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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why? It wasn’t terrible when I started 14 yrs ago. It’s been going downhill fast in the last 8-10 yrs or so. You don’t get as many complaints from younger teachers because they are just quitting. I can’t because I have a mortgage and two teenagers who are headed to college in the next few years. [/quote]

This 100%. Teaching has changed a lot since the mid 2000s. People are quick to blame Covid but teachers were sounding alarms way before that, roughly around the time schools started embracing the PBIS and Responsive Classroom nonsense.[/quote]

Teaching is very different now from what we signed up for as a life long career in 2002.   Students have much more severe and frequent needs.  There is often a lack of parent support.  Parents often have their own mental health needs that are projected onto the students.   The amount of IEPs, 504's, ESOL, paperwork, and unproductive district initiatives have drastically increased.   Salaries have not kept with inflation.  Pensions have typically been reduced for newer staff.    Over time the benefits of being a teacher have been reduced and the work/stress has greatly increased.[/quote]

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