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Sorry that you are having a hard time. However, can you step back and see how arrogant you (likely) were when you started just a few weeks ago? DCPS attracts/recruits urban teaching 'veterans' who assume that they can do what DCPS teachers cannot accomplish. It drives me nuts. Every year I see you all start the year with smug attitudes and then bail. Turns out that this is a tough as hell place to teach.[/quote]

Your "tough as hell..." makes it seem like teachers are leaving DCPS in droves because of the students.  That's not the case.  Talented, dedicated, inspired teachers leave every year for these reasons:

1.  Many administrators hand-picked by Kaya Henderson are incompetent, corrupt, and unethical.
2.  DCPS teachers receive little support and little respect.
3.  IMPACT is subjective and punitive.
4.  If you are disliked, you will be treated poorly and unfairly.
5.  You can keep your sanity and a good professional record if you leave DCPS.

I know all of this because I stayed for two years and then quit last December.  It broke my heart, but I had to leave.  Money means nothing.  Central office is corrupt.  They will not help you.  The Union will not help either.  Sometimes, you leave when you see that you cannot fight tho system and win.[/quote]

PP, I agree 100%.  I'm applying for other teaching positions now and hope to leave by the end of Jan.  It is not because the students are so violent.  It's because this school system is corrupt.  They make us drill and test and drill and test.  Parents say nothing and accept everything.  I'm sick of this.[/quote]

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