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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talking is overrated. All teachers need to shut up about how to deal with stuff, and actually DEAL with stuff![/quote]

Maybe we are tired of being the solution to all of society's problems. Maybe we want everyone to know how it really is in schools. We have dealt with our inept school districts for our entire careers. Now you get to see what we have to put up with.[/quote]

The solution to all of society's problems? Christ lady, get over yourself.[/quote]

Teachers/Public Schools are asked to:
Detect various forms of abuse and neglect.
Detect rapid gains in BMI or failure to thrive.
Detect mental health issues ranging from anxiety and mild depression to OCD, bipolar, even schizophrenia or more severe.
Identify families in financial crisis or housing insecurity that need a referral to social services.
Supply weather appropriate clothing, bedding, and shoes as well as supplemental food (3 meals + snacks, weekend food).

As a former desperately poor kid who was being abused sexually, I support all that schools do now, but it is too much! Doctors do not also have to see if kids are making educational progress. 
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Is that your list of “all of society’s problems”[/quote]

Oh come on now. I’m a school counselor and even I am not expected to detect specific mental health disorders. I am expected to make referrals. You have a counseling department, admins, PPWs and a lot of other layers beyond you. You simply need to be the bridge, and that’s not such a heavy lift. If you’re concerned about a kid, direct them to the appropriate resources and share your concerns with your team. The martyrdom thing is making all educators look bad. My students’ parents are having a tough time, too, and while your feelings are valid, this is the job you took. If you don’t want to do it anymore, that’s fine, even understandable. But please quit with the woe is me stuff, because it’s embarrassing to those of us who are going to roll up our sleeves and just get to work and do the best we can. No one has a crystal ball, and yes, MCPS is a mess, but just take it day by day. Complaining will only keep you stuck in misery.[/quote]

As OP of this thread, I just want to mention that I have NOT been posting the majority of teacher complaints here.  I don't know if it is one other teacher or multiple teacher, but my complaints are pretty much limited to what I stated in my OP --that I just don't have it in me anymore to keep "pivoting".  The rest of this stuff I either don't experience at my school or else just accept it as the way teaching is these days.[/quote]

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