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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These 22 year olds aren't quitting because they're afraid of covid.  Each one has said the job is too hard.  One was my teaching partner.  I gave him all my plans.  I spent hours helping him prep.  He cried EVERY DAY in my classroom after school.  [/quote]

Well, what exactly was he crying about? Kids with home issues making him sad? Kids being violent? Maybe he didn’t think he was explaining things in a way they understood? I mean, did you pay attention to what his actual concerns were, or just dismiss them?[/quote]

He was crying because he couldn't figure out how or when to teach stuff.  So 2x a week i helped him for a few hours to create plans.  He had no idea how to manage behavior.  I'm not talking about severe behavior.  I mean things like the kids who talk too much.  I came into his classroom to model how to do this.  He was crying because, I kid you not, he wanted to go hang out with his friends and didn't have time.  He actually said this.  [/quote]

Don’t teacher training programs teach how to lesson plan and some rudimentary classroom management? I mean, we all know they don’t teach about effective reading instruction in most places, but everyone know teachers have to plan lessons right?

[b]It also seems like in the student teaching they would have gotten a realistic job preview about the amount of hours worked during the school year.  There really is no work/ life balance for teachers, and that alone can lead to burnout.[/b][/quote]

Yes, but he would have gotten it in his final semester of a bachelor's degree in education, or with an education certification. At that point he's about to graduate--what else is he going to do? [/quote]

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