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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ultimately, no, it is on the kids & parents.

Kids were bad before the pandemic but afterward? Their attitudes and overall lack of care about anything other than what they specifically want to do are totally reprehensible.

99% of the parents don't care. When a problem is brought to them, their attitude is "it's your problem when he/she is here so deal with it." The Admins have their hands tied because there's only so much they can do, at least in my district, discipline wise.

In-school suspension had so many kids in it this year that they had to upgrade them to a larger space. And why wouldn't a kid want to get in-school suspension? They get to sleep the day away, listen to music, or play on their phones. Shouldn't the teacher in charge reprimand them? Yes, but there isn't one. There's a sub...just like last year. Because when we had a permanent person in that position, she quit after being verbally abused nonstop by the kids.

I just had my second interview today for a corporate job. Everything is looking good and those I interviewed with told me I'd have an answer tomorrow by COB, and one told me he was sure I'd have an extra happy Thanksgiving this year, so that really tells me something. If so, the moment I sign the letter with the new job, I'm out.

I didn't sign up to be verbally abused by kids and their parents or physically abused by kids. I'm treated like a free babysitter by most parents and that's also not what I signed up to be.

My school has lost 2 teachers since the school year started and I know of a handful of other colleagues who have been out "sick" for interviews. I can see there being a real educational awakening in the next 5 years. The downward trend of test scores is not going to rebound as some experts believe now that kids are back in classrooms full-time.    [/quote]

100% this ^^^.  I was also verbally abused by students who simply didn’t give a f*ck, and who spent the days being as disruptive as possible.  I lost my voice from trying to be heard and kept getting sick from the stress.  At one point, I was in tears in the principal’s office and instead of asking what they could do to help, I was simply stared at.  I quit the following week.  I was told by a former colleague that they got a great long term sub in who only lasted a week because of these kids.  She left too, and I don’t blame her a bit.  I really wonder whose side the administration is on.  They seem scared to death to involve the parents, suspend the kids, etc.  [/quote]

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