Who hates Monday?

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Anonymous wrote:One of the many inexplicable things about this school year is how suddenly principals were allowed to just decide their own school's calendar. Like when else could a principal just decide, there will be no education on Mondays? Or, today will be a snow day? Or, today is a "catch up" day (again, a no school day).

Right? No school on Mondays at one school, and then a mile away, another school has instruction every Monday! Its bizarre!

Yes, right!? So much for we can't do X, Y, Z because every school can't all do it the same so its a no. Until now suddenly where school can be effectively cancelled for many at will. Makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

You really dont see why parents would be upset that their kids would be getting a substandard education for over a year? And that for some reason it seems to be harder for schools in this area to get their act together than other places? You work for FCPS. Their job is to educate kids. They seem (to some parents) to be failing compared to others. So of course the system and its employees are going to come in for criticism. Some of my kids teachers have really tried. Some have phoned it in. Am i not supposed to say that for fear of offending other teachers?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

You really dont see why parents would be upset that their kids would be getting a substandard education for over a year? And that for some reason it seems to be harder for schools in this area to get their act together than other places? You work for FCPS. Their job is to educate kids. They seem (to some parents) to be failing compared to others. So of course the system and its employees are going to come in for criticism. Some of my kids teachers have really tried. Some have phoned it in. Am i not supposed to say that for fear of offending other teachers?

Being unhappy with your situation wasn’t teachers’ fault. It just wasn’t. The comments I’ve seen here about lazy teachers, fire them all, they have degrees in coloring, were really eye opening. Again, I work my butt off and I’m a great teacher. But I realized why on earth am I taking time away from MY family to do unpaid work when this is how I’m seen? Why would I spend half a Saturday making an escape room or whatever when the community views me this way? Why would I put MY money into things for my classroom rather than spend it on my kids? Those weren’t my gaps to fill but I did until I realized the community didn’t care. Nobody who made the comments they made about teachers here and on social media should be surprised that it hurt us. The sad thing is, the ones it hurt most were the really good ones. The ones who were always going above and beyond for your kids. You can make whatever comments you want obviously. But the consequences of doing so are also yours. And a lot of us pulled way back on all those above and beyond things as a result of them. It’s a job to me. One I’m good at. But I’m very clear now. It’s a job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

You really dont see why parents would be upset that their kids would be getting a substandard education for over a year? And that for some reason it seems to be harder for schools in this area to get their act together than other places? You work for FCPS. Their job is to educate kids. They seem (to some parents) to be failing compared to others. So of course the system and its employees are going to come in for criticism. Some of my kids teachers have really tried. Some have phoned it in. Am i not supposed to say that for fear of offending other teachers?

Being unhappy with your situation wasn’t teachers’ fault. It just wasn’t. The comments I’ve seen here about lazy teachers, fire them all, they have degrees in coloring, were really eye opening. Again, I work my butt off and I’m a great teacher. But I realized why on earth am I taking time away from MY family to do unpaid work when this is how I’m seen? Why would I spend half a Saturday making an escape room or whatever when the community views me this way? Why would I put MY money into things for my classroom rather than spend it on my kids? Those weren’t my gaps to fill but I did until I realized the community didn’t care. Nobody who made the comments they made about teachers here and on social media should be surprised that it hurt us. The sad thing is, the ones it hurt most were the really good ones. The ones who were always going above and beyond for your kids. You can make whatever comments you want obviously. But the consequences of doing so are also yours. And a lot of us pulled way back on all those above and beyond things as a result of them. It’s a job to me. One I’m good at. But I’m very clear now. It’s a job.

You have really thin skin.

[Anonymous]

I enrolled DS into 2 back to back classes online on Mondays, thanks to outschool.com. After that we both get to do some physical activity, like biking or skate boarding or rollerblading.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

You really dont see why parents would be upset that their kids would be getting a substandard education for over a year? And that for some reason it seems to be harder for schools in this area to get their act together than other places? You work for FCPS. Their job is to educate kids. They seem (to some parents) to be failing compared to others. So of course the system and its employees are going to come in for criticism. Some of my kids teachers have really tried. Some have phoned it in. Am i not supposed to say that for fear of offending other teachers?

Being unhappy with your situation wasn’t teachers’ fault. It just wasn’t. The comments I’ve seen here about lazy teachers, fire them all, they have degrees in coloring, were really eye opening. Again, I work my butt off and I’m a great teacher. But I realized why on earth am I taking time away from MY family to do unpaid work when this is how I’m seen? Why would I spend half a Saturday making an escape room or whatever when the community views me this way? Why would I put MY money into things for my classroom rather than spend it on my kids? Those weren’t my gaps to fill but I did until I realized the community didn’t care. Nobody who made the comments they made about teachers here and on social media should be surprised that it hurt us. The sad thing is, the ones it hurt most were the really good ones. The ones who were always going above and beyond for your kids. You can make whatever comments you want obviously. But the consequences of doing so are also yours. And a lot of us pulled way back on all those above and beyond things as a result of them. It’s a job to me. One I’m good at. But I’m very clear now. It’s a job.

You have really thin skin.

I don’t. That’s a cop out and you know it. The anti teacher rhetoric this year has been vile. We are working moms being attacked by other moms. You can’t excuse it claiming I’m just thin skinned. That sh*t hurt and it was meant to. It accomplished what it set out to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

You really dont see why parents would be upset that their kids would be getting a substandard education for over a year? And that for some reason it seems to be harder for schools in this area to get their act together than other places? You work for FCPS. Their job is to educate kids. They seem (to some parents) to be failing compared to others. So of course the system and its employees are going to come in for criticism. Some of my kids teachers have really tried. Some have phoned it in. Am i not supposed to say that for fear of offending other teachers?

Being unhappy with your situation wasn’t teachers’ fault. It just wasn’t. The comments I’ve seen here about lazy teachers, fire them all, they have degrees in coloring, were really eye opening. Again, I work my butt off and I’m a great teacher. But I realized why on earth am I taking time away from MY family to do unpaid work when this is how I’m seen? Why would I spend half a Saturday making an escape room or whatever when the community views me this way? Why would I put MY money into things for my classroom rather than spend it on my kids? Those weren’t my gaps to fill but I did until I realized the community didn’t care. Nobody who made the comments they made about teachers here and on social media should be surprised that it hurt us. The sad thing is, the ones it hurt most were the really good ones. The ones who were always going above and beyond for your kids. You can make whatever comments you want obviously. But the consequences of doing so are also yours. And a lot of us pulled way back on all those above and beyond things as a result of them. It’s a job to me. One I’m good at. But I’m very clear now. It’s a job.

You have really thin skin.

I don’t. That’s a cop out and you know it. The anti teacher rhetoric this year has been vile. We are working moms being attacked by other moms. You can’t excuse it claiming I’m just thin skinned. That sh*t hurt and it was meant to. It accomplished what it set out to do.

FCPS hurt the students that should have been in the classroom since September. You're on the front lines representing FPCS so of course you're going to be a target of the frustration and outrage. So fine, it's great that you're going to continue being a great teacher but won't be making escape rooms. But hopefully you'll continue being a great teacher and not making escape rooms inside a classroom.

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Yeah I’ve been in a classroom. You’re just deflecting to make yourself feel better about your bad behavior. Saying the things people said about teachers has long lasting impact. You made that choice. Nobody told people to post the things they did about teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

To the teacher: Don't make the mistake of believing online trolls or Angry Internet People represent your community. In the end it's about the kids. If you let DCUM ranters turn you off from being a great teacher, it is ultimately the kids that you fail. They need you. You can have tremendous positive impact on them, but only if you choose it.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a good idea to hate on teachers so much on this forum. A lot of teachers read it. Many of those teachers are good ones. After reading these posts, they may feel disinclined to give as much of themselves and their time to ingrates. Yes there are lazy and burnt out employees in any profession, but the teachers I knew sacrificed a lot to help their students. I realize people want to vent, but you are really poisoning your own well here by vilifying the people who help raise and nurture your children.

I am a great teacher. I still love teaching in spite of this awful year. But you are absolutely right. Seeing the disparaging comments from parents here and elsewhere and bearing all the blame for everything that happened while having literally no control over any of it taught me a very important lesson. I stopped working at all outside contract hours. I stopped reading YA books in my free time to always have something to recommend to students; I took back my reading time and read what I like. I will never again spend my own money on books, classroom supplies, etc. I can say these are all positive changes for me and my own family, but a lot of teachers realized we were constantly filling in these gaps, going above and beyond, and then took ALL the brunt of angry parents who said we have degrees in coloring, don’t care about kids, are lazy, etc. I am great at my job and do everything in my ability for my students within the hours of my contract but the days of free labor or pouring my own money back into the school are done.

This post makes me sooo glad I moved my kids to a good private school.

Why? Because a teacher wants to leave work on time and has a life outside of the school? Because the teacher isn’t willing to spend her own money on supplies for the classroom?

Because FCPS is such a disaster, it has completely demoralized its teachers, parents and students. But hey! They’re spending their time changing school names and talking about solar energy!

FCPS didn’t demoralize us. Comments like yours did. The commentary on boards like this and social media this did. Don’t blame FCPS. I always viewed my duty to students and parents. I worked for THEM. To see how parents turned on us the way they did... that was demoralizing. Not a school district making policy decisions the best they knew how at the time.

To the teacher: Don't make the mistake of believing online trolls or Angry Internet People represent your community. In the end it's about the kids. If you let DCUM ranters turn you off from being a great teacher, it is ultimately the kids that you fail. They need you. You can have tremendous positive impact on them, but only if you choose it.

But then she can't play the victim!