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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most don’t. DCUM and social media in general are bad places to get an accurate picture of how most teachers feel.[/quote]
Not true. I have taught for 35 years. I mentor grad students and new teachers. I've worked with hundreds of teachers over the years and I am active in forums, professional groups, classes, etc. It has become a seriously toxic and severely low income producing job. I do not know ONE teacher now who would choose to stay, but do because they have to for a variety of reasons- the main one being the amount of money and time  invested into the front end of the career. It doesn't translate to other jobs readily.

It is a high stress job with expectations that are not realistic and cannot be maintained. Parents no longer support teachers, behavior in classrooms is out of control- with nothing in place to deal with it. Students are under prepared from home, are expected to perform beyond their capacity, while distracted by the dopamine draw of their phone. Teachers are literally judged based upon many variables entirely out of their control, and without any recourse. Student needs rise exponentially throughout the system and over time, while resources for them decrease. It is a psychologically, emotionally, and physically draining job which takes about 60 hours a week just to stay afloat, and much more to be completely prepared, but one has to eat and sleep sometimes.  This is whether one teaches Kindergarten or 12th grade AP History.

There is a major exodus of teachers leaving  the field without new ones coming in. Within the next 20 years, there will be a major sea change of how kids are educated and by whom. It won't look like this- buildings with hundreds of kids categorized by grade or groups. [/quote]

It sounds like you attract teachers who hate teaching because you yourself hate teaching.[/quote]
What a ridiculous comment.  I've seen the spectrum of what the job has become over 30 years, and no, I don't attract teachers, I work with them in various settings. This is what ALL teachers say, which,  btw, is how this thread started. I'm explaining why.

How do you think this works with mentoring? We pick and they choose? What? 
I'm telling you what the career is and the response to it.  Period. You have zero idea about anything you are talking about. [/quote]

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