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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn't share what was happening in your school.[/quote]

Ok, that's fair. Students who yell and curse at you. Students who are allowed by admin to not follow the rules that everyone else has to follow, which causes a domino effect as soon as one doesn't have to follow a rule. Once admin tells them they don't have to follow a rule, then they have zero respect for you as the adult in charge whereas admin comes in to "fix" the problem but then is nowhere to be found once they've created this detrimental dynamic between you and the student.  Students who scream directly in your ear when they don't like what you ask for them to do. Students who throw objects at you.  Admins who encourage teachers to put themselves between students who are physically fighting. Students who disrupt the learning environment nearly every day for the 20 something other students in the room and we're told to not do anything that will set them off --like complete their assigned work--but we're held responsible when they haven't completed assignments.

These are not students with IEPs or students who are allowed to be brought up for EMTs. Elementary school. -OP[/quote]

OMG, this is untenable. You should not have to suffer, and what’s worse, the other students suffer. Can you get the other teachers and the union together to organize a sit-out? [/quote]

This happens in so many schools.  Ask your kids!  Ask whether there were any issues in the classroom today?  If you’re willing to listen, I bet your kid will report back on all sorts of horror stories.

[b]Teachers are in a really bad position.  Students know that they can get away with terrible behavior.  And principals don’t want to acknowledge anything that reflects poorly on the school.[/b]  [/quote]

This is it in a nutshell. [b]Especially princials not wanting to acknowledge anything that would reflect poorly on their school, because then they have to be held accountable for it. So many spineless administrators currently in school buildings. [/b][/quote]

Honestly, the biggest issue is the parents. The parents of troublemakers and bullies who don't want to accept any kind of responsibility or who refuse to admit that their child is a problem. I've seen entitled or ignorant parents fight with administrators to keep their kid in a classroom where the child has clearly have been violent or disruptive.  [/quote]

This is very true.  My dh teaches in a Catholic school and the kids who are the worst behaved have the worst behaved parents.  Kids learned it from the parents.  So sorry you teachers have to deal with this![/quote]

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