Not enough men in charge anymore so the environment becomes destabilized. Woman are important as teachers, but I feel like where you have a female principal and mostly female teachers, the male teachers suffer because they can not be the men that they need to in order to control the class. For me a female teacher would turn the lights off in the room when she kept being interrupted, and often students wouldn't care. A male teacher was always much more confrontational and less likely to use a principal but to instead use the class and to teach a student to want to behave rather than to simply project authority.

I'm just on the edge of withdrawing from my training course.. Gave it a go, but I guess it's not for me

I’m leaving soon and can’t wait!!!! 14 years coming to an end in 2024! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

What are you doing now?

It’s all run by women- militant leftist women..

Simple rule unless elite private school or good grammar school where earning a place is tough then many schools from 5 to 16 is problems of teachers. Sixth form it becomes problems of students as they chose to be there, earned their place or need the grades for their next path. University is the problem of the student who are paying anything from about 9k to 30k (international) a year if they fail then their problem.

Interruptions and anticipated interruptions are types of setback, and these are classic triggers for stress reactions. However, it should be possible to reduce the damage these do. In a classroom it is very, very unlikely that you will need to fight or flight, or even that there will be major problems you have to think of solutions to very urgently. Many, many jobs involve repeated setbacks and other stress reaction triggers so changing jobs probably will not reduce the need to learn to deal with stuff like this.

As a child, all I ever wanted to be was a teacher. After growing up in classrooms K-12, I decided on the community college level. Best decision ever. Students are adults who want to be there.

I did a PGCE and it was absolute hell. I completely get what you mean about Sunday evenings! So glad I found an out.

Would love an update video

Study medicine. In my opinion, the only real job is being a doctor. All other jobs are bullshit. You like to learn, medicine will definitely be your dream job :)))

I taught for 40 years. I reached a point that the abuse of teaching was normal and I accepted it as acceptable.

Please post about your current status also. Eager to know how you’re doing in life. Bless you

"Schools should focus on teaching content, parents will teach values". No, you don't. Many of you don't....

You articulate teaching issues very well. It took me 12 years to make the change, so you did ptretty well with 7.

Teaching is fine in the right niche but secondary schools are too tough now. Private schools can be better, some international schools, but turnover is low in these places. Teachers are a nasty bunch, admin worse.

No news for 2 years. Are you still there?

I feel you

I was music teacher in a school in Mumbai. I refused to get stressed or do any kind of extra admin work apart from teaching and I was fired. I was so happy and management couldnt understand my Joy. I even thanked them for firing me😁. Indian schools are even worse. We have 60+ students in class and with low pay theres delayed salaries.

Leaving after my first year teaching. Worst decision I ever made was to start teaching. Best decision I ever made was to leave and go make more money in a field I love. These kids and their parents, as well as my particular administration, was absolutely horrific. They give the worst kids unlimited chances to screw up and screw off while the admin has zero tolerance for a new teacher learning the ropes. I’ve never felt so unappreciated and disrespected in my life. Good riddance.

While I was teaching I tended to knock myself out with booze in the evenings but thought that that was virtually mandatory since I was a navy veteran. But I finally painted myself into a corner and had no choice but to throw the towel in. I couldn’t really have turned myself into a teacher realistically once the schools went soft during the ‘70s here in the states. So I tried being a merchant seaman then even spent a year in a monastery before becoming a barber which I did for 20 years. The schools doomed themselves when they tossed out tracking and industrial arts. The current situation is so dire that they’ll end up having to automate classrooms into computer labs and present online academy materials in the regular schools. Because first and foremost schooling is daycare.

Good desicion. I guit safe and well paid job 2016 and it felt really hard. Looking back now it was the best thing ever. It opened so many doors in my life. Sometimes you have to close door order to see other doors that leads to better life :) Good luck bro.

I’ve been teaching for 20 years in secondary in the UK at various levels, time sure flies…Teaching can be very stressful, you get in and pretty much don’t stop all day, lessons, preparation, marking, QLA, planning, SOW, politics, behaviour management, low level disruption… etc… However, it can rewarding, generating good teacher/student relationships, helping and educating.. You need to be clear, concise and CONSISTENT. With a supportive SLT.

Thank you for being so honest! It's so good to know that others feel the same way as I do. Best of luck to you! ❤

I really needed to hear these words. Thank you❤

I am currently watching your videos and it is like looking in the mirror. I would love to know where you're at in life now, you're a hard man to track down online lol

Do u know how to work on cars auto mechanic make good money once u become certified

Would be really good to have an update as I’m considering leaving too.

Fourteen years of prison education, five months in level 7 and a year in level 3. That’s enough for me. M.

Managers with no sense of humour or compassion. M

I think most of us in the working world dread Sunday afternoons.

I have a 5 year break from teaching. Enjoyed the job i had since leaving but it didnt pay much so this year went back to teaching. I'm 2 months in and hating it so much, kids are far worse post covid and lockdowns, I'm gonna quit for good at the end of this term. I had a strong gut feeling not to go back or leave my other job that i enjoyed. Big big regret.

Around my 10th I has such a bad batch I started having panic attacks at night, which turned into insomnia. Finally went on Lexapro and eventually was able to sleep. But the effects of that episode still linger 20 years later, I'm convinced I have PTSD from my teaching career.

Teacher's organizations are the only ones claiming teachers are quitting because they don't have 'autonomy' or don't get paid enough. Anyone entering teaching already knows what their pay schedule will be, in 30 years of teaching only knew ONE teacher who quit because of pay. And regarding 'autonomy', teachers are in such demand districts won't fire anyone who can keep the kids working and occupied it. You can do basically anything you want within reason. NO...the reason teachers quit is the STRESS from dealing with rude, rowdy, disrespecful kids all day. Imagine being an animal lover, and hearing students brag about doing horrible things to cats, THEN having to go back into that class day after day and be expected to treat those boys with 'respect'. Many kids can begin mocking you for the slightest reason. They look for your weak spots, things they know will upset you, then they begin doing those things EVERY SINGLE DAY. And there's nothing you can do about it except push down the anger.

I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL the out of control OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING for k-12 teachers is why we have teacher shortages

Bring back the freaking cane, I say!

it would be great to here an update on this! ☺️

not related, but you, sir, are one, fine-looking man. Damn.

How are you doing now? Interested to hear an update! Preschool room leader here, looking to make ‘the leap’. Considering becoming a private school admission tutor.

Thanks for these videos, very helpful. I am about to quit after 16 years in the classroom, finding it all very daunting, I am in my early 50's and wondering what on earth I can do next, but my mental health, and general health is far more important. Looking forward to getting out, but very scared at the same time. Thanks again.

Things went horribly wrong when parents quit doing their jobs.

I only did 30 years. 7 years is hardly a career

Teachers have dug their own grave here.... bolshy unions run by weirdo's and activists, refusal to stand up for discipline, being kids "friends", bringing their own politics and agendas into schools, the feminisation of education. They have let minorities in their ranks undermine the education system, wreck kids lives and ruin their careers.

I left also because of the pandemic. The stress of teaching online and face-to-face at the same time was overwhelming. I developed a fight or flight reaction from the stress which caused me to not sleep for about six months. I resigned because of health reasons. And I thought for 18 years. It is a very stressful job to say the least

I feel exactly the same, dam

Anyone who deals with the public deals with crap.

I’ve quit too! After 12 years. And have ended up being asked to teach home school children. It’s getting big! I think schools with struggle to continue in the future as more teachers continue to quit

You didn't specify the reasons you left. Which is odd.

I walked out of my teaching job mid-morning - a department head in an independent secondary school after 36 years of service. That was twenty-one years ago, and I still have nightmares about it nearly every night.

Working with ipad-addicted kids has become impossible.