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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many reasons - 
- Years of terrible K-12 education means that beyond ES, teachers  are not capable of teaching in MS and HS - especially Math, Science and Foreign Language.  Usually the liberal arts teachers were below average students who could not hack it elsewhere. 
- Poor pay does not attract smart students to this field. It is still mostly middle aged white women who teach. 
- Influx of more and more illegal immigrants who are lacking in education and English language skills.
- Teachers being responsible for bridging the achievement gap without any power in their class for disciplining trouble makers
- No support given to teachers. 
- Toxic administrators
- Lack of curriculum, syallbus and textbooks. [/quote]

You don't account for the MANY of us with advanced degrees who picked this field because we... get this... WANT TO TEACH! It isn't because we are "mostly middle aged white women" who were "below average students" who "could not hack it elsewhere." Wow. Can you be more insulting? I chose this field because I wanted to make a contribution to society, which is more important to me than cashing in at a job I wouldn't like. Guess what? A lot of my coworkers are the same.

You didn't add "tremendous disrespect" to your list of reasons why teachers are leaving. We're a little tired of people assuming we're unintelligent. [/quote]

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