Stop the micromanaging of professional educators. They know what’s needed but can’t do it because they have to follow the district and state curriculum plan, only to get blamed for its failure. Put educational experts with more than five years of classroom experience that really want to help schools in leadership, not just people who want to advance their career or play politics.
20 years ago success was redefined to mean that 100% of students have to be proficient. This is not possible, therefore every teacher is a failure. And since they're a failure, you can force them to do whatever somebody imagines. And the people who are imagining things are people who were the absolute worst at teaching, but are now in charge because they went and got an administrator's license instead of becoming a good teacher.
Unfortunately it's not just Texas. Anxiety, stress, and heart issues caused me to quit after 16 years. That was one of the hardest decisions I had to make.
I "wish" they would create a team to *micromanage the school "administrators" yearly budget/salary* so, they could then *increase teachers pay; yearly* 🤔 aka: *now that's the type of micromanaging* the school's administration/boards, should be looking into & promoting/enforcing; rigorously! 💯% -THE END ⚠️
Y’mean the curriculum that whitewashes American history? That redefines our system of government? That bans books with LGBT themes and characters? That removes school libraries? Want your teachers back? Pay them what they’re worth, start acknowledging the positive contributions made by people of other ethnicities, and start holding white Christian people historically accountable for tragic events.
Some people have made a passion driven profession so unbearable that the people that were willing to work for the low pay and low quality benefits are no longer willing to do so. And it’s going to get exponentially worse every year.
don't forget the POS administration, school boards, and republican lawmakers who took away tenure, keep pay low, crushed unions, and installed the most draconian, horrifying, unfair, heart attack inducing evaluation system ever created.
Parents? There’s the problem. There’s no S. Broken families, absent parents, separated parents using the children as their personal weapons. Traditional families are a dying breed.
Got hired as a band director at a charter school in the hood. I walked out on day 4 after the "students" were threatening me, cussing me out, and throwing my music all over the room. You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
On day 4 LMFAO. When the kid tells you he gunna pop a cap on your ass, best believe he ain't joking. When you watch Fox news you'll see your student shot his classmates on the following day when you quit after his threats. The government seriously needs to have teachers able to control their classes and schools like Asian/European schools.
The pay is not the problem for me, it is the fact kids can treat you anyway they want without consequences, the paperwork for tracking sped and ESL, creating lessons, tests, quizzes, grading. I was so tired of working 7 days a week. The biggest waist of time was filling out paperwork for observations, goals for the year (shouldn’t that be obvious), how we met them, showing documentation. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork, paperwork……just let me teach. I resigned in May!
I’m a sped teacher. I have scratches and bruises on my arms tonight from a small child that attacked me today. Then he turned over furniture. I called the mom and she got mad at me. What’s going on???
How about the disrespect of the children? Forcing children to sit under asbestos ceilings and fluorescent lighting against their will like prisoners of war year after year for the most important years of their life, feeding them an openly obscene curriculum
Wow. You teachers need to form a union of such, make your own private/charter schools with your own terms created by teachers like you. This is the only way schooling in America will go back on track.
I wanted to be a teacher because my mother was one. Spoke to a teacher while working corrections and she said with a look I will never forget. Don't do it it's not worth it. She said this in 2002. Glad I listened
I quit last year and was having anxiety attacks and my depression worsened, dealing with behavior issues, students go and lie on the teachers, admin worried about looking good by the numbers of test scores, lying about suspension and a-lot of other things. I was a music teacher and love what I do but I couldn’t take it no more. Now I just substitute for elementary only. Middle school was not it.
I am new to teaching (music; K-6th) and have/am already considering other options outside of this field because of the reasons said here and my own personal needs.
Did I miss something or was there not any discussion of how much more horrible children's behavior has gotten??? I've worked in childcare for several years within the 3-5 age range and the terrible behavior is already starting at that age!
Disciplining a child today will have a parent up on charges. If you can't discipline them, then how do you control them? I'm not talking about abuse or torture. I'm talking about much needed tough love and making the child responsible for his/her actions and behavior and recognizing that there are consequences for misconduct in life for everyone. Government and school boards intervene everywhere they are not needed; but when you need them to use and apply common sense to issues, we find them sorely lacking.
I heard it put this way: “we can’t expel, since a single mom working two or three jobs can’t miss to keep kids at home.” I understand that. It’s indicative of social breakdown that creates a feedback loop from school to home. But it’s almost like they won’t even offer in-school suspension or alternative placement for the most chronic behavior kids. Maybe afraid of being sued?
Yes. I retired from teaching in Texas. The disrespect from parents toward teachers is unbelievable, especially towards science teachers. I took less pension so I could leave. I loved teaching critical thinking and science. 😢
Teachers deserve twice what they make! It is one of the most important jobs that there is. Teachers need to be protected from verbal and physical attacks from kids and parents. Our schools need to be protected from GUN VIOLENCE! The schools need to be outfitted with security doors, x-ray machines, .etal detectors and guards (only at the entrance). Paid for by GUN LOBBY/GUN MANUFACTURERS.
How about the disrespect of the children? Forcing children to sit under asbestos ceilings and fluorescent lighting against their will like prisoners of war year after year for the most important years of their life, feeding them an openly obscene curriculum
Let's address some of the root causes for Teacher attrition. #1. Work requirements that amount to 40 + hours of overtime per week, without ANY additional pay. Detailed lesson plans that do nothing for instruction, but sure help an administrator evaluate you to death. These take hours and hours to complete, are redundant to ridiculous degree and lock you into a set of actions that may or may not work without the ability to adjust or change strategies. Data tracking forms for every student and every grade, without consideration of the time requirement to gather and input, or actual usefulness of the data. A ridiculous amount of training for testing, and just being a teacher each and every year. Most of which cannot be completed during the school day while the teacher is up and teaching. Sitting down to do work will get you a very poor evaluation, and these evaluations are numerous and unhelpful to say the least. Not to mention a very useful tool for an administrator who wants to get rid of anyone who pushes back on their insane ideas. #2. Pay and retirement. C'mon Texas. this is ridiculous. I have a doctorate in education with twenty years of service but I can literally go to work at Buckee's and with the amount of overtime I put in now and earn 20 to 30 thousand more than I do as a teacher! You have made it so not worth it to be an educator. Our retirement is absolutely pathetic. We get a small percentage of our income unless we work until we're ready to die, and even then, what we get is so pathetic and cannot keep up with the basic cost of living, let alone a comfortable retirement for a public servant. Frankly, its barely enough to cover the insurance we need due to the health issues that were created by the stress and misery of our jobs. Not only that, but we cannot draw social security even though we paid into it for years before becoming a teacher. #3. The truth has been hidden for 30 years. When NCLB created high stakes testing the lies began. Schools had to make the numbers work to get their funding. So, they taught to the test, inflated grades, created fallbacks for failing students to receive credit, passed them along regardless of their ability to learn, AND told them all that college was the only option for a better career. All strategies to increase the numbers, not the reality of what they were learning. Now we have a culture of do nothing and you will get by. We see it even more since covid peeled back the curtain. Half the job is suffering under the lie from both student behaviors and apathy, all of which the teacher is held responsible for, and making the numbers work in your classes so you are not pulled into the office to discuss your failings when it comes to teaching. The students are accountable for absolutely nothing. Not their work ethic, not their grades, not their attitudes, not their behavior. The lie is so deep and pervasive its disgusting. Nobody can pay you enough to live like this. I'm twenty years in and stuck in this bs retirement trap. Still, I think I'm done. There has to be something better than this, even if that something is Buckee's
I only taught for two years but considering the hours I worked, I used to think about how much more I would make if I worked at Starbucks or waited tables. Loved interacting with the kids but all the other aspects of the job made me miserable. Good luck to you! May you escape that feeling of entrapment!
"The students are accountable for absolutely nothing. Not their work ethic, not their grades, not their attitudes, not their behavior." Former teacher here. Your remark is spot on.
I am a teacher, and this has been my message to my own children: Don’t even think about going into teaching, unless you feel a strong calling to do so. Teacher grievances fall into three main categories: 1. Pay 2. The lack of respect towards the profession 3. The fact that society has tasked teachers with fixing all of its issues
We need people like you teaching, maybe you should consider teaching at a private school. My daughter goes to a private school and things are different. Think about it, what parent pays for thier kids schooling when they have access to free public schools. Parents that are willing to make a sacrifice and pay for their children to get a good educations and not wanting them to be influenced by all the bad things going on in public schools. These parents actually discipline their kids and hold their kids accountable, because it’s NOT FREE.
@hectorguerrero2488 nice to be able to afford. Why not vote for politicians who actually want to fix the issues and not line their pockets? Texas seems to have more than their fair share of those, starting with the top tier on down lol
@@Blessed2024. My experience in private schools is that they generally have a lower pay and there are significantly worse behavioral issues (though this just might be my experience). The worst behaving students I knew of or had interactions with (doing things like breaking doors, streaking, and selling drugs) easily got away with it when their parents just made an additional donation to the school. What we really need is for our public school systems to work for all of our young folk.
@@Lea-zf7lm well, I’m able to afford it because I worked really hard. I can’t sit around or just work 9-5 waiting for others to fix the School system. I always vote for the right measures but many people don’t want to come around. My wife and I do what we need to do. We both came from poor families that came from other country’s to the USA. We love this country🇺🇸
I quit. Twice. Once because of micromanaging by admin. I know all the research and they have no clue. And they try to bully me into doing more small group work or whatever. But the kids just chat with each other and get off-task. The kids enjoy my methods but admin hates it. They hate kids quietly reading or kids quietly doing their work. So they try to bully me into doing silly games where the students get off-task. So, no support from admin so I quit. Job 2. The district has this lame boring workbook curriculum for ELL students. No books in the classroom so I went and bought some. No library in the school. The kids are 90% fluent English speakers but because they flunk the statewide test year after year, they are still in esl classes. They are reading 2, 3, or 4 years below grade level. But instead of doing reading comp, vocabulary, and writing, they are supposed to learn common everyday English. Which they already know. What they don't know is academic English. So, they will remain behind and probably flunk out of high school because they are nowhere near where they need to be. These kids can hardly read. This is an emergency situation. But the school can't do anything because the District ordered the lame workbook curriculum. I refuse to be a part of failing these kids, so after doing reading and literacy activities for a couple weeks, I quit. They hire you for your knowledge, training, and experience. Then they tell you you can't use it and have to play a role in ruining children's lives. I cannot be a part of that. I feel bad, but also feel it was the right thing to do.
Wow this is so horrible. Kids in general really don't like group work and I only did it if the history simulation or activity I was doing depended on it. I can completely relate to you.
I agree! Learning a new language for children is easier if you are submerged in it. I think they get so much funding for ESL that they would rather have students take longer to learn the language, then lose the funding.
Agreed. Same thing is happening in private schools as well. The powers that he get brainwashed into believing that chaos in the classroom is a good thing. They expect us to teach small groups and criticize us when we are teaching small groups and the rest of the students are quietly working, which is what they’re supposed to do. People talk about the Military Industrial Complex but most people do not realize there is also an Educational Industrial Complex as well. Companies and do-called experts are making a ton of money off of school districts, Admin, teachers, etc., by selling crazy ideas and products to go by along with it. The higher ups in education get suckered into investing in these ideas, software, books, professional development, etc., and then push all of it on the teachers and staff. The trends change every 7 years or so. So this stuff gets pushed onto teachers and we are expected to find time to implement all of these crazy strategies and ideas when we simply do not have enough time during the school day. All of this and scores are not any higher. Too many children are still illiterate and way behind in Math and Science by the time they reach 3rd / 4th grade.
Some of these kids are in foster care. The outrage over the troubled teen industry and abuse at group homes and "therapeutic" boarding schools means more of the kids in foster care with the most severe behavior issues are now being tossed into the public school system. Tens of thousands of those types of kids with severe behavior issue had been sent out of state to those facilities. Now they're in regular schools.
That's your takeaway, it's the parents? No friend, it's the system. Parents are, have always been, and will always be a mixed bag when it comes to raising children. That's a given. So it's not the parents, it's the state and local politicians and officials who could care less about public school teachers or the public school system. If conservatives spent as much time, energy, and money on paying public school teachers what they're worth, and providing them with the benefits and support they deserve, as they spend on trying to destroy public schools, we wouldn't be commenting on this story, because there would be no story.
@@Treeofwysdm Funny how teachers and schools always take credit for the success of the bright students but never take responsibility for the thousands of illiterates they graduate every year. I agree - there are a lot of parents who suck. But the percentage of parents who suck compared the the % of teachers who are utterly incompetent but protected by their union and district is not to be compared. If you fired every teacher and swapped them out for someone who works at your local grocery store, things would improve overnight, in all likelihood. But one thing is certain....they wouldn't be worse.
I'm a college professor. I have it better than most and it is great job. But my main challenges are behavioral problems--something you should not expect at the college level. And the issues are usually with students not being able to get along with other students, or outright abusing them. Bullying is rampant. And the administration, while rattling the saber about a "zero tolerance policy," does nothing, and sometimes won't acknowledge there is a problem. This is especially true of "special needs" students, who are higher up on the spectrum, who are given greater leeway with their unacceptable behavior. But my number one concern about teaching is getting shot. I can't believe I just wrote that, but it is the truth. I will be retiring early just for this reason--the fear. And again, this is college...I can't imagine how bad it is for k-12.
I just retired after 26 years teaching ESL in public and have seen it all start in the early years. I hear from my counterpart in middle school that they have fights regularly and have limited bathroom use to single students due to attacks so they monitor restroom use. One of our high schools had a shooting two years ago and a student was caught with a gun last year after being reported on from a parent. In the past most of these kids were gone to a vocation or the military by the time university came around but now they are being pushed into higher education. University was a school of choice in the past.
Always remember you're dealing with everyone in the world that has some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder or trauma and I always say it's not what you're eating what's eating you this world is a mess and we need God back in it
I recently resigned as a High School Teacher. Toughest job I've ever had. Students were amazing, and by far the best part. The stress and anxiety are real and it was refreshing to me to hear others are in the same situation.
It is very true that the anxiety is real. You have put on more hats, the students are coming from homes where there is so much trauma to the kids causing them not to want to learn, and some kids' behavior is like they don't care about how they hurt individuals. You also come home after school just to do paperwork. Also, they may have breaks, but it don't matter because you are trying to plan during break to make sure the kids are learning.
And on top of that, you have politicians blaming you for all the problems in education, claiming you're lazy for not being able to overcome all the negative effects of poverty, generational trauma, and racism, ignoring the fact that most of these problems are caused or exacerbated by decades of trickle-down economics.
I am a retired teacher from Georgia and I have NEVER made even $80,000 dollars a year ore more- (I thought the whole thirty years) and more! - It is SAD how they are mistreating teachers-- I LOVED teaching but I did may my years and do a few days of "helping out" as best I can
I'm a teacher in Illinois. I stopped teaching in the classroom and now I teach ESL. I would never teach in a classroom again. Just a few things we deal with regularly. The disrespect from administration, parents and children. The physical abuse, having idiots that have no background in education making big decisions. Did I mention the cost it takes a district to give all of the tests that chilcren have to take now. The testing companies are making millions off of this. The insane amount of hours, the lack of pay and I completely understand the physical and emotional toll teaching takes on you. I was given a substantial raise but I still am burnt out. I know this. I have 3 years until retirement but I also have other options for jobs. I just am so worn out I feel that staying in teaching is unhealthy for me. After school this summer I laid on the couch for a month. I was so tired just simple things wore me out. I want to make it through the year, but I just don't know.
I’m an ESL Adult Educator and I love it! I’ve been doing it for about 3 years now. I just accepted a integrated reading, and writing foundational studies class on the credited side. It’s only been three weeks but I do not like it. The students have attitudes and are always underprepared. I do more fighting and pleading than I do teaching. I will be relinquishing the class next semester.
It sounds like you have real depression. I’m not being sarcastic or glib. If you laid on the couch for a month and are/were always drained and tired, it could be depression and treatment might help; doesn’t have to be medication, there are other options but please take care of yourself friend.
As a person who quit in the past ( which is not typical of me) I make sure I make every effort to stay. If it doesn’t work out it doesn’t work out. And I simply had enough. No regrets. The only down side is I don’t have the words to explain to people that ask why did I quit. Unless they walked in your shoes it’s hard to explain.
I hope you find the very best situation for yourself and take care. There is nothing wrong with putting yourself first. Reading these comments has been eye opening.
My wife is a science teacher in a large, semi-rural school district. Her last sub note included; which kids didn't speak English and what computer program to use to communicate with them, which kids were not allowed to speak to each other due to litigation, which kids were going to try to get the two kids to talk to each other, which kids had significant health issues and what to do if they had a crisis. Our legislators are asking much too much of our schools.
I think, back in the day, these kids would have just dropped out, or flunked into a remedial tract of some kind. Today, that's considered totally unacceptable. Everyone has to stay in highschool, no matter what kind of absurd home situation or barriers they face. But it has really strained the school system. Research recorded what appeared to be racial discrepancies in various metrics, which, you know, something to be aware of, but the admin's 'solutions' to these discrepancies only seem to have fanned the flames. A lot of well-intentioned, but totally boneheaded policies, IMO, are based on this philosophy where you can't even let 1% of the kids slip through the cracks, everyone needs to stick it out. Admin bends over backwards to accommodate these troubled students, so that everyone sticks it out. Sadly, the shepherds have abandoned their flock of 99 sheep to chase down the 1 who wandered off. The result is that the 1 sheep wanders off the next day and gets eaten anyway, and your flock of of 99 did not get the attention they needed. But man. I think we need to let some of these kids drop out, attend alternative schools. The other thing I've definitely seen in Texas, huge swathes of parents don't understand or respect STEM. Heartbreaking, my father and many people in family got excellent educations in engineering in the Texas public university system. My father used to talk about how he got into physics, because in the 1950s and 60s, scientists and physicists were rock stars, on the cover of Time. Now, you have creationists, flat earthers, and sheltered bozos lighting up the teacher and complaining to admin about any little thing you do. Very sad.
I work in a chain craft store that gives 15% off to teachers but it still grinds my teeth that teachers, those responsible for the next generations, are paid so little and then have to pay out of pocket for simple classroom decorations and art items. Thank you to all of you who labor on in this career despite the lack of sufficient pay and recognition.
Paid so little? I wish I had that salary, 2-3 months off, and every holiday imaginable off. It’s all part of the planned destruction of the middle class. That way Government can run our lives.
If every student came to school with decent behavior, a respectful attitude, and the willingness to try, teaching would be HEAVEN. Many of us would (continue to) endure low pay and the other stressors if these conditions were met and we received support from parents and administrators.
I started teaching in private school. The long hours, prep, events that I had to attend got overwhelming. The discipline was manageable, but the pay was not that good. I then decided to go into public teaching because of the better pay and more growth opportunities. I don't regret it but the discipline, pay, amount of work is ridiculous.
@@chelseacraft4669I agree. If you want a good school, teach your children with work you view coming from the classroom. Sit down at night and during vacation and review. Help other parents and come into the classroom and lend a hand. Don’t just stand around and gossip on the playground! Offer to grade homework, clean the classroom after school. If you don’t want to contribute: teach your kids yourself.
@@chelseacraft4669 We do need public schools. Teaching is much more complex than the majority of the public believes! It requires knowledge AND a sophisticated set of skills. Most parents do not have the skills; and many would be unable to be home with their children daily. And I resent your label of children as "brats" - unnecessarily derogatory.
As a current teacher, this information is right on. I am currently battling cancer, but feel good to be in the classroom teaching. I had asked for an accommodation of not being out in the sun due to my treatment and was told I still had to do it if I went under the shade. These administrators are senseless and are covering their asses. When I first started teaching 19 years ago in California, there was more rapport among staff and understanding. Honestly speaking, if it weren't for my medical condition and the need for health insurance, I would have left. Beware if you complain that you have a challenging student because you are deemed incompetent. Those of us teachers who have good management always get punished with challenging students.
I am very sorry about your cancer. Three years ago, I had a spinal chordoma that was taking up most of the left sphere of my brain. IT took ten years to discover it. I was a teacher with 18 years of experience at that point. I had so much support from all my former students, my family, and incredible surgeons. After two surgeries and seven weeks of pinpoint radiation I emerged 98% cancer free into Covid. After two years of at home teaching, mixed hybrid teaching and a terrible principal, after 20 years I left teaching. I absolutely loved my job, loved every single kid. Generally, I had great parents, though of course I had several throughout the years that would not have won any parenting awards, but in the end it was a terrible principal , a lousy school district administration, and increasing numbers of standardized testing that did it. Honestly, the pay was always a problem but I was more than willing to teach anyway. Now, I sub about three days a week for friends and people I know are great teachers. I love it. I very much hope you have an amazing surgeon and all the support that you deserve. You deserve it. Thank you for being a teacher from an retired teacher from Texas.
I recently started as a substitute teacher. I had good days and bad days, but I chose this profession because I have great respect for teachers and true education. So I want to do my part in teaching kids not just book smarts but how to be better people. You are a real good person and you deserve respect. Next time a school or administrator deny your rights for a better work environment, lawyer up.
Teaching in public school was torturous. We left the whole broken system and homeschooled our kids in a fantastic parent led community of home educators in our area. I loved teaching in that community so much that I still teach there even though my own kids have graduated from college and are now married and starting careers. I hope everyone gets out. The public school system was broken 20 years ago, and it's only worsened.
It worked for you, and that’s wonderful. That said, I don’t see your way fixing much. This country was built on the concept of strong public education. If it can’t be strengthened and supported, our great experimental democracy fails, too.
As an educator for over 15 years I can relate to these people. We are expected to do so much and there is very little reward or recognition. I will say most of the students are really great but there some that make the profession extremely hard and there is little anything that anyone can do about it. The parents don't seem to care or don't follow through on discipline and don't expect the admin to do anything about it either. So you just have to suck it up and pray.
These teachers are correct in what they are saying! To young people, do NOT consider teaching as a career. You can't make a difference because like in a Las Vegas casino, the House always wins. Here is a typical elementary class at my school: 4 students whose moms used drugs and/or alcohol while pregnant, 5 special education students that pull down your test scores and require an insane amount of teacher time and attention without making much progress, 1 or 2 gifted kids which need to be intellectually challenged, 4 to 5 kids new to English, and then a total class size of 29! I'm retiring in 6 years, thank God. This horrible mess in teaching really accelerated 2010 onwards. Parents are all Kens/Karens accepting NO responsibility for their spawn. Most kids have a severe internet addiction, yes even the 5 year olds! They have very poor fine/gross motor skills. Most can't carry on a conversation beyond talking about what they want to eat or what new video game they want to play. It is absolutely shocking to me. Title 1 school in a large city.
I can’t blame you in special education classes it’s hard to help kids with special Ed needs they would have to want to learn or get better at what they are learning or else your like forget it
@@ycplum7062Most places do not care about teachers at all. Do teacher unions even increase their wages or do they only exist to control and protect bad teachers.
So in other words,don’t consider teaching as a profession, because they don’t care about teachers anywhere you go. I don’t care what district it is. 😂😂😂😂
I got a Bachelor's degree in California. taught after school specials for a year, absolutely hated it!! the rotten despicable little brats are in charge not the teachers or administrators. One negative word from one of these little brats and you're either put on probation, or move to another school or straight-up fired.. on top of that parents think they're all scholars..
yeah and thats the thing right there, children are in charge now, so whats the point of teaching them if they know everything??? we may go to war with children haha, I am serious, they are out of control.
Every thing these teachers said is absolutely true. I stepped away 10 years ago and only 1 or 2xs missed the kids. None of the rest. There is no amount of money that can compensate the emotional, physical, mental and psychological scars the cognitive dissonance these trachers endure.
I'm sure you know that this is not just happening in Texas. At the high school I taught in Charlotte, NC., we lost no fewer than one-third of our faculty every single year! The problem was not the salary, but that Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District Central office administrators were openly---publicly!--hostile to teachers. That was twenty years ago. You cannot put that proverbial genie back into the bottle. I'm sure those schools are complete zoos today. Yes, Texas, I have no doubt that your teachers get no respect and that is the self-serving Central Office throwing good teachers under the proverbial bus. The people who are running the schools should be the campus principals. The central office needs to be completely emptied.
CMS schools are the worse now. The pay is horrible, and compared to Ft. Mill schools, it's disgusting. The administration is awful. Being a teacher used to be rewarding, it's a burden now.
My daughter just graduated college and is in her first teaching job. She works in an inner-city school and was so excited to get this position. A few weeks in and she dreads going to work everyday. The children are out of control (2nd graders), parents blame her for everything (even things that happened with their kids the last two years), and there is no support from the school. Kids are so disrespectful. She’d probably quit today if she could.
Child welfare laws require supervision 24/7, 360. Public school violates the child welfare laws. These Lord of the flies academies provide no adult supervision or protection for anyone’s child. From the moment they get on the bus till the moment they get off the bus. Then… Families having 10 children disproportionately, steal 10 slices of the school tax pie, shortchanging all the families who have one or two kids. This is unconstitutional. it creates a special class of over breeders who get special privileges to abuse the public school system. Homeschooling is free now. They even provide tablets that are loaded with all of the software necessary for the child to have a perfectly adequate education. And as the law requires, the families will have to provide childcare/supervision. Mommies and daddies are going to have to get together and figure out how they can all rotate and put several families of kids together while somebody supervises on their day off. You would be amazed at how ingenious women can be when faced with having kids they don’t want anything to do with and needing childcare. It’s time all those single moms get online and find each other and work it out. Example… if Sally is off on Monday, she can take all the kids at her house and Beth can take the kids on Tuesday and Cindy can take the kids on Wednesday and then Sally can take the kids on Thursdays but not the third Thursday of the month, etc. Get out your little calendars ladies… you’ve got them on your phones… If you can’t do this, you should just give your kids up for adoption because they’d be better off without you. Someone has to say it! We got in this mess by sugarcoating and coddling and making everybody feel good about everything all the time. It’s time people get uncomfortable and stop inflicting their shortcomings & their little monsters on the whole nation.
After all the crap I have seen and heard going on in school over the years, my advice to your daughter is to get out ASAP before she is another INNOCENT VICTIM no longer with us. School boards and school administrators could give a shit less about the teachers. THEIR LIVES ARE NOT ON THE LINE, TEACHERS LIVES ARE.
I have been a teacher in Australia for over 30 years. There are many days lately that I think about quitting. The reason is that the current problems in society are so obvious amongst young children. No respect, no manners, no resilience, no concept of work or practice in order to learn. Parents unwilling to teach them these basic skills and concepts. Kids breaking down into tears or just being rude and belligerent in order to get their way. They think they are in charge…and they manipulate you into doing what they want, when they want because they know you have no power or authority over how they act. Of course not all kids are like this, but every year more and more are.
cause their feminist moms are refrigerator parents who raise them through female manipulation. what do expect them to learn when you a 80% female teacher ratio, kick the dads and worship the moms for being able to 'bag a rich one'??? seems women love emotional manipulation only when they were the ones weaponizing it, but now that they've trained little boys to do it, 'it's gone too far'?. Public schooling is nothing but a jobs program for adults. I digress though this issue wouldn't happen in a high trust society, but we are being forced by internationalism to give up high trust societies for multicultural dilution. I don't accept that status quo and neither should you. Silence against the violence against White nations is violence itself. It makes you complicit. White Unity Every Opportunity to all our Anglosphere brothers and sisters.
♥️🙏🏾I am a single mom and I started homeschooling when I saw that my schools (and my kids in the middle of it) were overwhelmed. I’m in Canada, but the same issues are here because they’re culture and not just government. Honestly, Jesus helped me and my family, and if we’ve never looked back. Not saying it was easy, but it was better by far. We found a homeschool community around us and locked in and it was like we were in a small town with people who cared. All my kids grade point averages went up 20% and I’m not an amazing teacher. It just made such a difference to not have all the negatives around us so the kids could actually learn. And the homeschool families actually provided community and not just problems. The Internet made connecting together so easy. I don’t know what your situation is with your kids, but don’t rely on the schools while the situation is so broken. There are other ways. And to these teachers, God bless you. I hope you heal and find your path forward.
My niece is doing exactly the same thing as you, she home schools and the kids are getting a phenomenal education but the home schooling support is amazing. They are taught so many interesting things that they would miss out on at public school.
Great teachers are a gem! I still have fond love for my teachers & I graduated in '85. My kid knew to respect her teachers. They were our partners to get her through & off to college.
What they said and so much more. But. It should also be said that teachers are hired to TEACH. They should not be free labor for everything under the sun including directing traffic and so much more. I finally quit one school when I had no more tutoring time but double the duty time from when I started. No extra pay, btw.
A lot of this goes back to when mothers began to return to work in droves and daycare became the "thing". Children stopped getting one on one attention at home and were shuffled around in groups where their needs were not getting met.
Ah, the Working Women Blame Game rears its ugly head again. Perhaps you might want to read a little economic history about that. And, btw, what makes you think only females could give children “one on one attention at home”?
High school English teacher from Texas here. I'm mostly happy with my job. The stress, as I see it, mainly arises from the extra things that are constantly assigned by people who do not spend time in the classroom. Their positions were created in order to "fix" problems. Once a person has that position, they will do whatever it takes to justify their position. Of course, these problems stem from our broken social structures. Try as they may, the public school system and the state cannot fix this. But as a teacher, I have learned not to worry much about whether I can save all the students. If parents can't raise their kids, that's not my job either. The world is too big. I'm not here to save it or even make it better. Just teach, and if I happen to inspire a few people along the way, good enough.
Amazing. I'm a Brazilian teacher and we experience the same hardships: low pay, lack of respect from children, parents and society, overwork load after school hours, enormous pressure and the unrealistic expectation that we will right all the wrongs of society!
I've been blessed to do it all. Tutor children in the community for over 20 years. Teach various subjects on all levels to all grades in public school, private school, and homeschool. Back in 1991 I started as a teacher assistant and so was my wife, we had just gotten married. Even in the schools back then, we saw enough that by 1994, we both had decided to homeschool. We successfully did it for our 4 kids all the way to graduation. The financial sacrifice was well worth it. We are African Americans and were a rare breed. We also started a homeschool academy for other families and their kids went on to enjoy success. The belief that it is the states responsibility to educate your children is killing us. Parents are the key ingredient for the success regardless what your school choice is. And the education system is broken and will never change until there is a united voice of majority with teachers and parents to not accept whats going on anymore. Dont complain about it and stay in it. Take matters into your own hands.
Teachers are tired of raising your kids that you refused to raise teachers are being attacked by parents who should be disciplining their children 7th and 8th grade is a nightmare
Most teachers are expected to get both a bachelors degree and a masters degree. Why should someone make that financial investment if they won’t ever make more than $65k? I know admin assistants who make 6 figures.
This is also happening in daycares too. I’ve worked in many daycares, working with 2-3 year old children. I was always suffering with high anxiety. And I always would tell myself if I work at another daycare center, it’s going to be the same exact thing such as dealing with children that have student behavior issues, loud and chaotic classrooms, long hours, micromanagement, toxic supervisors, lack of support, leaving teachers with a lot of kids alone in the classroom, and lack of pay. The last daycare I’ve worked at I would be with the after school children ages 4 and 5 years old. Those kids would not sit down for nothing, they were all over the place every time I would tell them to sit down. And one of the kids, who is 5 years old told his father a lie saying I cursed at him. Me and the parent were going at it. Because it wasn’t true, therefore I’m not the type of teacher to be an a** kisser to any parent. Also, I would never curse out any children. But when I told the parent that your child was climbing the chair, the parent said to me that I’m lying why would I make up a story about his child. I remember going to the hospital, because I was suffering with a major headache that just didn’t stop. I told the doctor about my headaches, the doctor told me that I looked stressed out, I told the doctor I’m not stressed. The doctor tells me what type of work I do? I told her I work as a teacher, the doctor told me oh that’s why I’m stressed, and the doctor prescribed me with anxiety medication and medicine for my headaches. My neighbor and my sister told me to leave those daycares and teaching jobs alone. My neighbor told me that she remembers when I came in the building looking extremely exhausted, looking like I was going to pass out. I told my neighbor I enjoy being a teacher and having compassion working with children, but I can’t do the teaching profession anymore. I rather step away from the classroom. I rather major in a different field such as clinical mental health counseling, since it’s a mental health crisis, since teens and adults are suffering with mental health, or either major in child psychology, either working in group homes or health care facilities. To me, I rather try something different.
@@eksbocks9438 The education system is going down hill. I told one of my co workers that I used to work with to get out of the teaching profession. It’s not worth it. Because she told me she’s been stressed out, having high anxiety, they leave her with difficult children alone in the classroom, the classroom being chaotic and overwhelmed, student behavior, toxic supervisor, parents being ghetto, and micromanagement. She told me that she even had the woman said that her classroom looked horrible and that she is a bad teacher. I can list everything that goes down in these daycare centers and inside the classroom.
Why are you making the kids sit down though? They're kids and need to be playing and running around. That's why they are climbing the chair. It's daycare as well so they should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as they aren't hurting each other or doing something dangerous.
I taught for 21 years in Texas. I quit midyear because my mental and physical health were suffering. It has never been this bad in all my years. Micromanaging administrators, lack of support from parents and kids who are severly lacking in social skills is too much. And let's not forget how many hours teachers put in outside of contract hours. Teachers are treated like numbers. We are replaceable and just a number.
According to this interview, Teachers are not replaceable. I went to school here in Texas, and from even back in the 70's teachers severly underpaid. Face it, all the money goes to CEO's, and good for nothing athletes. Our country is so backwards. No wonder the Japanese and Indians blow away America with smart people.
Australian teacher here: you pay your teachers an absolute pittance and you wonder why they're leaving? I'm a casual (you call them substitutes) and in NSW, Australia, we get A$550/day which is US$358/day. Full time teachers start at A$95k/year = US$62k/year. Why does the wealthiest country in the world pay their educators so poorly?
My husband quit 10 years ago. He was a teacher in Dallas. I'm glad he did. He was a slave, he was practically in the school all day long (Planning, grading, Parents Conferences, Tutoring, etc, etc etc) He had a miserable salary without health care (it was too expensive, half his monthly salary, so we didn't have insurance at all) No retirement either, only the money they would withdrawal from his paycheck every month, but the school district would not contribute any cent at all . He also had to pay with his money for all the material he had to use to teach. He couldn't teach the best way he thought the kids would learn better, No, it has to be the way the administration thinks is best to pass certain tests. So teachers are only robots not teachers anymore. Plus they have to raise someone else's kids, because parents nowadays don't do any parenting whatsoever...It was horrible! Poor teachers. It is not worth it.
I left after two years. I taught one year in Louisiana and one in Texas. I often think about going back, but honestly it isn't worth it. I'd rather be at home with my children.
After 24 years as a Jr High/High School Science teacher (in Mississippi), I retired(at the end of the 21/22 school year) because of my health. I love my kids and I know I made a difference but the stress was killing me. I know exactly what those teachers are saying.
Louisiana here! Quit after 17 years and couldn’t be happier. No more anxiety medication, sleeping better and working a job that’s over when I log off. I’ll have to work until I’m 65 but I gotta survive in the present!
Bring back discipline in life. It starts at home. When i was in school kids were not acting like ferrel savages. Teachers, and really all adults, were treated w respect. Today parents let their kids run the house from the time they talk. No consequences for bad behavior. Entitled brats that get whatever they want. Bring back harsh parenting, where kids have chores, responsabilties and learn respect. Kids are not your friend. They are a giant responsability. Kids need to get a job as soon as legally able. It does wonders for their self esteem and self worth. Im not advocating for child abuse. But spanking a kid who is mouthing off works great.
One of the worst problems is that teaching today is not actually about teaching students. It's about making sure that the school meets the numbers that the state requires it to meet. If those numbers aren't met, the school gets a bad grade and, if the numbers don't go up quickly, people lose their jobs and the school can eventually be shut down. This distorts the profession terribly. For example, should a student miss more than 9 days in a given class during a semester, the law says that that student shouldn't get credit for that half of the course. And yet, I've seen kids who owed hundreds of hours graduate because the school bends over backwards to give them every possible chance to make up those hours, even if that means just filling out paperwork saying that they did. That's gone on long enough that attendance is a joke for a lot of our students. There are many, many more examples of the way that the books get cooked, because actually holding kids responsible for their behavior with real consequences doesn't allow the school to meet the state's numbers. And, heck yes, the profession is stressful as all get-out, as teachers are held directly responsible for kids not getting the numbers the school needs because the teachers are the only part of the system that the administrators and district personnel can control to any real degree.
I left after 23 years because I got tired of wolfing down my lunch in 20 minutes, working late at night, and holding my bladder/bowels all school day. On top of that, the lack of support with discipline became too much. 😢
I know folks in education. There is too much paperwork and administrative work. Low pay. No support from administrators with disruptive students and their parents. Meanwhile, superintendents and their staff earn over 2x - 5x the base pay and do little to nothing, except create more work for the teacher.
It's always been tough to be a teacher, it's even tougher when the state is banning books left and right and re-writing history to suit the political whims of its Governor. Greg Abbotts investigation needs to look no further than his office to find the answer to this Mystery.
I'm retired. I've never been a teacher but I thought I could be a competent substitute. It'd been decades since I was around school age kids. What a shock! Behavioral issues are out of control. Also, I had an autistic child in the class. She could communicate but if she didn't feel like cooperating, there was a problem that was distracting to the entire class. Again, I'm certainly no expert but it seems something has 'gone off the rails' in a BIG WAY. And I don't blame teachers for quitting, it's a no win situation.
This content is true! My sister teaches high school math. It's a beautiful sunny Sunday, and she's at her computer going over grades and planning assignments instead of taking it easy. I'm sure the district admins aren't sweating over nothing. BTW, they just voted themselves a pay raise, but for what?
Its when teachers are also expected to be corrections officers though it doesnt fall under their job description. Politicians putting up road blocks certainly will push more teachers out.
I teach elementary school. Two years ago I had an anxiety attack/breakdown at work. I ended up straight at the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. By the following Monday, I was on Zoloft. I tried that for a week . It was horrible! I stopped taking it and had two horrible days of withdrawals. Through a lot of therapy and meditation I'm better now. I plan on also retiring early. Two more years and I'm out. Sometimes your health and happiness is more important. Education is not what it used to be.
Teachers are equivalent to Doctors. They develop 35 brains 6-8 hours daily, ten months an year. Compare job expectations, salary of doctors vs. teachers. When will this make sense??
I'm in my eighteenth year teaching language arts in Tampa. I will teach in Texas under the following job offer: pay for my entire cost of moving. This includes the cost of selling my condo and relocating in Texas. Double the pay of what I make in Tampa. Immediately put me as vested on the Texas retirement system, meaning I get to skip over the required number of years to get into the retirement system. Guarantee me a 12 year contract for teaching which puts me at retirement age. All medical benefits are effective immediately. And guarantee an annual increase that meets inflation or higher. Do that and we can talk. If the response is oh heck no that's too good of a package, then you'll understand why teachers are quitting. But sports people we will pay them millions 😂❤
I left my teaching job for family reasons, but it was such a relief to go. I taught in Houston for ten years after some nice schools elsewhere. I cried almost every day, but it was the best-paying job I could get with my (extensive) education and I had three teenagers. Every teacher knows that you work 24/7, 365. The students were largely unruly and there because it is the law. It was rare to get a supportive parent who could be contacted. It was years before I stopped having that recurring nightmare of the first day of school. The administration was there to tell teachers what the district expected schools to do. There was no help but teachers were assessed on the performance of their students.
My mother was in a choir. During breaks the teachers in the choir would grade homework. They do not have a 8 hour work day. Preparing lessons, grading work, helping students are done on teachers own time with no pay for it.
This sounds more like a social problem. It seems like our political system and some parents don’t value education. The issue is that society is losing their values.
It is very very sad. I left the profession after 11.5 years. I couldn’t get out of bed some morning until like 15 minutes before I had to leave. I was late to work almost every day going all the way up to the last day of work. It’s tiring. I was not in public education for the money and I never never taught summer school to make ends meet. I had earned two masters and I still was not over $60K. I taught mainly in AZ, where salaries are low. I had switched districts for a better school experience. From a student that demanded for me to stop saying “ladies and gentlemen” to the challenges of teaching students in rural TN in a school fewer resources but good southern hospitality and even teaching two years in MD. Also, being told what “language to use” when presenting the learning objectives for the day. It’s a lot. I just couldn’t take one more year. My last school year in public education was last year. I’m pursuing my PhD in chemistry right now to become a chemist at 39. I took a pay cut to become a graduate teacher assistant to change my life. I am at peace with my decision and I have way more flexibility. It’s still a lot of work at the college level but I am thankful.
I live in MD but not Bmore and they reading level is 1 % is reading on the right grade level. Yes, go teach at University and chem is a great field of study. I was a nursing major for years but took a turn to computer programming. Best of luck to you on everything.
I am a retired teacher. I could teach anywhere where I live tomorrow because the shortages are so high. Teachers are sick of the serious risks such practically unrestricted gun ownership, low pay, parents thinking they should decide what should be taught and how, ridiculous demads on a teacher's time outside of a school day. I would never teach again and can well understand why people are leaving teaching and why people don't want to go into teaching. Our country will pay for this...our kids will continue to fall behind.
The districts are lazy with the support materials but not lazy on adding additional bureaucratic ever changing requirements that make no sense. Discipline is zero and the inclusion is impossible. Number one reason is not the salary.
@@videoettaceo8900Teachers don’t get paid for those three months, even when some of them sign up for their paycheck during those other 9 months being divided and spread out among three months. But no, they don’t get ANYTHING paid to them for three months.
Former 4th grade teacher in California. I left 9 months ago after the birth of our 9 month old. Best decision ever! Now I get to stay home with my 3 kids under 4❤ I do know that when it is time to return to the work field... I WILL NOT go back to the classroom. I could not continue after my baby bonding time was up with my kids being so young. I remember vividly how stressed I would come home. My husband and kids were getting the worst of me and it simply was not fair.
There are teachers in my family and what I've heard is that instead of actually helping kids, they're having to deal with major behavioral issues in the class with no support from parents or school administration. This is in addition to their laughable wages.
I am starting to feel their pain . I am a substitute teacher. I have been teaching for 5 years and the lack of pay and respect is ridiculous. I am thinking about changing careers.I love the kids but I can’t let myself get mentally burned out.
I am a SUBSTITUTE public school teacher with about 7 years experience. One day I decided to write a list of all the RUDE SHENANIGANS the students do in the class. I figured I could come up with about 50 or 75 bad behaviors on my list. I couldn't believe I came up with MORE THAN two hundred shenanigans they do! The conclusion I came up with, happened when a student walked up to me and said, "Why won't you let us have FUN?" and... "We are just little kids (middle school).... and we're NOT HURTING anybody!" and "we are just goofing around." I realized the "kids" are CONVINCED that their obnoxious behavior is just having "FUN!" I have always believed that "bad beliefs cause bad behaviors." TWO HUNDRED shenanigans PROVES that this is not just innocent goofing off. Back when I went to middle school in 1970, we had about 4 or 5 shenanigans we did. We chewed gun... threw paper wads.... daydreamed... and that's about all. If anyone wants to see my list of MORE THAN 200 shenanigans kids do today, you can download the ebook titled "Pretending To Be Evil." from this LULU dot com link: www.LULU.com/spotlight/davidmundy : Several other books on that link are FREE!.
I enjoyed teaching so much until the pressure of teaching to the test became an illness that I could not perpetuate. I was the teacher who had a waiting list for my class, the most "active" little ones and the ones who called me "mommy". I am a creative, loving teacher but had to leave, not because of the students but because I was not valued and supported. I developed physical ailments from the high pressure. I took my students on 6 FREE study trips one year and was told our school's test scores could not justify that! I was told NOT to take my kids on six trips. What!!!??? Some of my students had never even left their city until I took them out! "Just pass the tests!" Those f*ing tests do not take into consideration what each little person comes with and how a good teacher meets each individual where they are. I've tried returning to teaching 2 or 3 times over the last 20 years only to leave stressed and heartbroken. The school districts pile "professional development" on teachers rather than real solutions and support. All that and I still had to tutor in the summer and have a side gig on the weekends so I didn't have to use my credit cards every month! I apologize for this rant. I truly appreciate and relate to the teachers featured in this segment and I hold a credential in California.
Those tests started here in Texas when George Bush was the Governor. No one has asked any teachers since if they were a good idea. There is so much wrong with those tests. However the worst for me are the kids. I taught 4th grade until two years ago. Most of my kids had no problem with the test, we are near a University and a lot of my kids were the sons and daughters of College Professors. However, about half of them come form a poorer part of the city. Many are ESL. Seeing a kid do everything you ask, helping them day after day, and then the tests come. Some will do great, other students will know while they are taking it that they are not. Why are we treating 9-10 year olds like this? I have had so many kids cry over these tests. We can tell then a thousand times that they are only benchmarks and are only meant to help them but it never matters. I wish all the politicians who approved these abominations could be in a classroom and watch a 9 year old cry and feel horrible because they can't pass a test.
My daughter is a veteran middle school teacher. All these things brought up are valid not just in TX but in our state of TN. Super sad situation really. Our state and local officials are failing our students in so many ways including common sense discipline of out of control students (bully's really), but so are many parents (in name only) who don't work daily with their kids on homework, discipline (children need consequences and accountability), respect for teachers, peers and themselves, etc.
Now, in metro Atlanta, there are digital signs on the interstate saying, "Come Teach in Texas!" I had to do a double take to ensure i saw it. Yep. They popped up around May, through the summer and into the fall, this year. 😮
Educators and human service professionals are way underpaid. The sad part is they required us to have tons of education requirements and these bureaucratics refused to find ways to pay us a fair salary.
It’s so sad to see the quality of education go down, not because of the quality of work these teachers do, but the lack of a quality education from the curriculum they’re supposed to follow…..sad 😢
My wife just quit her 7th grade teaching job. 7th grade. Totally not worth it. Kids lack behavioral boundaries. Literacy was 3rd grade at best. Admin offered support and just rolled over the second the parent called. They threw things at her, cursed at her, turned over desks and chairs. It's a total lack of parenting.
My daughter's teacher has a flat affect. She is absolutely numb and trying her best to teach 25 3rd graders, most of them with an IEP or need an IEP. And this is a good school. I try to do my best to reinforce her teaching with my daughter at home to lessen the burden on her. All her kids were covid kindergarteners, so their social skills are very poor. It's like teaching 25 kids with autism. The classrooms were built in the 60s, so the noise when all the kids get excited has to be nerve-wracking from l8ttle to no insulation between classrooms. And my school is one of the few good ones left in my city.
They're quitting because parents are literally out of control, and it doesn't matter whether they're liberal or conservative. Anything they do, they're screwed because some parent will go nuclear over it. Just let them teach and do their job. If you don't agree with everything, then take the time to explain to your child why (but make sure your kids are helpful and respectful to the teacher, even you disagree with them).
Teachers not only teach but help RAISE children these days. All teachers from kindergarten to college should get at least a 20k increase across the U. S. board.
I phoned mother about her misbehaving child. The parent said to me, "I don't call you when he misbehaves at home, don't call me when he misbehaves at school!" Then, abruptly hung up.
All of this is so true and then some. If people really knew how much goes on in this profession and how it changes our life for the worse, they would understand the mass exodus even more. I left after this last school year--I had enough. And that teacher is right about the retirement. With what they offer you had better have money coming from elsewhere or you won't be retiring. Ever
