Teachers Resigning Like Crazy?

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

Then leave. I'm serious. Not because we want qualified teachers to leave but, damn, all your complaining. And tbh, the only ones suffering from all your little protest actions are the kids. I'd rather know you're not there, and then I can properly fill those gaps in learning, rather than assume you're doing it.

When ALL the teachers are complaining, perhaps it’s time to start listening. Conditions are terrible. Hours are worse. The teachers who care about students are complaining because we know we can’t properly serve the students when we are burned-out and disrespected.

It sure is easier to say “just leave” than to actually see what can be done. What do I want? More planning time at work. Then I can get my life back AND I can be more rested / able to handle classroom discipline issues.

The thing is everyone complains about their jobs and being overworked and under supported. Teachers, doctors, retail, low skill, high skill, medium skill, all have it so hard.

Agree. Lots of professions are overworked, overwhelmed, burned out, miserable, tell their kids never to go into X. Everything is broken.

So how do we fix it?

I tell my kids not to ever go into teaching....how sad to say that.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

No, teachers have been rendered powerless, thanks to school boards and administrators. Let’s be honest here.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

but there are a LOT of behavior issues and they are exhausting and create chaos in the classrooms....the nice eager to learn kids are lost in this.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

Wrong. Teachers are now forbidden to discipline violent kids.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

but there are a LOT of behavior issues and they are exhausting and create chaos in the classrooms....the nice eager to learn kids are lost in this.

True, but, like, if teachers had ANY recourse for bad behavior there would be fewer behavior issues, right? But their (your?) hands are tied.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

Wrong. Teachers are now forbidden to discipline violent kids.

I responded to this up thread, but that isn't the fault of the parents or the children. They didn't set that policy. I know there are a lot of awful parents and awful children but other people bear responsibility too.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

Wrong. Teachers are now forbidden to discipline violent kids.

I responded to this up thread, but that isn't the fault of the parents or the children. They didn't set that policy. I know there are a lot of awful parents and awful children but other people bear responsibility too.

But it's important to note that there are many reasons teachers are resigning....behavior is a big one!

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Bottom line:

Parents SHOULD effectively punish bad behavior, but we have no power to force them because we don’t fund parents.
(At the least, parents must be immediately called to collect their child after any violence whatsoever, including assault or destruction of property.)

Schools absolutely MUST effectively punish inappropriate and illegal behavior, because we the taxpayers actually FUND our public schools.

WE are responsible for FAILING our children when WE fail to hold SCHOOLS accountable for the ever increasing violence in schools today. We now allow our children to be in constant fear of the next episode of a classsmate’s rage, and who might get hurt.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

Wrong. Teachers are now forbidden to discipline violent kids.

I responded to this up thread, but that isn't the fault of the parents or the children. They didn't set that policy. I know there are a lot of awful parents and awful children but other people bear responsibility too.

But it's important to note that there are many reasons teachers are resigning....behavior is a big one!

This. Tying funding and admin incentives to fewer discipline referrals was a huge mistake that should have been rectified years ago. Ask your own children which kids are constantly in trouble and they'll know, right off the bat. Most likely these are the same kids who are constantly in the office chatting with the people who work at the front desk or wandering the hallways when they're supposed to be in class.

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Why are office worker repeatedly babysitting the same disruptive children? Are the parents bribing them, or is this nonsense part of their job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are office worker repeatedly babysitting the same disruptive children? Are the parents bribing them, or is this nonsense part of their job?

I should have clarified that this is mostly at the secondary level. Parents of these kids are usually hands off and have been for years. That's part of the problem. The other part is that teachers can write a dozen referrals for the student being out of class for 20 minutes at a stretch and nothing gets done most of the time. Administrators, who are usually hiding in their offices or attending meetings offsite, don't really care if the kids are lounging around in the office because it's easier than actually enforcing any consequences that require paperwork.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are office worker repeatedly babysitting the same disruptive children? Are the parents bribing them, or is this nonsense part of their job?

I should have clarified that this is mostly at the secondary level. Parents of these kids are usually hands off and have been for years. That's part of the problem. The other part is that teachers can write a dozen referrals for the student being out of class for 20 minutes at a stretch and nothing gets done most of the time. Administrators, who are usually hiding in their offices or attending meetings offsite, don't really care if the kids are lounging around in the office because it's easier than actually enforcing any consequences that require paperwork.

If the names of the irresponsible administrators got listed here, I guarantee you, they’d listen-up. As long as you allow them to hide without accountability, they’ll continue to hide.

CALL THEM OUT to STOP their INSANITY.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000

Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

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The worst of it are the out of control kids and no disciplinary consequences allowed by admin. And I will also add, the kids who speak no English and are not able to understand what's being taught, so they sit and talk to one another in their own language. This is not their fault, but it certainly makes it even more difficult to teach the rest of the class.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

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Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

Then leave. I'm serious. Not because we want qualified teachers to leave but, damn, all your complaining. And tbh, the only ones suffering from all your little protest actions are the kids. I'd rather know you're not there, and then I can properly fill those gaps in learning, rather than assume you're doing it.

When ALL the teachers are complaining, perhaps it’s time to start listening. Conditions are terrible. Hours are worse. The teachers who care about students are complaining because we know we can’t properly serve the students when we are burned-out and disrespected.

It sure is easier to say “just leave” than to actually see what can be done. What do I want? More planning time at work. Then I can get my life back AND I can be more rested / able to handle classroom discipline issues.

The thing is everyone complains about their jobs and being overworked and under supported. Teachers, doctors, retail, low skill, high skill, medium skill, all have it so hard.

Agree. Lots of professions are overworked, overwhelmed, burned out, miserable, tell their kids never to go into X. Everything is broken.

So how do we fix it?

I tell my kids not to ever go into teaching....how sad to say that.

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I asked my kid if they'd like to go into teaching (they're a senior in HS) and the response was, "No way in hell." How sad. I used to think it would be so rewarding to be a teacher. There is no reward in it anymore.

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

Just had a sub at school tell a couple of us she could not do it every day-said she only take a couple of jobs a week because she needs a break on the other days. It's not good in schools.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

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Agree. I'm a sub and barely made it one week. Hats off to teachers who are able to keep their sanity AND actually teach.

Just had a sub tell some of us at school she's not sure how we survive a whole week. Said she spreads jobs out because it feels like too much to do a whole week in a school. Thats where we are in education...it's too much for most people. Teachers are leaving.

DP. I'm a sub and feel exactly the same way. I honesty don't know how teachers do it. I think the very worst of it is that there is no discipline for kids who are behavioral issues. Admin will do *nothing* to help. All they do is bray about the "responsive classroom" BS.

I’m a teacher and last week a kid said “school is draining, how do you stand it.” LMAO.

Real life is going to bite that kid in the behind.

DP. Nope. School is much worse than when we were there, and much worse than Real Life. It shouldn't be, but it is.

School has become a circus thanks to parents and their out of control children. I know many who are leaving-none of it is worth the stress

I don't think this is totally it. It's EVERYBODY pointing to teachers to solve all the problems in the education system and even the country.

No, teachers have been rendered powerless, thanks to school boards and administrators. Let’s be honest here.

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Absolutely impotent, through no fault of their own.