Admin Made Me Do It...Part 1

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[@BoredTeachers]

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[@jennylee9977]

Hope to see you in NYC soon Bri! 🙂

[@Hugestback]

CONGRATULATIONS 🍸

[@hellybelle5]

Our friend, and his new wife lived with us in Texas, and she always said "...the highways, and the byways..." And I LOVED it! It's not an expression where I'm from 🥰 We moved to another state, and aren't in touch as much as would be ideal, so this brought the biggest smile to my face 🥰🥰🥰

[@chrisbaize8084]

7th layer 😂😂😂

[@tonycotto7106]

Ma'am, as a teacher myself, I could watch you complain about being a teacher all day... No notes, keep doing what you do. 10/10

[@emmawest5688]

Need to add this, but after my recent surgery, the assistant principal called me to ask not how I was recovering but if I could help my sub grade to help lighten her workload. I politely told him that I was on FMLA and therefore did not exist at the school, and that doing any work while on medical leave would break my union contract. That shut him up pretty fast! The audacity! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Mama_Bear524]

Good for you to put him in his place!!!! Exactly! When you’re on leave you don’t exist. The audacity!!

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I was subbing for a Gov/Economics teacher because he had surgery, so I helped and did a lot, including closing the grade-book and end the senior school year for him, with the help of a senior experienced teacher. That teacher and I had a great year. He got to relax and not worry, while I got to work. BTW, I had to do grading too. NP. If the teacher left me instructions to do it, I will do it. No worries.

[@emmawest5688]

You’re right-teachers should not have to worry about work while they are taking time off to recuperate from surgery, care for a sick child, etc. Before my surgery, I made sure to have some lesson plans in place for my sub to get started. Like Rosie Rose said, at my school our grade level teams help each other out, and my grade level lead told me not to worry about anything and that the grade level team would make sure to help out my sub. My husband also had to take time off a while back for his own medical reason, and he didn’t worry about work at all. He’s also not a teacher, so there’s that. So why is it that we are expected to keep working even when we are unable to do so? (Rhetorical question). As my husband said, if I died during the school year, the school/admin would have to help acclimate the new teacher to the classes.

[@melaniecurtin6402]

So the assistant principle was OK asking for YOUR help to “lighten” the sub’s load! Bet he NEVER did anything for YOU to help “lighten” your load! 😡😡😡😡

[@jjc6530]

Admin don’t give a hoot about anyone except them selves. They think their god.

[@dostagirl9551]

I had a very ostentatious admin at one of the early schools I worked at. He was always flashing his doctorate around and would get legit upset if someone called him "mister" instead of "doctor" so-and-so. One day he came up behind me at a the staff copier (my back to him with no idea who was behind me) and said my name. I answered "yeah," thinking it was a coworker and then listened to him lecture me up and down about how I needed to work on my professionalism. All I can say is that there is a reason he had great posture, and all credit goes to the stick. So imagine my surprise when, not too many years later, this pillar of moral and professional fortitude was then featured in the local paper, having been arrested and charged as part of a sting operation busting men trolling for prostitutes in a nearby park. Karma is a harsh mistress.

[@lesterstone8595]

Administration: The Biggest Problem in Public Education

[@amylee8969]

It should be changed from “Public Education” to “public babysitting/therapy”. Admin doesn’t give a shit about education! That’s why some of them require teacher to pass students don’t haven’t turned in a lick of work or won’t require kids to be retained (no matter how poorly they do). at this rate, the state will suffer learning loss forever! They won’t allow teachers to focus on education.

[@nataliaresendiz7531]

“But admin are people too” I fucking hate that rhetoric

[@vic1101ful]

Amen and Hallelujah to that !!!!

[@ravynbishop6131]

2nd are some of those parents

[@Godsown1000]

Girl, you would LOVE my dissertation! How 11th and 12th-grade Teachers Perceive a Solution to Grade Inflation and Social Promotion. It's the closest I could get to the participation award SUCKS! Legit...that's exactly what I discussed with my Doctoral Chair when I was honing in on my topic...passed my defense with no changes no revisions on the FIRST try. When I told my committee that I had already started on research on my incidental finding that the Pandemic exposed some serious trauma being experienced the teacher's that point to a possible emergent need for educational reform, one of my committee members seriously threw his hands up in the air and jumped up and down in his seat, pumping his fists in the air, and chanting, "YES! YES! YES!"

[@d.l.762]

I’d love to read your dissertation.

[@nycava0520]

My dear mother had a stroke. I took the week after our Spring break to be with her. I used Family illness as the reason. When I got back the following Monday I had to show proof that I was actually with her!!! I presented ticket stubs from the hospital’s parking lot. No, ‘How is your mom?’ Just so heartless.

[@gohanlopez5330]

Admin is just there for the micro bullying

[@breathelectric56]

My coworkers and I always joke that our admin will show up to our funeral one day, crack open the coffin, and slip a laptop inside for us to make sub plans 🤣

[@JimLambier]

My wife is a teacher and had a principal that decided to make her life hell. She was always trying to get her into trouble and would call her at home if she took a sick day. We believe she was hoping to catch her in a lie. When my father died, my wife took the day off for the funeral. Her principal drove to the funeral, which was over an hours drive each way. She popped in, confirmed that my wife was indeed there and then left.

[@DLRyoung]

@@JimLambierisn’t that a form of harassment? I’d report her to the board! That’s just wrong. I wish her and all the teachers the best.

[@SpinX522]

Then you come back and haunt them for the rest of their life.

[@melvinjones9318]

INDEED 😂😂😂

[@belindabullock4060]

That sitting down comment happened to me. I had just got back from being in the hospital for six weeks with pulmonary sarcoidosis and still had ongoing shortness of breath. I sat down at my desk at the end of class, this was about 7 min before the end of the period, to rest a minute and catch my breath as the students were working on something. Principal sends me the “see me” email after coming in and seeing me sitting down. He tells me his spill, I tell him why I was sitting down for a moment, he tells me if I’m unable to work, I should continue my leave. So he would rather have a sub there who teaches nothing than to have me sit down for a minute here and there!

[@hellybelle5]

If you needed a wheelchair temporarily would he be allowed to say that? This is insane! You poor love 😢 If anything like that happened again, I'd get a doctor's note 💕

[@aleathacoleman6413]

FMLA. It sounds like he can make reasonable accommodations. Also, It sounds like he's making an excuse.

[@kmoecub]

One of the teachers at my grade level was admonished for sitting in her chair all day. She had a relatively new prosthetic leg that the district knew about (because, HELLO, time off for fitting a new prosthetic!!!) and it hurt her stump still. Needless to say the union (NEVER work at non-union school) and ALL of her co-workers backed her at the next board meeting. She left the district the next year. Damned if admin and legislators aren't the most short-sighted people in the world.

[@addie-eileenpaige6460]

The 8 months pregnant story reminded me of a friend of mine. She wasn't a teacher, but she worked at my college dining hall. She was maybe 3-4 months pregnant & was having really bad Braxton Hicks contractions. She asked the manager on duty if she could sit down. The GUY said to her, "You'll be fine. I had three kids." I was angry FOR her!!

[@DisneyStoreCMLiz]

I'm not a teacher but I work as the CPSE Senior Office Assistant for my district. I'm very grateful to have wonderful admins. But I love how you deliver the stories teachers share with you! Even the very serious ones. Thanks for sharing it all with us. The good, the bad, and the hysterical!

[@missyvanwinkle9247]

"That math ain't mathin' right!" LMAO

[@marygillespie2028]

I teach AP Calculus, and I plan to borrow this phrase! Love it!!!

[@justine.c]

Thank you! Stop passing kids who don't do the work. 😂 The student doesn't do anything all year, but pass them anyway....that's not "career ready"....that's not holding them accountable and sets them up for post-secondary failure. I cringe each time I hear...."if they have a 0 change it to a 50" (which still isn't passing)....um, who does that help?

[@amylee8969]

Open your eyes. Academic education is no longer a top priority in schools. The top priority is to provide a baby sitting service while parents are at work. It’s also crucial to sensitive to “personal emotional” problems that kids have and to not give them proper discipline as it damages their self esteem. Staff members are now baby sitters and therapists. Kids aren’t learning in school anymore and admin and even parents seem to be fine with that🙄🙄🙄

[@tinapetrovicz9741]

One of my family got all the way to grade 7 without knowing his alphabet because he was "passed". His parents never got the wake up call they needed to realize their "perfect" son had a learning disablity. Thankfully his guardians got him the help he needed and he is now thriving in grade 9.

[@thomasdoyle9748]

@@tinapetrovicz9741 How is this possible?

[@charlessutherland274]

Agreed. That is so not fair to anyone involved, least of all to the kids who actually did the work.

[@thomasdoyle9748]

@@charlessutherland274 So unfair to the kid who needs help too.

[@Mypandaloves]

Omg. I have an aunt who is a retired teacher of the gifted 5th graders. Still, I had no idea of things teachers had to deal with. No wonder she needed to compress in a quiet dark room when she got home everyday. I stumbled on your videos recently and ma’am, I LOVE you!!! You are spot on every time and are AWESOME SAUCE!!!

[@beesknees213]

Chile........NOT the highways and byways.....I hollered!! Great video!!

[@emilypopulis8678]

Admin made me take a day off to go to the doctor just to get a note to be able to use the bathroom while I was pregnant, then got mad because I took a day off. 🤪

[@anniewarbucks9697]

Ohhh we must have worked at the same school at one point.

[@glennwatson3313]

So if you were not pregnant you could to use the bathroom?

[@emilypopulis8678]

@@glennwatson3313 I should have specified "frequently"

[@addie-eileenpaige6460]

Never been pregnant, myself, but several of my friends have & some of my cousins. They pee A LOT!! It's just what you do when you're pregnant.

[@sheilacampbell2521]

Ugh the asshats where I used to work!🤡🤡 I was literally in the hospital with a heart attack and they called me every freaking day at 8:30 am and said you have to call in every day to report off!💩 Needless to say I found another job a week after I got out of the hospital.

[@ChristensenLow]

Amen! Preach it, sister! I fail students if they don't do the work to a satisfactory level. I have teacher friends who pass everyone if they simply show up. What job or really anything can you simply show up and expect to do well? "I showed up for this job interview. Shouldn't I get the job?" "I showed up for this court case. So, I should be let off, right?"

[@joyann4510]

I just going to make an educated guess, but there will be Admin request part 2,3,4 and so on and so on.

[@princessxera]

There will be a part 2,345.

[@poetlover30]

Oh this is going to go on for awhile! LMAO! 😝😃 More like a 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 etc 🤣

[@keithlightminder3005]

There are two kinds of people in this world, those who can extrapolate from incomplete information, and those…..

[@papabear2515]

Sadly and hilariously, this will no doubt go on … as in the definition of infinity!

[@beigekitten89]

@@poetlover30 just until 20? Its gonna go until i am 90 years old! ...yes, ill still probably watch 🤣

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I have a disability and finally worked up the courage to walk with a cane in public. Admin saw me walk in the door and yelled “you can’t have that in here” and insisted I couldn’t have a cane unless I had a doctor’s note. Took me a week of limping around in pain until I could finally get a doctor’s note. Other teachers didn’t get why I was upset.

[@thomasdoyle9748]

That's ridiculous! So much for inclusivity, common sense or compassion.

[@BasicYTHandle]

ADA?

[@janmillerstopmotion]

What reward do we get for not cussing out the admin?

[@amylee8969]

Honestly, kids aren’t even learning in school anymore and admin doesn’t even seem to care. As long as your provide sensitive support to unruly “troubled” kids and make sure kids in class didn’t kill each other, teachers are fine! Heck! Teachers can allow kids do activities on a tablet all day until dismissal and admin and parents will be with that. It’s sad and doesn’t prepare our children for the real world….but that’s the reality of people running schools.

[@muber9788]

So glad to see your comedy tour is coming to CA! I worked in one of the social services agencies and we got to deal with the parents of the students that you describe in your videos. Teachers are such a precious commodity and before I started watching you I really had no idea of what you all had to deal with. Thank goodness you got out. Here's to a new successful career for you and THANK YOU for all the wonderful work you did as a teacher.

[@ACFraire]

I took nearly all my 8th graders on an educational history field trip and admin deducted my per diem rate from my paycheck to cover the sub that covered my students who stayed behind. They approved the field trip, but never told me they wouldn’t pay me for the day. 🤨

[@makeapositivedifference]

🧐🤯

[@jeanne_guitton]

WHAT? Do they realize how lucky they are to have teachers at all if they treat you like that? This is absurd! So sorry for you guys. And for the kids. How are they going to get the message how important education is if they have to watch their educators be underappreciated and underpaid?

[@donnadrane4977]

I would have found a way to be “out sick” to make up for the time. Also isn’t this illegal?

[@Ms.OliversLife]

Every word you say cracks me up. Bless you. I needed that. 🤣

[@maribeld84]

My last school had us cover from within instead of having a sub list, but I would NEVER dream of calling the absent teacher for lesson plans, they're out for a reason! Even if the absence had been unexpected and the teacher had not been able to provide anything themselves, their was always the lead teacher, or teacher from the other class of the same grade who was aware of what the students should be working on and could tell me what to do.

[@pleasejustdobetter]

Would love this teacher teaching my children. Bless you M'am.

[@jamirigsby-jenkins9996]

Amen to all of these! They all ring true.

[@g-cat7927]

"Oh HELL no! Bye Felicia!" You couldn't have said it better!

[@emmawest5688]

THANK YOU!!! Finally an “Admin Made Me Do It”!!!

[@lauriewilliams8336]

Your facial reactions say it all. I love this. ❤️

[@guccideltaco]

My last school once tried to make us give any student no less than a 50 on any individual assignment, even if they didn't turn anything in. The reasoning was "in college, you mainly get graded on exams, not a bunch of assignments" (if only we were dealing w/ college level people!) and also "you can't give them a 0, because you don't know what grade they would've gotten if they'd turned it in". Fortunately our state Ed. Agency found out, and said they weren't allowed to do that anymore.

[@EsahctheCoyote]

OUR state education agency is who made us do that. It started during covid, but now the admin are used to it, and the rational is 'we need to give the students a chance to recover'

[@TS-jh2jg]

Speaking as a college instructor, it depends on the class. I have assignments due to the structure of the class, but also because if I only had exams, more students would fail. They need the practice and too many wouldn’t do it if it didn’t count.

[@guccideltaco]

@@TS-jh2jg OH, I had PLENTY of assignments in my college classes. It's just some BS justification they gave.

[@Godsown1000]

Also speaking as a college instructor, the grade in the course I primarily teach is based on sizable written assignments and projects. One of the largest assignments being a group piece. No exams in sight...sooo...🤨

[@moniquewalker6753]

I did this for two classes. One class took it as an initiative to get themselves together because they realized it was still failing. The other class thought, "Oh well, at least I have 50%."

[@justjulie2859]

I love the way this teacher expresses herself with her body language and speaking. Love it!

[@dollymaddison2388]

I too was asked to type sub plans while I was in the hospital waiting for emergency gallbladder surgery. My spouse had to go home and bring my computer so I could do it. Due to the pain meds I was on I couldn’t type (no fine motor control due to meds) I had to dictate the plans to my spouse who typed them. Funny thing was it never occurred to me that this was wrong, simply something that needed to be done.

[@amylee8969]

And after you got those sub plans typed. They were probably not even looked at or used!!!! Heck! The sub could have played movies all day for 2 days straight. As long as those students don’t kill each other while you’re gone and cause a lawsuit, admin won’t care🙄

[@sshaw4429]

I was asked to make exercise videos in my spare time so my students would have something to on weekends. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RocLobo358]

All of your sass reminds me that I used to have all of this going through my head when I dealt with entitled parents

[@lindacallahan6330]

I was told to give a student that had a fail an A based on his ability; even though he did no homework and failed his classwork.

[@Flipper86]

The AC/heat in our district is controlled at the district office. Changing the temp requires an act of Congress. There is a range of temperatures that are “allowed.” In two different rooms (one hot and one cold) when the thermometer (borrowed from science equipment) exceeded that range, I gleefully ran to the office to submit a work order as the temperature required immediate response. The blower in the warm room read 94 degrees when the techs came to measure. The cold room was 61.

[@mtbmsmizery]

I was going through sepsis and was in and out of consciousness. I was doing sub plans in between the doctors admitting me into the hospital and talking about doing emergency surgery.

[@heluce174]

I love your videos. Clearly, you were raised right!

[@michelleeisele3329]

IRL the "reward" for not flashing people is....you don't get arrested. Once a kid asked me for a reward for not walking out of my class. I said sure, the "reward" is I'M NOT GONNA WRITE YOU UP. Then I told her to get outta my face.

[@blugreen123]

This right here is one of the reasons why I'm resigning as a para. I'm tired of having to reward kids for doing what they should be doing in first place. 😐

[@hannahkirby6051]

If this child came from a background of sexual abuse and grooming then maybe I can understand. If that's the case the school should be dealing with a therapist to reward the kid - not the teacher.

[@michelleeisele3329]

@@hannahkirby6051 that’s a great point! If there is abuse at play that could totally change the situation.

[@aqacefan]

I’m reminded of part of a Chris Rock routine where he was talking about a man who was bragging that he’d never been to prison, to which Chris responded, “What do you want, a COOKIE?!?”

[@snowangelnc]

@@aqacefan That reminds me of the time I saw a guy proudly include on his dating profile that "I am not addicted to any illegal substances and have no criminal record."

[@dreamcrone]

I told my students that part of our curriculum in the art room was to develop appreciation for art. I also told the students that I spent my own money to buy supplies and equipment that allowed them to have good art experiences. (What the school gave me was less than .50 cents,per student, per year! Not even enough for a pencil!) I expected their artwork to at the very least to make it to their homes to share with their parents. I did not want to find finished art in the garbage out of respect for me and the sacrifice I made in purchasing the supplies. If I found art in my garbage I would subtract the number of points it was worth in the grade book from their final grade. Last day of the semester, I reminded students of this. One student that had an B in my class distorted all her work in front of my face and stuffed into the garbage in front of me. I took it out, totaled the points and corrected her grade from a B to an F. Her mother called the principle, he called me, and asked me to restore her grade. I called her mother and asked her mom to tell me what grade do you want me to give your child. If she wanted her kid to get a fake grade that she didn’t deserve, I wasn’t going to fight about it. There would be many others down the road that would give her daughter the lesson she desperately needed to learn. This is why we have so many entitled kids that enter the work force so wholly unable or unwilling to be responsible! These parents ruin their own kids and torture the teachers thing to develop people with integrity.

[@SailorLavender]

1:49 🤣🤣🤣 I'm just imagining an unfortunate scenario where the second grader is still doing that as an adult, flashes the teacher and is demanding a treat as the teacher finally gets a chance to call the cops!

[@brynbailey7132]

Oh I hate the sitting thing. Like the admin don't sit at their desks. Like being off your feet for 5 min a day will keep you from being a good teacher. We can't even pee when we need to....at least let us sit down!! 😒

[@marissakeepstheheat2]

I could care less if they think it’s professional or not 😂

[@solitarelee6200]

Admin made me and the teacher I was assisting (who was on crutches permanently due to disability!) stand all day every day no breaks, if they saw her sitting they'd chew her out... But admin, the board is over there at the front of the class where the kids are looking and her computer is back here and yall ain't give her a remote to get to the next slide, let alone a way to control the computer from all the way up there, so how is she meant to use the fancy lil smart board yall paid so much for? She meant to literally limp around this crowded classroom between every slide? ABSURD. No reason she couldn't have taught from her desk when using that damn board. She completed the damn lessons in half the time with just another warm body in there to press buttons all because admin wants standing teachers. What is with people's vendetta against workers sitting anyhow?! Office workers get to sit all damn day.

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I’m straight up disabled and got bad evaluations for not walking around the classroom more.

[@lapislazarus8899]

I worked at the animal shelter, and it was the same! My supervisor sat at a desk in a quiet, air-conditioned indoor office all day. If she walked into the utility/laundry and saw you sitting down while you folded laundry or whatever, she'd get all bent. She was also one of 2 supervisors who blew up my phone while I was on vacation because I couldn't attend to a situation that occurred on Thanksgiving day, since all the administration offices were closed. (Obviously, taking care of animals being housed in a facility require staff to come in every single day of the year)

[@ourlady9050]

On a multiple choice test with 4 choices, the law of averages would give you 25%... 23% is less than the average guesser... If a student has an average of less than 25%, I advise them to study hard because they are obviously not going to be able to make a living as a professional gambler.... O.o

[@southerncandy205]

As a parent I dislike multiple choice questions. I never complain but in my household during study time there is no multiple choice you know it or you don't. You're not getting to guess here. First 2 years of spelling test for my youngest I assumed he had to write the word out not guess at it. Long story short he can spell now.

[@solitarelee6200]

@@southerncandy205 omg, I was about to explain the usecase for multiple choice but you're telling me they were using it on SPELLING TESTS?! What in high hell... nvm carry on LMAO cuz that ain't how or when u use multiple choice lol!

[@sapphirewyren02]

I just love these videos. Those admins be tripping

[@annaburns2865]

I am so glad you are making this series. You make my day 🤣

[@cewe2003]

YESSS!!! I have been WAITING for this!

[@FireLilyrulez]

Yes Please! I would love more parts to this!!

[@christopherweber9464]

I just found your channel .... and you actually made an "admin made me do it part 1". I am now reconsidering my entire teaching career ....

[@srice6231]

We had 2 second grade teachers who at the end of the year had to move all their stuff out of their rooms because they were getting new carpet (first off the teachers should not be expected to move furniture). By August when the rest of us were starting to set up, their carpets had not been done. The few days before school started when we were having meetings, they were told the District ran out of money so no carpet and they could move all the stuff back in...but to move it out again at the end of that year. They had a weekend and 2 days to get set up before Back to School night and the first day of school and were there until wee hours of the morning each night.

[@michelezintz9522]

Whaaaaat?! I think you may have just topped all these stories, which I didn't think was possible. There's some audacity! They had to move the furniture too? WHAT?!

[@thomasdoyle9748]

Ugggh!

[@jdane2277]

Just don't do it. When they ask why you didn't, point to your contract. In no place does it state I'm a furniture mover. If you're contracting for carpeting, you can contract for movers.

[@gohanlopez5330]

Admin probably kept the money to themselves.

[@erikagreene7955]

The sad part about these scenarios it’s REAL!

[@crystalgay2345]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you are HILARIOUS 😂

[@t.l.c7481]

Admin made me extend a 6 month project’s due date for a student. Did she hand it in? No. The guidance counselor said, “they’re just kids.” I promptly replied, she’s a senior who’s learned nothing about time management.” Fast forward to me walking into a sandwich shop with her working there. Overheard her co-workers complaining about her showing up late and laziness. Found out later she got fired. The parents didn’t care. Admin wanted to please parents. These are the consequences.

[@cherylmockotr]

Who says a good teacher doesn't sit down??? Someone just made that up out of thin air. What do they think, that sitting somehow shuts off their brains? As a matter of fact, only good teachers can sit down because it means they have the classroom management skills to be able to do so without having the kids go berserk. If your kids act up when you sit down, it means you are not a good teacher... sitting is a great barometer!

[@ceceswalla3465]

I had my admin tell me that we don't fail anyone. There was one student who did no homework ever...but I still wasn't allowed to fail him. It was FCS - seriously people!

[@labrat7396]

When they asked me to come in with no air conditioning, I told them I was heat intolerant and they could let me know when the temp was under 80F 🤷‍♀️

[@thetrainhopper8992]

My high school chemistry teacher was the head of the science department and when some parent got all Mormon about their kids learning biology, his response was to "go down to 9th Street and yell at the county." As a new teacher I strive to emulate him...now if only we had county school districts...

[@ruthannsaxenmeyer1073]

So happy you made this!

[@keciaaskew5166]

That used to happen to me when I was at my doctors appointment and my supervisor emailed me to do my lesson plan. Also, when I was at the ER with a low blood count, one of teachers texted me about a child stressing her out at 10pm. AT 10pm in the evening.

[@paulidevoss7249]

This should be a movie! Makes me laugh and get mad at the same time. every time!

[@Trinket2022]

I mean...how far from human have these admin gone?

[@EE-qn4ks]

You really are funny. I love watching you.

[@beverlyh3822]

One year I had a student who was absent at least four days a week. She had a failing grade for the year. I was asked to change her grade to passing because otherwise, when she reached sixteen, she would drop out of school or get pregnant. I did not change the grade so another teacher changed her grade so that the student had a passing grade and could move on to the next grade.

[@marygillespie2028]

In my state, that's illegal! Only the teacher who gives the grade can change it.

[@barbaramiller3877]

You should’ve told the admin that changing a grade to passing is NOT a contraceptive!!!

[@cateyes48]

A few years back I was a computer lab parapro. I had air conditioning in the computer lab but it didn't feel like it with all 30 computers on and in constantly use. Everyone left the computer lab looking like a hot mess. The janitor would walk in before school started and say, "It's cold in here, you're fine." The computers aren't on yet! Come back in ten minutes! We're not fine! There was a thermostat but I told it was mainly for decoration. The controls were hot, off, and cold. Hot and cold being whatever they decided the default temp should be. I complained so many times and the janitor would do the same thing. Show up in the morning and report that the room was cold and I was over reacting. At my last job, I had to miss half day of work to get an ultrasound because I had painful gallstones. I had turned in my two weeks notice at that point and they refused to pay out my remaining pto because I took some 4 hours to go to the doctor for my pain. Gallstones are no joke. Luckily we found out that I was having a reaction to some medication that affected the gallstones. Stopped the medicine, and the pain slowly went away within a month. Everyone has gallstones, but usually there's no need to panic unless there's pain.

[@zackerylamb9511]

That math ain't mathing right. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@staceyrosenblum7660]

Trying to wrap my head around all of these

[@SmartMoufShirts]

I just watched "Requests part 5", and you mentioned you should do this Admin series. Now, here w are. I'm so happy...

[@pinkbubble8869]

Yaaaasssss been waiting for this!

[@waxcopperwood8674]

"your math aint mathing right" I love it.

[@kimberlyhurlbut4819]

🤦‍♀️it’s the 23% issue for me. 🤦‍♀️ My mom got a call from her ward’s teacher the other day saying “mmm he didn’t complete any of the necessary assignments but we are going to pass him into the next grade anyways.” My mom is actually livid because there shouldn’t be any way in hell he should go into the next grade just based on participation trophy points. We are scheduling a meeting with the staff asap to discuss it and hold him back. If they still insist then we are going to pull him for full time homeschool.

[@mollytaylor8122]

This channel really makes me realize how good of an idea it was for me to move to Denmark to teach. I'm currently still in college in the US but I've got everything set up to move the first moment I can. I'm so incredibly thankful that I have the opportunity to do what I love under better conditions, but man... I'm so sorry for all of you teachers in the US. I had no idea my k-12 teachers were treated this horribly. Instead of giving them mugs and such for teacher appreciation day, I wish I'd given them massagers and Staples gift cards!

[@Lynzae]

If an administrator cannot do lesson plans, should they really be instructing others on lesson plans?

[@gohanlopez5330]

The ideas to why they love their job is controlling people and establishing power thru microagression.

[@theecozywitch]

We had to pass an 8th grade student with a grade a of 8% because it was the pandemic. They wanted all the students to graduate.

[@CrystalMermaid6]

How do you get an 8% all you gotta do is show up and listen and you get more than that! Plus how are they going to do in high school if they learned absolutely nothing last year! That’s so stupid

[@meganhutcheson5867]

That was like that all over the country. All students no matter what their grades were passed.

[@katelynmnovak]

I’m an educator with advanced degrees. We had a student who consistently made a #2 mess on the toilet seat. (We didn’t know who) I’ve always been told that I’m not supposed to clean up bodily fluids/ etc because of pathogens. I got called to the office because I was putting in a work ticket a few times per week asking for custodial to clean it and they didn’t have time. I was told any time it happened again, I needed to put on a glove and clean it up.

[@jdane2277]

don't do it. They rely on bullying weak people into compliance.

[@kellyyork3898]

You know what they say, the worst teachers get promoted to admin positions.

[@RShoultz]

Hate it when "The math ain't math'n right" LOL!

[@jefferyfelix1416]

The audacity to ask to pass a student with 23%. I could see if a kid put in genuine hard effort and was a point or two away from passing maybe giving it them. And seriously who the heck gets mad at a pregnant person for sitting down while pregnant?

[@crockomodo]

I had an admin tell me, "make them run for extra credit so they can pass". Needless to say, I don't teach health or PE.

[@gohanlopez5330]

These admin are something else. I am suprised there isnt a sketch so that parents can see how they are being drowned with nonsense support. 😂

[@priscillajimenez27]

As a TA I had a long term sub teacher in the room, and after I was assaulted on the side of my face/head by a student, she had the audacity after I filled out an incident report to say, "Ms. Jimenez I know you got hurt but could you stay longer (needed to go to urgent care) and fin helping me with these progress report/report cards?" That same woman was lazy, assaulted ME at the end of the year, and got another job in that school by admin the following year, and she tried to take adv of my other colleague who she tried to steal from the year before. Admin liked her despite her laziness and lack of work ethic...

[@pattyk101]

Our middle school has been experiencing multiple issues (fighting, bullying, vaping, vandalizing, tiktok videos) in the bathrooms. Our admin's solution? All teachers take all students to the restroom every period. Yes.....EVERY PERIOD. According to my time gathering, I waste at least 45 min to an hour every day on this. Don't try to skip it or let them go individually because students now view this as a constitutional right even though many of them take the opportunity to go into the bathroom and just stand there (my snitches told me).

[@toulousegoose1150]

Denying anyone use of the bathroom violates the Geneva Convention.

[@chrisoulalakkas7401]

How determined you are determines how successful you are.

[@child3701]

We need a search party, the FBI, the CIA, and more to find these people's audacity

[@madisonlewe1057]

That 23% must’ve only been from him showing up 😂

[@daisyporto1778]

The best! Always!!

[@anniehasting1133]

These are literally everyday occurrences in a school environment, like I was not even shocked

[@melonyrobinson9944]

Soooo... if I miss 77% of school days will you still pay me?

[@MrsNewfiefan]

Last quote - needs to be a tee!!

[@tobyleonard5410]

then they wonder why there is a teacher shortage we are leaving the profession in droves cause y'all acting like we're not professionals

[@chunk2596]

This is real...I was hospitalized (in intensive care)...they were aware...yet I received a call from admin.... asking me to change a grade ..so a kid can qualify to play football next year!

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

The only upshot about admin. being who they are is that it gives kids a valuable lesson as to why they should stay in school and take their education seriously--so that they know who NOT to emulate when they grow up. Because despite their framed diplomas hanging proudly on the walls located in their offices with closed doors and narrow minds attached to them, admin. have proven to the world that neglecting your general education when you are a kid will ultimately turn you into the type of person that runs the average school in America. And having admin. like the average school heads of today is like having had Donald Trump for President. The two parties and their politics in this case are one and the same!

[@annaburns2865]

Actually that is not true. You make it sound like just anyone can be an administrator. Administrators get their jobs because of nepotism. That’s why they don’t care what happens to kids at school or what they did for their own education. Because they always knew they were going to get a cushy job because of whomever their mommy or daddy or aunt or uncle or cousin was. I see a lot of these giant families in the schools and it sickens me. Especially since the rest of the average kids think they can also get by with doing nothing. Those kids that have no connections are in for a rude awakening. Many of them will probably end up in jail or on the streets. That’s the biggest problem with capitalism. It’s not what you know it’s who you know. And how much money the person that you know has. A person just starting out on their own can never reach that potential. These admin are setting kids up for failure because frankly they don’t give a shit. It has to be said.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

@@annaburns2865 Well yes, everything you said is true and I agree with you. And because a person was somebody's friend or relative, that is often how they become in charge of an establishment--because of who they know rather than what they know. And clearly they know very little because they slept right through their education! And people who are not smart tend to achieve because they know more people than they do information and they have more social skills than actual skill sets. So for those reasons, in addition to the ones you mentioned, being a school administrator doesn't require very many qualifications despite what the written job description supposedly entails.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

You can hate on Trump all you want but when he was in office gas was half the price that is today thanks to Biden's policies and our 401k was gaining instead of the whole economy crashing. Talk about bad administration the current one is the worst.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

@@annaburns2865 nepotism happens in all societies not just capitalist economies.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

@@kathleenkirchoff9223 Well I can definitely see why you like Trump, Kathleen. Your literacy skills are just like his.

[@ndreader]

I'm currently on maternity leave and before leaving my admin asked me if I'd be back in 2 weeks because we are short of subs ....let's just say I'm not even going back next year.

[@hunterjones3342]

If admin is corrupt, then they’re teaching the kids in the school that it’s okay to be corrupt.

[@gohanlopez5330]

Where do u think the money goes? Back to their pockets as embezzlement while giving out candy to disruptive students

[@chixwithstix2]

my mom was in her last hours and my admin had the audacity to message me and tell me to write who goes on the bus, who is after school and who is parent pick up ...My mom passed away that night. this was about 2 months ago and I'm still mad about their request.

[@gohanlopez5330]

I would have a work only phone and turn it off while on my day off as part of quiet quitting.

[@robynaubrettehardy3604]

I’m so excited for this!!

[@greyeyed123]

I remember years ago there was a fellow high school teacher who had the most difficult remedial classes, but he was great with them. He ended up out for a while (shingles?), so TWO admin took over the lesson plans and the class. It apparently took them two hours to come up with a 10 minute lesson that bombed. Several of us saw them trying to "collaborate" on making these lessons. It was like watching two squirrels trying to fix a broken down Ford Mustang.

[@carenlettofsky3045]

In Indiana, Admins have to have only 3 years in the classroom before they can be un Administration. The exception is in charter schools. In those, administrators don't have to have ANY teaching experience. They don't even have to know anything about education! Just curious - What are the laws in other states?

[@rebeccawilliams8551]

Texas Same

[@ThinkICannot]

Thank you to every teacher that puts up with all this nonsense on Very Low Pay to try and teach the next generation because they care. You don't know how much of an impact you have on your students in the long run.

[@melaniecurtin6402]

What second grader understands flashing an adult?! Why aren’t the parents & school psychologist part of this situation??! So glad I never became a teacher. I’d probably be in prison right about now 😒

[@hbrws813]

My 21st and last year of teaching, the admin moved me to a new classroom. I was written up for not having working computers or a bulletin board. Say whut. I requested them SEVERAL times using the appropriate paperwork. Finally, in November, one of the maintenance men from the board office was working in the hallway outside my classroom. I asked him if we had any working computers or bulletin boards stored in the warehouse, and he said, "Hundreds." I showed him the referrals from the administration that had been sent to the superintendent's office. The next morning when I arrived at school, my classroom had a bulletin board on the wall and I had 3 working computers. Praise God for the men and women that keep our schools running.