and 60s, having taught both elementary school and college students, you have hit the nail right on the target. No modern college educated person expecting to function in a professional environment will put up with what public school teachers now have to put up with anymore, and thank god for that. One asks what our public schools will then be left with for teachers?
I’m turning in my resignation tomorrow. I’m retiring.
I was 20 years old when I came home from Iraq in 2006. I was a female in the army that served as a foot messanger. I worked in 127 degree weather and got shot at with artillery rounds and 10 year olds with RPGs. When I left the army, the first thing my academic advisor at college suggested was that I should consider becoming a public school teacher. I told her I don't think I could handle something like that. She looked at me confused as if she had no idea what I was talking about. I told her if I was going to be in combat, I wanted combat pay and public school doesn't offer that