Teacher might quit
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Anonymous
| I know several teachers who are ready to quit. It’s awful in some places. |
Anonymous
| Wow. What an unprofessional thing to say to kids. They couldn’t depend on teachers last year. And now they can’t this year either. Kids need stability and routine this year. Not a teacher threatening to leave. |
Anonymous
| So difficult to come back once you lose control or never had it in the first place and literally one kid can throw it all off. I was a coteacher (not there the whole day) in a class like this and my braxton hicks 8was pregnant at the time) would ramp up like crazy whenever I was in this class and found myself just frozen with no idea what to do one time (i consider myself a veteran teacher with pretty strong classroom mgmt). The teacher ended up leaving and cried when she told the kids (the trouble makers literally laughed in her face) they were seven... Sometimes a new teacher can start anew and it will get better. |
Anonymous
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I'm in career facebook groups and teachers both in public and private are always asking questions on how to transition their careers out of teaching.
Sad. happy i never went into teaching. |
Anonymous
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I hope she does. No job is worth sacrificing your mental health. I’m a teacher who just quit. I gave my required notice and I feel much lighter. I already have another job lined up.
Teaching is not the priesthood. If people are unhappy with compensation and working conditions, they are free to leave. Including teachers. |
Anonymous
| It’s a hard year for sure but that’s what happens when kids are out of school for so long. I think many teachers switching to private industry may be in fro a rude awakening (or not, just depends on what you value). I find the “go volunteer” comments very privileged. Most parents have their own jobs w little leave time that must be reserved for the excessive quarantines going on. My kids teacher is fantastic and I’m so grateful when I read posts like this. Btw, totally agree teachers should be paid way more but when you extrapolate their salaries on an annual basis it’s pretty on par for entry level for most professions, except no pensions, shitty benefits, or job protection. Still, they should be paid more. The teachers on forums taking about not being babaysitters have really contributed to the toxicity w parents. And it’s pretty demeaning to childcare workers. |
Anonymous
Same. I love getting emails from parents asking for 1on1 tutoring or some other delusional thing. Maybe have your kid study at home? Just a thought. |
Anonymous
| Agree with ALL of those articulately crafted reasons and would add one more that frustrates me every day - educational technology. I teach in a district that gets the cart before the horse with technology and, when the cart breaks down there’s no horse back-up to get you where you need to go. So much of our curriculum is available only online now that students and teachers don’t have actual books or workbooks. When the internet is down or the copiers are broken we have to free solo. I know my subject inside and out, but that doesn’t mean I ca turn on a dime. Can we please have actual textbooks with full color plates and physical workbooks fr the many pencils you actually DO supply? |
Anonymous
| Talk to your child about behaving well in class. Do your part as a parent to instill expectations that help the teacher out and make your child one less child to worry about in that way. Our oldest, now in HS, didn't put up with the kids who acted out at her table. She told them to knock it off already, you're making it hard for us to think over here. It did work back then. But today's crop of young kids are so out of control without parental expectations being enforced from home that it might not even make a dent. Not surprised teachers are quitting FCPS elementary was a cesspool of poor student behavior in 2012, can't imagine how much worse it is now. |
Anonymous
You’re right, it is unprofessional. But I KNOW where this teacher was when he or she said it. We all have a breaking point where our ability to cope and impulse control breaks down. A class with even a couple of difficult children can get you there faster than most of us would like to believe about ourselves. Try maintaining a calm learning environment when an emotionally disturbed child is grabbing anything at all that could be used to harm self or others and screaming obscenities at you. Been there. Try delivering an engaging lesson when an emotionally needy child falls off their chair every few minutes or intentionally trips themselves and cries LOUDLY for the attention. I could go on and on. |
Anonymous
| How could anyone have predicted that closing schools for 12-18 months would have negative consequences? Oh wait... |
Anonymous
Can I ask what you are doing now? I am approaching my 30th year and I’m tired of waking up daily with tension headaches and coming home frustrated. I can’t imagine doing this for 4 to 5 more years but I’m in spot where I don’t think I could afford to stop. |
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Anonymous
| Teacher from above who wrote about emotionally damaged children here. I DID predict it and strongly advocated for schools to open last year. Save your sarcasm please. |
Anonymous
The parents whose kids don’t behave are most likely not readers of DCUMs. |