Why Teachers Are Quitting: The Shocking Truth Behind the Education Crisis

[@etacude]

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[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Not surprising. I sort of knew this would happen. Teaching with a New Generation of children that most likely out of control is bloody hard. With social Media, kids today cant get their hand out of it

[@Stem-school-8]

Drugs in parents, kids and teachers have destroyed all

[@johndavis7031]

Teacher here. I saw a saying that absolutely sums up the source of the problem in today’s education “Teachers are afraid of their the administrators, Administrators are afraid of the district, district is afraid of the parents, parents are afraid of their kids, and the kids aren’t afraid of anyone”

[@katieandnick4113]

It’s not the lack of fear in the kids that is the problem. It’s all the fear in everyone else. And anyway, I don’t think kids aren’t afraid, but they’re not scared into submission the way kids used to be. That’s no way for a human being to live.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

@@katieandnick4113 Parents are afraid of Child Protective Services. Even taking away a child's phone can be seen as abuse nowadays.

[@Shoibyrd]

​@solofemaletravelerme If every teacher could afford taking extra classes sure. But paying off extra degrees on 47k you better be living in a tiny 400 apartment and good luck finding that in large cities. Everyone need better pay or education needs a reality check and stop being for profit.

[@johndavis7031]

@@solofemaletravelerme wow! For someone with two degrees in psychology, there are a lot of assumptions in that response.

[@johnh8705]

The kids are the customers. No kids, no funding...

[@Yllohyllod]

I firmly believe the reason teaching has gone the way it has is intentional. Those who have he power to change that situation benefit from a poorly educated population. Period.

[@undrwatropium3724]

Privatized public schools. Only the wealthy will be educated

[@sarahtiferet598]

Yes!! NIxon appointed Lewis Powell a FAR RIGHT judge from South Carolina who wrote " The Powell Memorandum " in 1971 where he explained that having a generation of TOO many, well educated young people would be BAD for the country . Since they WON'T want to go fight in wars they don't believe in , they WON'T be satisfied working for very low wages and jobs that are mind numbing . He was afraid that generations of well educated Americans would mean that UNIONS will be STRONG and THAT would affect the bottom line for Corporations and the very wealthy . WE CAN"T HAVE THAT!!

[@undrwatropium3724]

Exactly. Trump is going to abolish the department of education altogether

[@Kluermoi]

Agree!

[@lisafeck1537]

Agreed. It is all intentional.

[@stephaniemorrissey123]

Elementary teacher here. It is terrible parenting and lack of administrative backup that so many teachers are quitting. Kids are literally allowed to run around the room and tear things off the wall, and we are not allowed to stop them. It's unbelievable. Then, THE PARENTS YELL AT US!!!

[@rebekahmontesdeoca565]

@@stephaniemorrissey123 which state are you in?

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@rebekahmontesdeoca565 I'm a Teacher in Northern Cali I've had issues like that and so has a number of friends of mine who live in different counties and states and they ALL say the same thing .. The students have NO FEAR of a call home since they KNOW that parents will almost always assume it was another student's fault or the Teachers fault . Never ever ever there OWN child

[@melissathompson2048]

fourth year teaching and yes, yes, yes to everything you said. it’s absolutely ridiculous smh.

[@ashdav9980]

@@sarahtiferet598states don’t matter because public education is full of group think partisan hacks. Birds of a feather flock together. Yes, I worked in public education for 10+ years so I am speaking from experience.

[@josephnewton3535]

As always, some parents are supportive and some students are well-behaved and motivated. As for all the rest, parent-teacher-student relations are at an all-time low, and that is because policies are completely different than they were 30 to 40 years ago. Policy now requires teachers to babysit students that should have been held back or expelled; these problem students disrupt, bully, and are sometimes outright dangerous. When bad behavior happens, there is NO functioning procedure to discipline them, and these disruptive “students” and their enabling parents know that. Restore consequences for bad behavior!

[@AaronWard-u7h]

If my boys were 14 and could not read, then I have absolutely failed as a parent. How could I let day by day go by and when at home with them, not sit down and sort that sh*t out.... mind blowing.

[@katieandnick4113]

You are not other people, and you have no idea what life has been like for anyone else. Sometimes, empathy means understanding that you don’t understand someone.

[@AaronWard-u7h]

And here we go. Let's look at outliers and call them the majority. Majority of the issue is normal everyday kids that do have the ability can not read, and that's because of bad parenting plain and simple. See people like you lot are the issue. Give excuses to those that are failing due to poor efforts and shi*ty parenting.

[@CoderCoder-px4bd]

This problem isn’t new although now it’s getting attention. Schools in the 90s, for example, taught reading fluency, which to me was the ante thesis of reading comprehension, but they taught this way, because this was something easily measured. I always thought this was idiotic, and I pulled my kid out of school. Among other reasons. I did it the old fashion way with SRA’s. Colleges are dumbing down their programs because kids can’t keep up the material. Now THAT part is new to me. When I went to college, you would just flunk out, but if the whole student body can’t read , I guess you can’t flunk everyone.

[@WMDistraction]

@@katieandnick4113 MOST kids cannot read at grade level. I teach English learners, and the PRIMARY reason they are still classified as such is reading. Every teacher I’ve ever talked to agrees that many native English speakers would fail the English learner assessments in the exact same way. My 6yo son knows two languages and reads better than my wife’s second graders in English and is near grade level in Chinese AS WELL. Home life plays a factor, but you don’t get to use that excuse for hundreds of children. I can handle a couple kids with tough home lives. It’s a whole class of them who just do NOT care and have NO problems at home because they have told me personally that they love being home.

[@Susan-id5xj]

But these parents are blaming the teachers. My mom taught me how to read before I enrolled in school. My mother engaged with my classwork too. These parents are irresponsible.

[@Kat-tr2ig]

These reasons are why I refuse to become a schoolteacher and work as a private 1-1 teacher/tutor. The kids don't care about their education and their behavior is atrocious. Their parents are even worse- straight-up trash. The education system doesn't protect, respect, or provide. The pay is not enough to even survive. Autistic kids and kids with mental illness are being mainstreamed instead of being sent to special education schools and need at least two aides just for them, but don't have them so the teacher has to be their babysitter while the rest of the students end up ignored. Society, the media, and politicians blame teachers for all of society's wrongs. Teachers are being attacked, hit, spit on, and even murdered, and society finds it hilarious or believes they "deserved" it.

[@Claudialupper]

If anyone needs to know the TRUTH, just read the comment above. TRUTH.

[@smez8742]

Yes, 100% correct!

[@sterlingdafydd5834]

Mainstreaming is unfair on your normal average student who just wants to go to college

[@DolphinWithIgloo-fg3ow]

It’s affecting colleges as well. Kids are no longer used to reading for extended periods of time and is affecting their ability to comprehend complex subjects.

[@kathleenscarborough5481]

And write as well!

[@jeremyrivera6177]

To my teachers that dealt with me growing up with patience and care, thank you. Thank you for instilling in me the want to learn and making art, science, music, literature, genuinely interesting. You have golden hearts, and I wish I could do more for you all. This breaks my heart to hear.

[@AaronWard-u7h]

Stop blaming covid for the last 20 years of crappy parenting.

[@nancybartley4610]

Teaching started to be a problem about 40 years ago. Discipline is the source of the problem. Simple standards for behavior eroded. Return discipline to the K-2 group and education will improve. As that cohort moves up, grade level discipline will slowly return to the entire system. Of course, educational standards will need to return, too, because lack of high educational standards occurred as behavior standards vanished.

[@toffeenut1336]

That’s exactly right

[@lisafeck1537]

Historic lack of discipline, lowered expectations for students, making excuses for the failure the behavior of the student. No respect from students, parents, administration, while students receive zero consequences for consistent very bad behavior. Passing students on to the next grade even if they haven't reached the goals of the current grade level. It has all been happening for decades, longer than 20 years.

[@sfletch3042]

​@lisafeck1537 thank you. Its absurd to think these are new issues. This crap has been happening for decades. Saying that bad parenting is just recently becoming an issue is nonsense. 😂

[@Heartandmind22]

Exactly. What the heck were parents doing during Covid anyway? You do not have to be an educator to exercise common sense. If schools are closed how on earth should that mean learning is closed altogether? You mean to tell me it was too hard to find some workbooks, free online educational material, pencil and paper? Covid should have been a time where education advanced!

[@oophelia46]

Maybe if admin backed up teachers decades ago, instead of blaming teachers, student behavior wouldn't have escalated to an unsustainable level...

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

NCLB is responsible. That was implemented to shift blame on teachers for failing students.

[@kat_the_ot]

Ffr. I swear the standard at the school I work at is to just shove the teachers under the bus if parent's complain. It's ridiculous.

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@GenerationNextNextNext YES!! IT would financially REWARD Teachers and Schools with good test scores even if that school is in a VERY wealthy community where they can AFFORD tutors etc=

[@rosella1919]

Too many male Principals and DPs want to be friends with the boys instead of disciplining them. When you ask for help from administrations and the kids come back to class grinning, you know they’ve had the, ‘hey mate’ talk! I taught Primary School for 40 years. The day I decided to retire was when I was on the verge of screaming at the inane kids’ questions. Kids don’t want to think for themselves anymore. It’s learned helplessness.

[@AZChelseaR]

As much as these teacher say it's the fault of the parents, the only way this gets any better is if the school administrations step up. They have to MAKE parents take responsibility for the actions of their kids. Your second grader wants to melt down and throw a rock at the teacher? Administration needs to step up and punish that kid. Call mom and dad and someone needs to come pick up the kid. If they don't then the next step is to suspended the kid. Then expulsion. Parents will learn that their kids shitty behavior is impacting them and they will figure out how to change it.

[@Claudialupper]

Absolutely true. I always thought if they reduced the parents' welfare payments for every behavioral incident at school, parents would suddenly figure it out REAL fast.

[@violingirl1349]

Yes. There needs to be repercussions. But… it’s a public school and each child is required by law to have the right to get an education, so it’s kind of a catch 22… The school administration’s hands are tied in a way… How do you navigate this fact that you can’t lay a hand on the kids (they know that so “who cares!”), can’t really get to the expelling level cuz the kids still have the “right” to an education… hands are tied… meh… 😑

[@Purplelemon5033]

I’ve been very lucky ,my child attends a very good primary school (ages4-11) that has an excellent handle on education and behaviour,the attendance is very good,the children enjoy going and the majority of the kids are meeting above or at expectations for key stage age. There’s a free before school maths club for children who find maths more difficult or who want to achieve higher which a lot of the children voluntarily attend. There’s also a free after school maths club for any parents who would like to be brought up to speed on modern maths to support their child. This primary school is a feeder school to a very good secondary school (11-16) ,My child’s going next year. The school makes parents sign a parent teacher contract that clearly sets out expectations and their hard line on behaviours and interventions . This school gets very good results 80% pass rate on all of the core subjects additional tutoring sessions run before and after school for students struggling in core subjects. The school expects high standards and high expectations the children are rewarded with lots of fun extracurricular activities for good work and good behaviour. The kids are sorted into into houses like in harry potter and earn badges and points individually and for their teams ,their uniforms get adorned with lots of different badges which the kids are very proud of they also have a prefect and younger to older child buddy system. This works well with identifying and supporting pupils who may be struggling mentally or with any bullying etc. The school has particularly good facilities because of its excellent acres of ground and sports halls,drama studio that gets hired out at weekends and holidays to independent children’s clubs. These are not private schools just regular comprehensives but it does help that the parents are of a similar ilk and very onboard with the school and education.

[@mirrorreflex]

​@@Claudialupperthis isn't fair to parents who have kids with special needs. Some of them are good parents but the kids just lose it.

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@Claudialupper Ummm NO! It's NOT just " them". Some of the WORST parents and STUDENTS are the VERY WEALTHY who treat us like we're their maids, gardeners , personal chefs .

[@atomictime9410]

I am retired Air Force with a Masters in Curriculum and instruction. After retirement I started to Substitute while waiting to go full time. Nope, not going to do full time. Subbing opened my eyes. I do a few days a week of "Baby sitting" for middle and high school. Never full time

[@fmsbaird6739]

I work full-time as a freelance tutor (groups and 1-to-1) and I have to say I have no desire to go into a formal teaching profession. If a student isn't working out or cooperating, I let them go and consult my wait-list. I really feel for teachers for the crap they have to put up with having their hands tied behind their back.

[@christines2205]

I do this also and I love it. I have 2 teenagers at home, a husband and my income pays all of our bills. Best thing I ever did.

[@rosella1919]

I loved the 40 years I was teaching. I left because, apart from being dog-tired, I was sick of being asked to reinvent the wheel.

[@Cbaroglio]

Well said. This is exactly why I stopped teaching.

[@ujdd201]

I can relate to the teacher that's speaking right around 4 minutes. My dad passed away and my admin was hounding me about lesson plans 2 days before his funeral as I was trying to support my grieving mother. My lesson plans were thorough and perfect.

[@edubwalter3179]

Those same admin that were hounding you, got their butts out of the classroom as quickly as their little sell-out legs could carry them! They don't have half the strength you do!

[@merlynalexander]

This is horrendous. I know I'm older, but if I got in trouble at school, boy howdy was I in trouble when I got home. My parents always backed up the teacher. And don't even get me started on the hell to pay at home if i brought home abysmal grades. I learned very quickly that my actions - or inaction- had consequences.

[@Antony-ng9yj]

It's called 'the legals', what parent is going to be accused of abusing their child.

[@isabellawolgoth9447]

I made it 25 years until teaching began takings its toll. I knew it was over when I was rushed off to the hospital, leaving my classroom behind, due to heart issues I had no idea that I had developed. All of the stress of trying to teach sophomores how to sharpen their reading and writing skills, combined with the barbaric behavior of the kids, got me. Two years later, my blood pressure is finally normal. Be careful, young teachers. Also, everything the teachers on this video testify to are genuine. In order to protect their jobs, Admin will always shove the problems on the shoulders of the teacher.

[@struck1999]

I’m 25 and even as a child I could tell that teachers had too much on their plates and were not paid enough, I just knew the “2 months off a year” wasn’t the whole story

[@stephaniewillis5500]

I retired with 29 years of teaching and now work in an Amazon warehouse, which I love!!! I don’t miss one thing about the classroom.

[@salvatoresikilacci8460]

I Sub teach ... that's the most sustainable way at this point. Dismissal then home. Done.​@@solofemaletravelerme

[@RickMiller-m5q]

30 years ago there were a few "delinquent learners". Nowadays we an increase of "delinquent parents".

[@dms79]

The delinquent students became the delinquent parents. Go figure.

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

True

[@Antony-ng9yj]

Stop blaming the parents, it's on the schools turf that is where the problems you are addressing is at. Even hellions at home will behave with decorum in a supportive environment.

[@Halicos93]

@@Antony-ng9yj Nope parents are the problem you cant advocate the education system that doesant exists in the US and never did its just somehow even worse now.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

NCLB was the beginning of the end. As soon as Bush put that into action, I noticed student initiative drastically go into decline, as early as 2002. Teachers were blamed for low performance, students were passed on without even trying, and everything became focused on testing.

[@nanny8675309]

Everything that has gone downhill in the past 25+years can be linked to government involvement.

[@MrChefT]

We needed to stop having super seniors in high schools. What 16yld needs to share a cafeteria /hallway with a 20yld student who can’t pass mid level maths.

[@dawnofthedelts]

Nailed it. We need a new initiative and call it NO TEACHER Left Behind.

[@naturematt4340]

@@GenerationNextNextNext Truth. Trump needs to abolish NCLB

[@kathleenscarborough5481]

And Welfare Reform, which made single parents work menial, low-paying jobs instead of taking parenting classes, further education, etc., with terrible hours and no chance of affordable childcare.

[@rowdybliss]

I was a schoolteacher waaaay back in 1998-2000… and for those of you who were just little or not yet born, that was the start of the “No Child Left Behind” era. When I got told that we were not allowed to call a word “misspelled” but rather an “invented spelling”-I left. Saw the writing on the wall. We’re passing kids that have NO BUSINESS passing, and it’s getting worse… kids are less and less prepared for adult life, and it’s now having terrible consequences.

[@SG-pw6wf]

I agree with you!

[@jtika1978]

These videos continue to make me SO GLAD I decided to home educate my children years ago. I substitute taught for a few years before my first child was born 15 years ago, and it was already a mess. Some of the horrible things I witnessed were unbelievable. I quit after being threatened by a teenage boy while I was pregnant for asking him to do a simple worksheet while still allowing them to socialize while completing it. My mom worked in the government school system for a few decades as an aide & she has some atrocious stories. The unrestrained use of phones is one of the main problems.

[@Kluermoi]

It’s the same with college students. I’m in college and in my 30s and these young adults are the worse and could care less about anything! Group projects have become my personal hell!

[@professork451]

I teach community college and this is my 31st year. My mom died in 2022 and 1 person from school came to the visitation. One. There was no card from the administration/college. But there are cards for Secret Santa groups. Then, I had to be back on campus 1 day after her funeral. I taught 9 classes that semester to help out the college so there doesn’t have to be another FT faculty hired. 2 years later, and I’ve had no time to grieve. Summer classes have to be covered. I love my students…but admin at all levels can be an issue. It breaks my how bad this profession has become. I’ve taught elementary, Jr. High, and High School over my career. It’s terrible to think what teachers are going through today. 😢

[@sandrametcalfe7483]

I’m so sorry for your loss. Take time for yourself.

[@freedom2326]

I never pass nor fail students. They do that all by themselves. I just record the grades they make. However, I give my students opportunities to correct their work and understand their mistakes. I try to teach them to take pride in their work, and if I get messy work, they have to do it again. They know my expectations and they rise to them. I don’t stoop down to theirs. I teach everyone as if they’re gifted and going to college because I want them to leave my classroom in May being better individuals, more knowledgeable, and more ready to face life’s challenges than when they walked into my room in August. Yes, I face greater challenges today than I did when I started teaching 39 years ago, and there are days I want to quit, but I keep going because the biggest problem is not the students, it’s the pressure of state assessments and constantly being compared to all the other schools’ scores. I currently teach in middle school and have over 40 students with special needs, recent immigrants who speak no English, regular students who are not reading or writing at grade level, and an advanced class of 30 students…..and we are like sardines…. all cramped up in a small room. I love my kids, but no longer love the profession. One more thing… we need to take the time to listen to students to understand them and their home struggles even if admin does not like it. Many kids are just dying to have someone listen to them.

[@martademozione3687]

Thank you so much for your words. 💛

[@Daniel-qi8uz]

I love that you go over their mistakes and cause them to learn! One big factor is lack of teacher purpose. Most teachers believe it is not their job to even go over mistakes, rather just present the standard day to day.

[@freedom2326]

@ Thank you.

[@jadewu2400]

I think admin likes listening to the students instead they don’t like listen to the teachers. If Kids misbehave they told us all the excuses why the kids didn’t behave instead of thinking for us that teachers needs to control the classroom no matter what these individual have outside the classroom they just have to learn to adjust themselves and respect the discipline. Unless they don’t expect teachers to teach😢

[@freedom2326]

@ That is one big problem in schools, and that’s exactly why I hardly ever report kids to admin…. The students have to call the parents themselves if they display inappropriate behaviors. It shocks the heck out of the parents that their child is admitting their violation. Once the kid is done, then I talk to the parents and they apologize and promise their child will no longer cause problems. All it takes is one such phone call and students know I mean business. I do love my kids…. They think I was born yesterday.

[@betsysingh-anand3228]

I spent 20 years in nursing. Left well prior to covid. I decided to do some substitute teaching to see if maybe education could be a second career. Did the sub gigs for a couple of years in rural school districts. Nope. Nope. Nope. No way. Absolutely not. There is very little difference between the medical system and the educational system. Both are broken beyond repair. The kids really weren't so much the issue, as we are a bunch of bumpkins and hillbillies. They didn't score very well on tests, and we have a huge percentage on IEPs, but their behavior was not horrible.

[@ua5190]

We have very similar situations surrounding teachers in Japan. I myself was a school teacher at a junior high school long time ago, and everyday was unbearable to me. I have zero regrets on leaving the profession, because I love my life now. I can feel the pain of the teachers on this video and really hope they will find a more rewarding, fulfilling and happier place to work.

[@davidbranagan9429]

Really in Japan also. I've always seen them portrayed as respectful and diligent. If it's getting bad in Japan also then the whole world is infected with this liberal progressive crap and it's destroying our society and morals.

[@dawnofthedelts]

I have been teaching since 1998. Something shifted. More tasks, less stability, high stakes testing serving as a measure of my effort and effectiveness, it has become too much. I loved the kids, but the adults made it too hard.

[@maribellajeffery5280]

I almost majored in education, but ever since i took the first general course about planning, interventions, etc. I realized that however much i wanted to be a teacher and “change the system from inside” there was no f***ng way. you are at will to administrators and the parents. support if you’re lucky. but hell no i would not overexert myself just to be met with kids that don’t care and admin that only cares about test scores and attendance. plus only being paid about 40k in Missouri AFTER ta programs. ugh its so sad.

[@lindaidzinski1851]

I retired after 35 years. I couldn’t even finish the year because it has gotten so bad. No support, no respect, Not allowed to teach only follow a script, and kids are out of control because there are no consequences…kids can’t read but get promoted. Sad and scary times.

[@edubwalter3179]

The fact that you did 35 years tells me you are a beast...you deserve all the good things life has to offer! Enjoy your retirement!

[@margaretdownie4407]

To be a teacher,used to be a vocation, like nurses, , nuns, the reason they are leaving is they no longer have power in the class rooms. Governments have allowed the lunatics to run the asylum.

[@sarahtiferet598]

wrong it's MUCH more complicated than that

[@russo8251]

This is not exclusive to K-12. A Columbia professor recently complained that their students did not have the appropriate reading capacity. USA simply does not value education.

[@kj7653]

We just value our cellphones.

The average person in any country in the world is distracted with bs.

[@ghill628]

I quit 14 months ago. After 20 years was it hard? Yes, but I realized the kids made me feel horrible about myself and I didn't deserve that just because I was trying to provide them a safe, clean place to learn things they're never going to learn anywhere else. Before you say that's a bold statement, the intellectual curiosity of the average student is now about the same as that of a potato. And where does that lack of intellectual curiosity come from? Take a look in the mirror parents.

[@Network83-pf8bm]

I'm a professional instructor, but my students are all either adults or highly motivated teenagers. And parents aren't an issue because they just aren't. but if my situation were to change and my workplace became unpleasant or violent, then I'd be out in a skinny minute. AFA public school, my hat's off to the teachers who can do it but I totally sympathize with all of these teachers who have exited the profession. Without administration having your back, there is NO point in staying.

[@Antony-ng9yj]

And I bet you've come to the realization that a lot of K12 teachers don't - that is kids and teens brains are still growing and they really do not comprehend college level style of presentation. Adults don't write essays, decipher stories, etc. And as far as phones go - get a clue these kids world is computer world now, not some boring yack-yack adult. So leave, the powers that be wants computers in the classroom, but you keep union siding an old horse.

[@swellerace]

Neither of those things it's about making obedient workers that's it!

[@bethanyhunt2704]

I never even became a classroom teacher after qualifying, let alone quit. I have been working as a classroom assistant and I saw how unfair the workload was for teachers.

[@savssavs8559]

so true parents are disrespectful same as their vicious kids

[@savssavs8559]

@@solofemaletravelerme I moved to Asia, here ppl are just strict and judging by their economy and birth rates - it works ( China, Vietnam, Thai) Korea is US proxy so has the same problems

[@carlossebastiannecroticgot7232]

True

[@NatalieCompton-m6r]

Most people with learning disabilities really are the ones that want to learn the most.

[@clamarroan]

This culture of misplaced empathy, misplaced lenience and teacher-blaming has reached its peak. The kids are in control, which is to say no one is in control. This is what happens when you let the crazies and the weak run the assylum.

[@jumpman5150]

To be honest: it’s other teachers that burn me out. I’m a Black male educator and there are so many micro aggressions I deal with daily. In addition, I found many teachers to be hypocritical. For example, some complain about students talking or being disruptive during their lessons, but when we have building meetings, admin has to talk over the teachers to finish their message. I’ve also seen teachers display bully behavior towards other staff and even students. It’s all a hot mess.

[@naturematt4340]

Micro aggressions.... really. If that's one of your biggest concerns, you've got it easy

[@jtika1978]

Micro aggressions like what

[@jumpman5150]

@ google them! The fact you don’t know what they are in 2024 are red flags and exactly what I’m taking about.

[@jumpman5150]

@@jtika1978 google it. The fact you don’t know what examples of micro aggression tells me all I need to know about you. Which ultimately leads back to my original statement.

[@Antony-ng9yj]

Before teachers were unioned, parents went to school board meetings and complained there, of course the board would placate, but do nothing - teachers had the parents on their side, but once your predecessors unioned, the teachers were on their own side, not the parents, kids, or public where the money came from, etc. .....

[@deborahhouston2110]

I can empathize with the lady at 5:05 bc I have been teaching six years without children. This year I am expecting and idk how any one can juggle teaching and being a parent

[@unc1221]

First off yall wanted to work, yall wanted equality, therefore you need to work.

[@rachelelizabeth358]

@@unc1221what in the sexism? Women have always worked.

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@rachelelizabeth358 Hi ,that thing is a Troll I've noticed that whenever the subject is Teaching and Teachers there are ALWAYS TROLLS in the comment section Sad lonely people who can only get attention by Trolling Teachers

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@unc1221 yall yall yall yall LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[@unc1221]

@@rachelelizabeth358 not to this extent. Not 40+ hours a week, not to the point of exhaustion and burnout.

[@evareppa8897]

Teacher for 22 years now, in Greece. You couldn't have said it better. Every year it becomes more and more unbearable. Let me add that, the largest part of the Greek society and also the state constantly demotes us, our salary is meager, we are not entitled to holiday gifts and we are accountable for whatever happens. We are trying to find a motive to continue but it is very difficult now.

[@johnnyboyvan]

You are so accurate, but you need to be strong to survive the teaching profession. 💪 I survived 32 years and loved it. Just retired last year. The pension is good so try to hold out if you can! Sadly, the turnover is about 50 percent drop the profession within 5 years. 😮

[@maribellajeffery5280]

lol. no one has pensions anymore. they stopped that in the 80s

[@johnnyboyvan]

@@maribellajeffery5280 not true. Here we get 2 percent of our max per year of working full time.

[@txspacemom765]

Teaching is VERY different now from 32 years ago. I am a 2 time Combat Vet, so I'm pretty strong! I don't know how anyone can justify the assaults that occur on a daily basis. And pensions? What is that? Yeah. no.

[@johnnyboyvan]

@txspacemom765 wrong...the teachers I know still enjoy teaching and have never been physically attacked. I am in Canada 🇨🇦.

[@txspacemom765]

@@johnnyboyvan I'm in Texas. I know of many teachers who have been attacked over the years and no longer enjoy teaching, let alone left the profession. We had a 28 year teacher, swim coach, leave, after a 16 year old punched him at a swim meet. Just because you don't see it or experienced doesn't mean it isn't happening. Look at social media some more, the thousands of stories are there, and from other part of the world.

[@NatalieCompton-m6r]

I wish some of those teachers come together and create new school systems with the support they need for themselves, the kids and the parents

[@jtika1978]

We have. It’s the home education community.

[@aliabradley2010]

I have been a high school teacher for 2 years. I handed in my resignation 5 days ago. Everything said here is true. It's wild. I really loved what I teached, and there were gems of students, staff, and even admin that I absolutely adored. But it wasn't enough to outweigh the overwhelming stress this job brings. Then my personal life also became difficult and needed my energy too...I made a call. Telling my gems the last two days that I'm leaving was heartwrenching, but talking with friends and watching content like this, I'm reminded I made the right choice.

[@sreyno01]

Retired teacher here.. don’t ever feel guilty or selfish to quit your teaching job for your wellbeing . When it comes down to it they don’t care about you but you have to care for yourself.

[@MasterTSayge]

These teens recognize at an early age that their future is jeopardized by the actions of profit-driven corporations. Our society struggles with limited economic opportunities that offer livable wages and strong union support. Many parents are forced to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet, leaving little time to impart moral guidance to their children. Dedicated employees can be laid off without justification, all in the name of corporate greed. Meanwhile, society glorifies self-serving billionaires instead of valuing and tangibly rewarding law-abiding citizens, like homeless veterans, who have significantly contributed to the community. In a system like this, being a good person is often seen as a weakness, exploited or dismissed. What else could you expect?

[@Mrs.Housewife15]

I pulled my kids out of public school. It was a joke. School is not what we remember it as. My 4th grader cound add two digit numbers together. 😢

[@jessicamontaperto810]

Same here I ll homeschool when I have kids one day).

[@mariog7213]

Hmmm I teach 2nd grade in a title I school and 85% of my students can add three digit numbers with regrouping. Many of them can barely read so your story is either fake or you’re blaming the wrong people

[@Mrs.Housewife15]

@mariog7213 What are you doing for the 15% who can't? Sounds like my son fell in that group. Our district has no homework until high school. I assumed the school was doing their job and teaching him. When covid hit and we went remote... that's when I found out. I do blame myself, but I also put most of the blame on the school system because that's what I pay them to do, teach my kids. Not one teacher told me my son was struggling in math. My children read above grade level because I'm a avid book reader myself, so I'm not worried about that. Also, why would I lie? I have nothing to hide. If anything, like you assumed, it makes me look bad.

[@stormaggeden]

I guess if they shut down the schools kids will start to behave again because parents will finally take accountability for their bad parenting. My Mom is a great Mom. I turned out well mannered and kind. She tried to substitute for a year and it was so bad I swear she aged 10 years. People need to raise their kids. Take responsibility. This is your fault. Not the teachers.

[@undrwatropium3724]

If parents are both working 2 & 3 jobs you think they'll have time to discipline?

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@undrwatropium3724 Ummm Some of the wealthiest parents are THE MOST lenient and press us SO HARD . They believe their children are perfect and often the Moms have so much time on their hands they have nothing better to do than criticize Teachers . I've taught in Marin County a VERY wealthy area and the PARENTS were AWFUL .. I personally know 2 strong Teachers that quit Teaching due to pressure from parents in that area .

[@ChaN-ks3ov]

I subbed and this school setting is very different compared in the Philippines. The kids here are disrespectful and half the class has behavioral problems. They don’t know how to do simple multiplication and division or PEMDAS even in Middle schools. Most of the Middle Schools I subbed were below grade level.

[@undrwatropium3724]

@@sarahtiferet598 very unsettling indeed. I'm sorry.

[@voices_vary]

Teaching is NO LONGER a profession. At one time, there were four professions: Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer, and Teacher. Drop teaching, it is now just an easy, civil service job. It is underpaid and the qualifications are dismal. We need to double the salaries and hike the qualifications back to what they were in the 50s and 60s.

[@nuhabashir1672]

Very true

[@oophelia46]

Huh?? My grandmother taught for decades with her two year teaching college degree. Teachers today need Master's degrees and continual professional development for all the new things they throw at us

[@nuhabashir1672]

@@oophelia46 true

[@voices_vary]

@@oophelia46 You made my point.

[@Claudialupper]

It's not the salaries. It's the stress of horrible parent and student behavior. Period.

[@jaijai5250]

Sounds just like nursing in the NHS. Undervalued by society and the organisation. Repeatedly criticised, poorly paid, don’t get breaks, meetings organised during lunch time, chronic staffing shortages, working after hours without pay, and very rarely getting the time back….and the list goes on! But least peoples lives are fulfilled because they can go football or go to see their favourite celebrity.

[@LUVJONZ99]

I am a daily substitute and I deeply feel so sorry to the teachers and the systemic issues that are hard to resolve.

[@rosella1919]

Not enough of the general public know how difficult it is to teach a class of 30 students, five days/week, for forty weeks. If they spent a day in a classroom they might be more sympathetic. Those who say teachers are overpaid might also wonder why people are not falling over themselves to do the job. In my country, we have a shortage of 4,000+ teachers. That’s about 150 classes without a teacher.

[@damianarvizu1095]

I left after teaching for 15 years. My biggest concern was the administration that defended student misconduct that they were unable to manage as well.

[@EmorySimsDrEmoryCarlSims]

When left teaching all my nightmares went away 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!

[@mey7579]

This special ed teacher retired after 23 years because of parents and administrators, not the children. A school board member coming into our inclusion classrooms and debating whether special ed teachers should have desks was the final straw. F her- they lost someone who was a very good teacher who was known district wide as an excellent teacher and colleague. That was nine years ago and I haven’t regretted retiring one single moment.

[@edubwalter3179]

Been teaching high school for 27 years with 3 more to go...once retired, I will never step foot on another school campus again!

[@rhobertfiguerres8346]

To keep teachers: Stop the micromanagement; impose working discipline in schools; principals to genuinely appreciate your teachers by saying "We are glad you are here."; and let teachers teach with too much expectations that are not realistic.

[@jeng1395]

Last year a student drew a picture of me with a gun to my head and the word “dead”. I found it while grading binders. THE PARENTS had to be reassured that *I* wouldn’t hold a grudge against THE STUDENT. Yes, you heard that right, the student is STILL at the school, and still in my class (I’m a specialist, see the kids over multiple years.)

[@janeofalltrades235]

My issue is this. How come I'm hearing this problem globally. But nothing is being done about it... Is the government just ignoring the problem hoping it'll just go away?

[@ladyofreign1296]

I taught for 11 years. I left when we were told how we were going to teach via Zoom during COVID. The students were not doing much anyway. I knew this experiment would be a disaster. And it was. Everything the teachers said was true. I took my math and accounting degrees and am working in a job with regular hours, regular stress and I make 50% more. I feel appreciated and when I come home I’m not working 5 more hours a night or having to listen to the excuses why Charlie can’t do his work.

[@philgreen1954]

The under resourced, by far is what is being mentioned to me as a parent talking to a teacher in private. Then under paid, and disrespectful kids.

[@tincustefanlucian7495]

The quality of the education depends on 3 human factors. First and most importantly is the kids. Second in importance is the parents. Third in importance are the teacher. A kid if is smart and it has a strong personality can learn alone with no parent help and no teachers. A parent if it's smart and has a lot of time can do the job the teacher. The teacher is the last one which can have an impact but everyone blames the poor teacher for not doing it's job, while no one that is more important does not do his job. Kids don't want to learn because of the society and parent are to busy, to even talk with their kids or to teach anything to their own kids. But at the same time parents have stupidly high expectation from the teacher.

[@sarahtiferet598]

THANK - YOU!!! From , a Public School Teacher who is also getting ready to quit soon like 2 other of my Colleagues . Just read some of the insane comments whenever Teaching is mentioned Peace

[@asan1050]

Hey Erick, I teach English here in Mexico to adults in a company environment. So my experience is quite different than your guests. I love it here! 38 years on the job.

[@lucieciepka1031]

Life is a line of causes and consequences, sometimes you pay the consequences that somebody else caused, sometimes it’s the other way around. If kids don’t learn that at school their life will be very difficult. I’ve heard about a dad called his daughter’s boss, to ask him if he can give her a second chance after she’s been fired… is this what kids are learning. Your dad was very confident face to face with the teacher, now he has to keep doing it with your boss?

[@hipolitoromero3335]

Im a double masters with a significant amount of experience and success with my students, when THEY are motivated & held accounatable by their parents, who are also invovled in the school. But I have been "rewarded" with a doubling of my work load NOT my pay. In fact I get constantly lowballed by 1st yr hiring managers that got zero education experience as though I were a rookie teacher. Its systemic and on purpose folks. Jealousy & mismanagement in education are real & the only purposeful pathways to a higher position & pay

[@CandaceDreamer]

Former teacher here. I lasted 2 years. I left for many reasons that all caused me to have mental health problems that had never experienced before and especially to the degree that I was feeling them. I am now working for an organization that works with disabled adults and I am loving it so much better than I ever did as a teacher. One thing that helps is feeling a level of respect from both coworkers, bosses and clients. The families I have met so far have also been so nice and understanding. This work feels way more fulfilling than it did as a teacher and I think a major part is because I feel like I am actually doing my job and not having to try and get kids to learn something they clearly don’t want to learn, or do things they don’t want to do and stressing that they didn’t get these things done. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a job with ups and downs, but I feel so much better here than I did in any classroom I was in. I hate to see education going up in flames, but there’s not much I could have done to help fix the systemic problems it has. I hope one day it will get better, but I can tell you it will not be today, or probably in the next 5 or so years. The system is too broken. We honestly just need to rebuild instead of patching up the wholes, because those holes are just getting bigger by the day.

[@toffeenut1336]

Kids are brats, administrators the enablers. Nuff said.

[@morganholman1274]

Homeschooler parent here. I love teachers, and I hate teachers unions. One of our many reasons for homeschooling our kids, is to keep them away from most of those other kids. Many teachers are great, most administrators suck (yes I said it) and most parents don’t parent their kids and school just turns into these teachers trying to maintain a psych ward. The kids that want an education don’t deserve to be in a class with constant disruption (the teachers don’t deserve it either).

[@Olivetree00]

Teacher unions are the only folks halfway supporting teachers 🤦🏾‍♀️ When you're so close to the point...

[@morganholman1274]

don’t like them because I know too many really crappy teachers that have been protected by unions, while new teachers get terminated simply for being new when a cut has to be made. It makes zero sense. Their job security should be based on merit, not tenure.

[@mey7579]

@@morganholman1274without a union there’d be a lot more teacher turnover and every school board members’ uncles, sisters, brothers, aunts, nieces, etc would have teaching jobs, qualified or not. Also, teacher unions benefits students because often unions have input into class sizes, building and classroom conditions, etc.

[@morganholman1274]

@@mey7579 I and multiple members of my family have worked for our local schools for years. Not as teachers and not in administration. Basically a front row seat to how unions can (or can’t) be a good thing. We’ve seen administrations protect teachers from parents and students over and over, a union is not necessary for that. Parents (PTAs) in our area have done more to prevent over filled classrooms and keep supplies in the schools than any union. Unions have also been known to protect teachers at the expense of students. Obviously there are many terrible parents and students, but teachers going on strike for days, weeks, or even months is not okay and a disservice to the students. Teacher unions are often NOT bipartisan, alienating many teachers. Many unions also donate to political campaigns, rather than using funds on teachers needs. This is actually causing membership numbers to decline, a teacher doesn’t want to pay dues or be part of a union that might openly go against certain of their convictions.

[@mey7579]

@ that hasn’t been my experience in the slightest. Our union forced my district to fix the heat in the building so the classrooms would not require coats. My union forced the district to return control over the cleaning crews to the principals instead of using an outside company that did a terrible job. My union forced the district to put air conditioning in all the buildings. My union forced the district to hire additional school support staff for our Title I school. I’m sorry you obviously watch right wing news because their agenda is to tear unions down so companies and schools have the power, not the unions. Do you really think supporting corporations and boards of education over unions is good for the kids? It isn’t. I taught for 23 years and we never had a strike, much less one for weeks or months. You come across like a mouthpiece for union busting, and lack of unions is why the middle class is declining. But hey, support those corporations and boards of education. Soon there will be no one to teach in public schools at all. And that will suit the GOP just fine because private schools are a piggy bank for equity firms.

[@christianschmidt1556]

Amen the 24 year teacher is 100% right. I retired after 26 in public.

[@kimberlyfischer6393]

Elementary school teacher librarian here. Quitting mid year after 11 years. Disturbed kids are allowed to completely upend class time and negatively impact the ones who wish to learn. I'm expected to meet the needs of 497 students, without all the basic materials and admin support it would take to actually do that. Specials teachers- your music, pe, media, art are treated as babysitters. For teacher librarians in the elementary setting, we are expected to teach almost 500 students, and manage the physical inventory of the school, and manage and fix all the tech in the building. The classroom teacher has an aide for their Kindergarten class of 18, but I am expected to managed 18 Kindergarteners for 45 minutes in a library without any help. And I have to have a master degree to have my position. I will miss my students, but I won't miss the soul sucking stress.

[@elwinlucas]

Teachers need parents' full support.

[@christopherchris9006]

Absolutely correct !!!!!

[@jessikapiche6097]

it was difficult in the 80's and 90's, i can't even imagine how hard it could be today... First of all, young people don't even believe they are there for their future, since they don't believe they have one. Even when we believed we had one, we were often more interrested in our music than our studies... so today?...it must be nearly impossible...

[@stevemstanescu]

This is obviously a complex situation with far too complex roots for a one-solution-fits-all conclusion. Even so, abdication of responsability at multiple levels seems to be pervasive: children don't "learn" behaviour, they mimick it as it is demonstrated in their surroundings. When parents don't care -- or, for any reasons, aren't equipped to provide good upbringing; when schools chase metrics grounded in politics rather than the policy of offereing a fair education; when administrators show without a shadow of doubt their true bureacratic nature guided by CYA principles; when failing and being failed changes from shame to pride... well, all signs point to a poorer society in every aspect down the road for us. No fear, though: reality _always_ wins, it's just that its timeframe seems indifferent to our wishes. I stand with the teachers in their decisions to stay or to quit. (Ex-teacher here.)

[@cindywelna686]

I so agree with you. I'm trying to teach, someone has a behavior problem, the phone is ringing, and someone is at the door, oh, and the door opens and someone from the District is there to observe. How the hell are you supposed to teach?

[@Editsagastudios]

We need more student therapists. The day a teacher realises that there teachers life is beyond there classrooms too, the class will not be the same!

[@wistariawhispers937]

Teachers need to do more before they walk out. They need to speak up before they leave!

[@susettemclachlan8765]

I love teaching but the absence of discipline or means of disciplining behavioural issues makes it impossible to actually teach.

[@biiiiiiiliiiiiiieeiiiilisssshh]

The fact that easy classes are given to experienced teachers with years of experience and that groups that are hard to handle are given to new teachers, is just the stupidest move from the system and anyone who supports it (including those experienced teachers). Imagine in an hospital if the top surgeons would only do the easy surgery, and then the new surgeon would have be given the hardest cases!!

[@milakostrova5451]

The same situation in all the countries!!! I absolutely agree with all of you, my dear colleagues ! I embrace you all and wish you all the best in the world!! My speciality is English,,,,,I love my profession very much, but I also had to quit...

[@ccw2613]

When you start crying Friday night about having to go back on Monday. You know you need to get out. This was me and that was preschool but I felt like I was on an island by myself or trying to swim upstream with a leaking life saving device. I was getting injured, not helped by admin, not supported by parents. Everything was my fault.

[@salvatoresikilacci8460]

The system is broken. Most classrooms are cages with a big Mental Battle for One teacher! 25+ kids and technology...Not anymore!!! Last years...

[@Natalia-yr8uu]

That's really sad. But something must change . As I see the problem is giving a signal or sign about crisis . The system need changes. Because that ruined people and their lives. System of education hasn't changed much. Maybe we need new and creative strategy to improve teachers and students ( pupils) study. I think that it should be discussed by people and scientists of education.

[@etacude]

You're absolutely right-education systems need meaningful reform to support both teachers and students.

[@martademozione3687]

And we also need to include the families in that equation

[@DailyBibleWithFran]

My youngest child is twelve years old and I'm definitely homeschooling next year. I think a lot more families will also be leaving public schools; maybe that's when we'll see positive changes.

[@rosella1919]

The negative will be that only the wealthy will be able to educate their kids to a satisfactory level. All countries should value education, and see it as enriching the whole of society, not just the rich.

[@SusanC-gi6nw]

Charter schools are the same. Homeschool the kids. Live on 1 income for some time. Eliminate unnecessary expenses. Your kids come first.

[@jjc6530]

In Asia: • Community Effort: Families, teachers, and communities often work together to fill gaps. • Respect for Education: Students are taught early on that education is a privilege and a key to improving one’s circumstances. • Work Ethic: Hard work is seen as a non-negotiable value, regardless of socioeconomic status. In the U.S.: • Focus on Rights Over Responsibilities: Conversations often center on ensuring no one’s feelings are hurt or their “rights” are infringed, sometimes at the expense of addressing systemic issues like low academic standards. • Entitlement Mentality: There’s sometimes an expectation that success should come without putting in the necessary work, leading to complacency. • Fragmented Approach: Inequality is often treated as a political issue rather than an educational one, with solutions bogged down by ideological debates.

[@KT-sq2ml]

Taught for 16 years and left the profession due to an injury I sustained while working. I should have sued the school because of what happened to me - almost twenty years later and I am still in daily uncontrollable pain. I don’t know how any teacher was able to continue working during COVID and/or afterwards. I enjoyed my job and my students, but there is no way on earth I’d ever return with the way these parents now dictate what can be said or taught in the classrooms. Scary times. 😢

[@amberotl5276]

I worked as a Para with a gen X teacher in 2022. She was passionate about working with her autistic elementary school students. One of the students was highly autistic and was like.. a Godzilla in the class... A demon child. Unable to focus. He would run around knocking down teaching materials and stomping on them. He even took off all his clothes one day and administration had to come help her. The little boy looked like a porcelain doll. Very cute but a terror. The teacher tried to talk to the father on the phone and the father was yelling at her and frustrating the teacher. One of the administrators said to the teacher " you can't save them all." The boy got removed from the school. I'm pretty sure the teacher quit after that school year.

[@KootFloris]

education Testing children on expected 'right' answers and then wondering why critical thought is going down. Real life always offers a myriad of possibilities. #School should train being comfortable with that.

[@KootFloris]

The old educational system has several big problems, especially in the USA. It needs to compete with all the involving media out there, and the conspiracy parents fearing schools indoctrinate rather than teach. And keeping teaching in the old way doesn't work. Go play more! Discover the world with them! Visit shops and let them see what people without education get paid, then visit a good corporation and let them see what a good education may pay for. Fighting these problems within confined old models is idiotic.

[@Infotainment-z7f]

I feel like the world will tragically go back to education being an elite thing that only the rich or the lucky can afford with private tutors or private schools etc. :S You must be really lucky in the future if you have caretakers who can maybe teach you some basic reading or calculus and that's it. We're going back to 80% of the people being stupid. How some countries are still running despite all these dumb spoiled children and their lazy entitled parents I don't know :S

[@GirishPandit-y7v]

do the peasants deserve it though ? maybe

[@MLFilmss]

What I don’t get is that kids can’t read well but somehow they can navigate a phone, social media, their tablet, write comments, play games, and whatnot. I get kids can memorize generally what to click on, but still. There are a lot of words on the internet.

[@trucho-duarte]

Absolutely agree😢 with 20 year-experience of teaching I feel the same here in Asia.

[@fieryeurochick3194]

I don’t think higher pay would even work.

[@ElizabethRamirez-nm3ke]

As a school psychologist I feel the same way. I just don’t know where to work besides education. ❤

[@CinderellaRaptured333]

I wish we lived in “Little House on the Prairie” days.

[@smrtzttspanishenglishtutor67]

Those who are quitting WERE NEVER REAL teachers. As everyone else, these people made the wrong decisions about their career. I have had hundreds of issues in my entire career but I still LOVE being a role model and change people’s lives.

[@MBarberfan4life]

No true Scotsman fallacy. Thanks for getting me to my logic course.

[@edwardsong7628]

Although average SAT scores have dropped in 2023 and 2024 probably due to school shutdowns during the pandemic, SAT scores have been improving. Even the lower 2024 scores are significantly higher than 1984 scores. Being a student in the 1970s, and teaching in the 2020s, my impression that illegal drugs in schools were a bigger problem in the 70s than they are today. I remember many of my teachers telling me how burnt out they were teaching and how bad they were being treated. Teaching has been in crisis for decades now.

[@kj7653]

The gap between successful students and unsuccessful students is widening. There are a handful of A students who know how to push buttons and pull political strings. The other 85 percent have given up and enjoy being disruptive. You no longer have a true spread of B and C students. There seems to be no middle ground.

[@ericsenior7687]

Thanks, teaching surely is not a job for the faint-hearted, or as they say these days, not for snowflakes!

[@naninagarcia8958]

Hello there! Teacher from Argentina here! Everything in this video also applies to Argentina .

[@pb6229]

I was resting watching shorts...I've been teacher for around 20 years and this scholar year totally broke me due a lot of situations...I feel so identified with these colleagues talking.... 😢😮

[@bigedslobotomy]

Teachers complaining about out the current state of teaching is like a corporate polluter complaining about the state of the environment. Most teachers I’ve met are VERY liberal, and support all the usual liberal causes - which often conflict directly with being an effective teacher. (Like “empowering” minorities, transgender, and rebellious attitudes). This soup of decay has filtered all the way through school administration, and the frontline teachers simply saying, “This isn’t working!” Won’t stop it. I think the only real way to address this is to embrace school choice, where the PARENT chooses the school (and the level of discipline) that their children goes to. Trying to “reform” current public schools is a fools cause, as they WON’T allow themselves to be reformed.