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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers ARE talking about these issues. Just search “teachers quitting violence” and you’ll get pages of results. [/quote]

Well it seems like those complaints are getting lost in the noise. I just read an article from CNN about teacher shortage and they listed several things but made it seem like the biggest issues were low salary and “ grappling with culture wars over what they can and cannot teach in the classroom”.

If you want violent and disruptive kids to be seen as the big issue that should be addressed immediately then you need to make that clear to the media.[/quote]

WE don't have the time or the energy. Heres an idea how about the parents who want to kick and scream about "grooming" go to the media with actual true complaints that their child is in an unsafe environment that is not conducive to learning. Maybe parents could do that for us. Go make some noise about things actually happening. We are all tired of the stupidity and time wasted debating CRT. Teachers-especially SPED teacher are leaving in high numbers and this will continue due to a lack of support with behaviors and other ridiculous working conditions. Parents go complain about something real-THIS is it. Teachers are quitting-colleges are seeing a noticeable decline in students applying for their education programs. [/quote]

If we did, we’d be called terrible things and have our reputations destroyed. Read this site and you will quickly learn that anyone questioning anything their teacher teaches in regard to gender/ identity or social justice issues is immediately branded a MAGA devotee or worse. My family had a pretty traumatic experience with a teacher but I am employed and would like to stay that way, so we did our best to address it as quietly as possible. No way is anyone in my shoes going to talk to the media. I wish we could have rational conversations about these very important topics but we can’t.[/quote]

I have yet to read a single specific example on this site that happened that I think is legitimate.  All I hear is a lot of hearsay, potential issues, shared talking points.  Of course real people can have problematic experiences with a particular teacher--but that is a particular example and they should handle it as an individual with the school.[/quote]

Honestly? You really think all the people commenting about horrible behavior in classrooms are just making it up?

Have you been to a store or museum or park or extracurricular activity lately? You don’t even need to spend time in classrooms to know that many kids are completely out of control and that no actual parenting is happening.[/quote]

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