"Even a mass exodus of teachers doesn't faze our administration on any level. They just don't care."

[@snuffyballparks6501]

Force ALL administrators back into the classroom for every 3rd year of their administrative career. When you get back in the trenches, reality won't go away & you can't hide. Taught for 30+ years. Loved it near every day. Sadly, most administrators got into administration because they wanted out of the classroom or plainly were crappy teachers.

[@rogerbec5766]

My wife became a sub 4 years ago and was very exited to give back to the community. Her pay, based on the hours she worked was right under $6.00. She left her substituting job three weeks later because she was placed on two weeks leave for uttering the word "damn" as reported by one of the kids whilst her kids used the "F" word without any consequences. No thanks.

[@dorothyjbond]

It is hell. Kids are out to get teachers and it only takes one. They will always win and they know it. Run. . .

[@roravenclaw7797]

I am a teacher of 30 years. The US doesn't respect teachers and don't truly care about education. People might say they do but they don't. The people of the US care about football, baseball, movies, and all of the celebrities involved. Athletes and movie/tv stars are people the US cares about. Everyone wants their kid to be a superstar athlete or movie star, singer, etc. No one thinks twice about spending money on sports tickets, sports, movies, jerseys and the like. But ask them to spend any money on education and what a backlash you will get.

[@roravenclaw7797]

@@user-qo8xp3ok9x Really. Then why is it that no one is willing to give up their season tickets to their favorite sport, or stop going to the movies. But they will B@tch as soon as a teacher's contract comes up for negotiations. Did you miss the part where I AM a teacher. YOU don't know what you're talking about.

[@nancybaumgartner6774]

“Spend any money”? The average school administrator steals $200,000.00+ per year plus benefits. That does not include the indoctrinators who start at $65,000.00 per year plus benefits . The result is: the worlds dumbest kids who can barely read and cannot do basic math, but know their pronouns. Go away.

[@patsk8872]

Money is important but surely you recognize it isn't the main problem. The problem is leftist policies that took away discipline and consequences for bad behavior. As well as other things I can't even type here.

[@Da_bear-ij9gm]

@@patsk8872interesting you choose to blame this on leftist policy when some of the biggest problems like passing kids along to the next grade unearned and no longer being able to give actual grades or zeros to assignments not turned in are a result of the No Child Left Behind Policy. Created by president George W Bush. Not a left winger, in case you were confused on that too

[@RandomOldPerson]

@@patsk8872BS. Republican controlled red states like the one I taught in have the exact same problems. It has nothing to do with Republicans or Democrats and everything to do with those in power on both sides not caring about education. Otherwise only blue states would be suffering from teacher shortages. Stop listening to Fox and school board politicians about what’s wrong with schools and listen to the teachers with decades of experience who are quitting in mass. Even if you are only listening to the conservative ones.

[@polarpalmwv4427]

Well said! I taught for 23 years. Had a nervous breakdown in 2019 and left just before COVID hit. It's taken me two years to recover my mental health and to move on with my life. Never again. So sad.

[@frankdunne2401]

My brother taught 20 yrs or there abouts, with all the paper bs he had break down. Divorced drank him self to death. I know because came to me from the uk to ireland and died in the local hospital.Here there are under pressure with overcrowding, but the unions are quite strong and have majority of parents support. Look up school suspends teacher over lgtb,and his refusal (religious beliefs) to acknowledge a pupil.If thinks this is the usa he's wrong.He will get out side support, probabily from the North who have us links.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

I’m sorry to hear that. If I had had to rely on teaching to earn a living I would’ve had a nervous breakdown as well, so don’t feel like the lone ranger. I had the option of becoming a merchant seaman so I just became a drunk instead. After quitting drinking I couldn’t cope with the merchant marine sober so I tried being a monk which really sucked! So I went on the minimum dose of Prozac and went to barber college. Barbering was generally far more relaxing than teaching but occasionally was sort of nerve wracking but in small doses. I managed to put up with cutting hair until retirement. Now I’m bored! I fantasize about becoming one of the garbage men as the deluxe outdoor mall apartment community west of here. I can’t even imagine substitute teaching like some of the old geezers we had at South High in Cleveland who couldn’t stand being retired. If I had to substitute today I’d just let the little monsters do whatever they wanted to and laugh at them.

[@greenhousefun3235]

omg. I'm sorry.

[@bidmcms3]

Weak

[@kenyonbissett3512]

People want to blame C-19, but the problems started years earlier.

[@carthur799]

Way to go lady - all districts are going through this and yes teachers are fed up with the bullshit and being treated terribly! Time for some changes!

[@dkbsoulman]

Last June I walked away after 12 years of being a school bus driver. Each day I dealt with children screaming, yelling, cursing, fighting, diving over seats, throwing things, and when I'd write a referral or report it to the principal not much ever happened. I loved driving a school bus and I cared about the students, but my nerves couldn't take it anymore. I'm so much happier now. The public school system is screwed.

[@sayitaintso7544]

I know your pain brother. I retired and decided I would drive the school bus never knowing what I was in for. I felt like I was driving inmates on a corrections bus. Like you say, referrals are basically ignored. How can school systems nationwide have these deeply imbedded issues yet school boards are oblivious on how to correct them? Well after 7yrs of this and hoping needed changes would come, I quit.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

My school system would rather pay for large recruitment signs than give them health benefits or decent pay. They have a huge responsibility working for only minimum wage.

[@shonuf5152]

@@sayitaintso7544 School board members don't care. They sit on their judgment thrones, looking down on teachers and admin, while kissing the posterior of the crazy ungrateful parents. It's unthinkable that you guys get no support, not even a listening ear.

[@thefish5861]

That’s interesting. I drove a school bus for one year, back in 1970-71. I was a sophomore in college. I drove little elementary kids in the morning, middle school kids in the afternoon, and high school sports teams out of town on occasion. It was a great job for a young guy, and I never had a single problem with any of the kids. Our society has changed dramatically, and not for the better. I’m glad I’m old now.

[@vietnamvet4533]

So true and you were so closing to coming if only you had finished why? Could it be those under worked and over paid K-12 union teachers who built a wall around the school to keep parents and the public from seeing what little they do? Could it be the Dumbocrat Party who they support who only care about votes and the monies the K-12 union teachers would kick up stairs? Yea bet it is.

[@porterbrass]

With the responsibility that teachers have they should be held in the highest esteem and paid well for their dedication.

[@julianmarsh8384]

I taught one year at a charter school in Illinois in a very tough community...we found the school board to be totally useless. I support through personal experience what Barbara says re: the stupidity of her school board. At the end of my single year at said school, the ENTIRE body of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade teachers refused to return--well, there was one exception; he said he'd stay if they moved him to a 5th grade classroom, and the school board obliged. But everyone else left and Nothing Changed.

[@Mrsuserdawn]

So fed up, I had to quit after 21 amazing years teaching 6th grade. I could no longer take the blaming or lack of accountability from parents, principals, and administrators. I was heartbroken but had to save my own life, I had such high blood pressure my doctors feared for my health. I’m fine now, but sad that my career ended the way it did. Educators are terribly undervalued and under appreciated in every way now a days. I still miss actually teaching the kids!

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Did you lose your pension? 😬

[@takkycat]

I work for a high school and elementary school. I was just threatened with a formal write up for DARING to do some high school work during a time I was not even scheduled to teach instead of just standing in the computer room converting oxygen into carbon dioxide as the other person taught the class during an elementary class.

[@robinw1526]

Hung in there long enough to collect your taxpayer funded pension.

[@mountainliving1227]

I left after twelve because I was tired of being abused, tired of being held to ridiculous expectations when the parents and kids were NEVER held accountable, and then the insulting paycheck that I was warned not to complain about. May the education system collapse to the ground.

[@XXLSSBBW]

Amen.

[@officialmelpeachey]

stop blameing the parents and kids

[@XXLSSBBW]

@@officialmelpeachey Fine. Lets just BLAME CANADA! Times have changed, Our kids are getting worse! They won't obey their parents, They just want to fart and curse! Should we blame the government? Or blame society? Or should we blame the images on TV? No, blame Canada! Blame Canada! With all their beady little eyes, And flapping heads so full of lies! Blame Canada! Blame Canada! We need to form a full assault! It's Canada's fault! Don't blame me, For my son Stan, He saw the darn cartoon, And now he's off to join the Klan! And my boy Eric once, Had my picture on his shelf, But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself! Well, blame Canada! Blame Canada! It seems that everything's gone wrong, Since Canada came along! Blame Canada! Blame Canada! They're not even a real country anyway! My son could have been a doctor or a lawyer, rich and true, Instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbecue! Should we blame the matches? Should we blame the fire? Or the doctors who allowed him to expire? Heck no! Blame Canada! Blame Canada! With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too! Blame Canada! Shame on Canada! For... The smut we must stop, The trash we will stash, The laughter and fun, Must all be undone, We must blame them and cause a fuss, Before somebody thinks of blaming us!

[@jeremiahr6074]

​@@officialmelpeacheyYou cannot even spell and you have no clue what it is like inside the classroom.

[@kooperdooper]

@@officialmelpeacheyWhat if it is their fault though?

[@MarianaArmonia]

I AM THE SON OF A TEACHER. Mom came home most of the days overwhelmed with work and sad or depressed when she was insulted by a student. She prepared in home her plans for teaching, she can't spend time with her own kids, working on lessons that students won't appreciate. I am so sad watching her driving to a place where she will be disrespected, and called the "B" word just for asking students to pay attention. The schools want my mom to be God and control what the whole government can't. My mom is a person with feelings, emotions, and family, she deserves to be happy and respected like everybody else! if a secretary in a company is called by her boss B or F or the N-word because he is rude, are you going to educate the secretary to learn relational skills to make him happy and blame her for causing that? does she have to go to level 5 to keep her job or lose it? so you will train her to accept her domination and misery??

[@vietnamvet4533]

Gee I wonder if Moms would be so sad if she had to work more then 1/2 the year like the rest of us? If she had to work on Sat or Sun, during Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and oh that 13 weeks of endless summer, nope I am working. How about working after 2 each day, wonder how she would feel. Anyway dear old moms should try it, you know it is the business she choose, so have her quit and join the private sector and she if she is any more happier. Good luck

[@langdons2848]

​@@vietnamvet4533it sounds like are the one who needs to quit and find a better job. Or perhaps you could just have a little empathy and realise that you are all being exploited. I recommend joining a union instead of taking it out on others who are doing it tough like you.

[@vietnamvet4533]

@@langdons2848 I think you are so right at 73 I need to join a union, and how about voting for all the Dumbocrats next Nov. Only people that ever exploited me were LBJ and JFK who sent me and 3 million other young men to VietNam, 62,000 came home in body bags. But I guess that wasn't as bad as being a K-12 union teachers dealing with kids all day.

[@icu64x]

​@vietnamvet4533 you are part of the problem

[@cmm2145]

@@vietnamvet4533​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠- Gee I wonder if you’ve ever known a teacher in your entire life….. Teachers don’t work “half the year”. I don’t know about every state but in the state where I taught teachers were contracted to work 187 days per year. We were off *without pay* for a total of 14 weeks per year which isn’t “half the year”. It’s approximately 1/4 of the year and we worked 3/4 of the year. Contract hours vary by district but are usually around 35-40 hours per week. We don’t get paid for days that we don’t work. Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, and Summer Break as well as less than a handful of single day holidays like Labor Day are all UNPAID. How many professionals who must have at least a Bachelor’s degree and a current certification in order to be hired don’t get paid for Labor Day? Teachers. That is all. Teachers don’t work on Saturday and Sunday??? Boy, did they lie to us…. Aside from the fact that teachers work on weekends grading papers, planning lessons, etc. because a 45 minute planning period each day is nowhere near the amount of time we need without students to be able to do the tasks that can’t be done while we’re teaching students who are in the classroom. We work before school, after school, during lunch, evenings, weekends, and holidays with no pay just to barely make it to be able to keep our jobs. And I’m not talking about overachievers. Besides teachers don’t get that planning period every day. Often they must attend meetings during their planning periods or cover classes who don’t have a teacher that day because there are not enough substitutes to cover for all the absent teachers. Now let’s talk about evenings, Saturdays, and so-called Summer Break. Teachers are *required* to work *without pay* some evenings, Saturdays, and parts of Summer Break. We are sent to mandatory trainings during those times. And sometimes we have to pay out of our own pocket to attend the mandatory trainings that we must attend but don’t get paid for. We are also required to work evenings and Saturdays doing things like Reading Night. These things are held in the evening and students and parents attend and teachers must be there but get no pay. This is usually the equivalent of a 12-13 hour workday but we only get paid for 8 hours. There are several of these throughout the year as well as Meet the Teacher and Open House that also are mandatory but unpaid. Then there are carnivals. Those are usually on Friday evening or Saturday. During Summer Break many teachers spend as much as 2 weeks attending unpaid training. Teachers work on lesson plans for the next year, study new curriculum for the upcoming year, read education related books, and more. Some teachers spend the last 1-2 weeks of Summer Break at the school setting up their classrooms and spend hundreds of dollars of their own money for classroom supplies. On average teachers are paid 20% less than other professions that require similar amounts of education, certifications, and experience. Lots of teachers work 2nd and 3rd jobs just to make ends meet because the teacher salary isn’t enough to live on. These aren’t teachers who are living in fancy homes, driving new luxury cars, and taking exotic vacations. The extra jobs are needed just to be able to afford reasonable rent/mortgage, upkeep and repairs on an old paid for car, normal bills, food etc. “Working after 2 every day”??? smh. Teachers usually have students until between 3:00 - 4:00 and don’t get to leave when the kids do. They have after school meetings and work to be done in their classrooms If they leave when the students do they’re usually carrying 2-3 hours worth of work to do at home. I have literally been working in my classroom after school until 9:00 PM at least once a week. The other days I probably worked in my classroom until 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Students were dismissed at 3:00 PM. I was lucky if I went home by 5:00 PM. I sure would like to know which schools you know of where teachers are working less than half the year, not working 10-20 hours per week unpaid, and are going home at 2:00 PM. We *know* that’s all BS because if it were true there wouldn’t be a teacher shortage and there wouldn’t be thousands of videos on KZbin with the title “Why I Quit Teaching”. “It’s the career you chose…”. Stupid thing to say. Some teachers chose their career before things got as bad as they are now. NO ONE goes into teaching thinking they’re going to have an easy job with a big salary. Most people who go into teaching do so because that’s their passion, their talent, or what they feel called to do and they love kids and want to make a positive difference. Just because someone chose to go into a certain career is NO EXCUSE for treating them badly, having them work under awful circumstances, and not paying a living wage. The advice you gave to quit teaching and go into another career is exactly what tens of thousands of teachers are doing every year. That’s why there’s a nationwide teacher shortage and a nationwide substitute teacher shortage. The majority of the time those who left teaching for another profession have better working conditions and more pay and they’re happier. Don’t sit around patting yourself on the back for dispensing such wonderful advice as if no one else ever thought of that or ever did that. I have some advice for you. Stay in your own lane. Quit trying to be up in other people’s business and quit acting like you know everything about teaching. Concern yourself with your own profession. If you were satisfied with your own profession you wouldn’t be tearing down people who are in other professions that you think are preferable to yours but that you know very little about.

[@drbonesshow1]

As a physics professor, who taught aspiring high school science teachers for 25 years - I warned them about the public schools. Still they tried. May their aspirations RIP. American K-12 education is a toilet in need of a flush.

[@waleedkhalid7486]

Lmao, the panel had the gall to tell this lady that her time was up

[@Lava1964]

I was a substitute teacher for a month in 1997. That was enough for me. I became a private tutor instead. If I had stayed in teaching I'd have had a nervous breakdown.

[@briaf3370]

They don’t care. THEY DONT CARE!

[@janbentzen6814]

They can manipulate younger teachers. They want old teachers to quit.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

And then the board and superintendent lie about how they value veteran teachers .

[@Heartandmind22]

Trainings! Whole days (and sometimes off days) devoted to trainings and meetings just to exercise authority and throw impossible demands on us. It is unjust and ridiculous. It seems that the name of the game is to move up into admin. That teaching is now the right of passage or initiation into admin. There is now more admin in the field than there are educators. It's insane.

[@ajshaka3212]

It is true...admin could care less. They just need a warm body in the classroom.

[@magicjim1]

COULDN'T care less

[@maxalberts2003]

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU'LL NEVER SEE ADMINISTRATORS RESPONDING to critiques on these sites. Remember, from a legal standpoint, SILENCE IS AFFIRMATION. Administrators really don't care.

[@Nubi1321]

I gave my resignation last week.

[@IUmusicBoi]

Proud ex-teacher after 17 years…I make more driving boats at Disney world…good thing I got that PhD 🤓

[@eanoworro1028]

Fire every administrator that is not the superIntendent, principals, AP, or bookkeeper Everyone else is simply fluff. Take that money and raise salaries.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

I was a teacher and left because it was like someone had pinned a notice saying 'kick me' to my back. I'll never go back until conditions and pay reflect the amount of committment.

[@keouine]

I don't expect a 14 year old to have a lot of respect and fondness for teachers, but you'd think the principal or superintendants would. They think teachers are lazy, whiny, overpaid since they get off work before 5, have 2 months off plus 2 weeks at Christmas. They engage in sleazy power politics that would raise red flags in "Is your workplace Toxic? books. A superintendant or principal should teach a year of classes for every 3 years of being a superintendant.

[@LoireValleyChateaux]

Simple: Discipline, accountability, parental involvement, intervention & ownership, expulsion & advancement only when the grade level is mastered. None of this move the child forward BS unless he/she knows it well.

[@CenterCommunity]

You’re willing to increase property tax to sustain a student until they graduate at 30 years old? It’s good for the slow learner, Albert Einstein was one, but can you afford it?

[@gracevalentine1666]

Teachers have no influence. If a parent targets a teacher, they’re gone. Admins rarely get fired. It makes news when a suit gets caught, unless it gets squashed. Like it always does.

[@LoireValleyChateaux]

@@gracevalentine1666 Teachers aren't held personally responsible when the curriculum is sanctioned by the school district. Teachers Union's & activist school districts are the source of the failed American School system. The only successful schools are pockets where conservative parents have full control of the school curriculum. God Bless ❤️🙏

[@LoireValleyChateaux]

@@CenterCommunity The United States has the second highest cost per student in the world and we rank 38th! We have to eliminate the teachers Union's & implement vouchers so parents have control over their children's education. Turning them into liberal one world order activists is NOT what we had in mind when we allowed these minions to enjoy the privilege of enjoying our little lights of God. ❤️🙏

[@creativewriter3887]

good luck with that. There's already TOO much Parental Involvement wherein they claim their child is being targeted or picked on (even though their child is a bully or worse!) Administrators REFUSE to hold any child or their parents accountable. Forget any type of expulsion or even suspension unless it's already beyond the pale. And If any teacher attempts to, they are threatened.. with their certification held as hostage unless they comply. If they don't, that teacher's career is ruined because I've heard horror stories (and you can see them here on YT) of teachers who took even more years of abuse and mental imprisonment rather than having an administrator destroy his/her career by making it impossible for any teacher to get another teaching job.. and yes, they have that power.

[@jammy92955]

This situation reflects the profession all over the world. It's a sad sad state how we as teachers are treated as if a can of rubbish! Overloaded with paperwork, lack of support, continuous assessment sheets and profiling, low wages, your mind never stops thinking about work. What the hell!

[@rachelplows3001]

I don't know about the whole world. Developed Asian countries don't seem to have as many problems.

[@aaronowen4425]

If you think teachers are treated badly by the school districts try being support staff..

[@JohnnyJohns-eb9qb]

"When God made fools, that was for practice. Then He made the school board." - Mark Twain

[@ratherbfishing455]

The students' behavior is horrible! They are uncivilized and agressive. I hear the F and N words hundreds of times

[@SharpieElectricity]

Last year, I called the front office and asked for assistance in my room because a student was physically assaulting other students. It took them 20 minutes to send someone to my room. I ended up having to physically restrain this child on the floor in a MMA style hold because he started beating on all the female students, punching them in the head, throwing chairs at them, etc. I was on the carpet in the room with this child in a bear hold while every other student was in the far corner of the room screaming when help did finally come. He received no punishment for that, just got moved to a different class with a “more experienced” teacher. I was the one that got in trouble for the way the situation was handled. They literally don’t give a shit about the teachers or the students anymore. It’s sickening and sad.

[@ratherbfishing455]

@@SharpieElectricity I probably would have evacuated the class out to the hall. That way it would be on camera and maybe other teachers would help intervene. I'm sorry you had to go through that and put up with that I never thought in a million years that the public school system would be like an insane asylum Aura high-level jail of course only stuff like that happens in movies

[@SharpieElectricity]

@@ratherbfishing455 that would’ve been a better idea for sure. I just hate that my entire class was disrupted because of that kid. And if I had done that, other childrens learning would’ve been disrupted as well. It sucks that the good people in the world today have to not only accommodate, but also face consequences for bad people’s behavior.

[@ratherbfishing455]

@@SharpieElectricity in my state, they used to ticket the students 10 years and older for disrupting a classroom now the state says we can't do that. They need to start putting the parents in jail for violent Behavior. There was one District in my city that used carpal punishment a few years ago let it stopped because a parent complaints there are a lot of violent Mexican teenage gangs in my state and it's only going to get worse

[@scottlincoln9900]

Preach it! Teachers used to be one of if not thee most respected members of society next to religion!!!

[@creativewriter3887]

And how sad that the religious members can make money hand over fist for fleecing the public and yet for an honest teacher to get HONEST respect is almost an impossibility! Parents just want a glorified baby sitter that guarantees their hellion a free pass to graduation with no accountability OR work whatsoever! And yet they're chided as being overpaid??? What the bloody hell.

[@scottlincoln9900]

@@creativewriter3887 My GF is a teacher. At least twice a month she has to deal with getting sick cause they're germ factories. I suffer with her in this one lol. She's always busy and stressed. I can't wait for her to quit. Id rather us be a vagrant nomad couple than deal with that level of BS. We're headed there soon, don't worry this will all get fixed. I wanna see the good ol days of classes of 10 and teachers can smack a kid upside the head for being a shit. I,d give my teacher the go-ahead. As long as they don't leave marks were fine. Kids these days need a good old-fashioned ass whopping and fathers to be present or moms. The family dynamic is fucked up in this country. Nobody values it.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Never. Teachers have always been women. 2nd class citizens.

[@620film]

The administrators (school board) simply do not care. It will never change, until school systems are run differently.

[@uberman6023]

They don't care if you quit...they want NEW young, woke, brainwashed teachers.

[@Dagger-Deep]

Define woke for us.

[@macdeus2601]

I don't know about the "woke" thing, but in many cases younger teachers are more appealing as job applicants because their inexperience translates into lower salaries, and schools are under intense pressure to cut costs. Infamously, the odds of any first-year teacher in the USA continuing to teach for more than 5 years are under 50%, so it's basically a system designed to chew through newbies' initial willingness to burn the candle at both ends, and then replace them when that enthusiasm runs out.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

THANK THE LORD!!! Wake up you brainwashed trumper.

[@SharpieElectricity]

I’m a new, young teacher. I’m not gonna let them bully me in any way, I’m gonna fight for what I know is right. Even if I lose my job, I’ll know that I gave it my all and REALLY tried to be the change I want to see. I’m not going to bow down to this nonsense. I will fight with every atom in my body to make the proper changes. If I get fired, then I’ll use my skills and degree to start a private school or private tutor company. I am DONE with these people trying to keep the good people down and silent.

[@MariahSincere]

The young teachers aren’t staying though. Second year teaching and I’m gone after this school year.

[@mikilegovindsamy9874]

I've seen a lot of these videos where teachers stand up on that podium and give a speech like that or quit, and I have to wonder, if the board members actually do something about the problem. It's also funny how they say your time is up, yet teachers don't have that same luxury of saying: my time is up, speak to me tomorrow.

[@crystalnait455]

Yeah they are sitting in those luxurious chairs , looking down on people , pretending to listen but they are not , then go home , get that big paycheck and never worry about being observed , criticized, blamed for students failures, getting cursed or hit but a students, getting cursed or hit by a parent, having to go home to more paperwork, more grading , classes getting bigger and bigger in sizes, lunch break interrupted so you can fill in for another teacher , buying supplies from your own pockets ...nah they don't worry about that Their big fat paycheck is guaranteed whether they fix issues or let it rot

[@wampuscat1340]

They’re not listening. They’re too busy planning how to raid the property tax base by making sure friends and family are awarded school district contracts and are hired for newly created director positions.

[@andrewgonzales1359]

How are teachers overpaid? Teachers have to earn bachelor's degrees which cost over thousands of dollars. There are professions that don't require require bachelor's degrees where people are paid more.

[@kathleenreardon8943]

In California you have to have at least 2 years and at least one credential in addition to a BA before you can teach.

[@jurgschupbach3059]

Administration and Boards

[@gabrielaizquierdo5174]

In VA you have to have a Master’s and a teaching license.

[@kaylabrown9073]

Geez the way this is going schools will just have to shut down permanently cause of everything going on with the students makes me glad I never had kids!

[@stephannymm17]

I feel so sorry for those hardworking teacher these days

[@justinbailey7953]

And the kids...They are not safe. The kids.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Not with Republican PEDOS in the church.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Too true….unfortunately. My county has trouble finding bus drivers and teachers.

[@PlasmaBurns]

Its not teaching anymore. Its training them to be a model prisoner.

[@rafasroka5449]

I thought it was just in Poland. I thought USA - such a great country - they must be doing better. I've quit teaching after 11 years. I loved teaching. Now I make reports in Excel for a corporation. Pay is twice as high. Job satisfaction is twice as low.

[@ot316]

They feel preachers and pastors deserve more money when they are already getting money from their congregation. Priorities have become so bad. This woman said right. I wouldn't want to be a teacher with these undisciplined kids that parents think the teachers should teach this instead of the parents. No parents, that's your job.

[@ElSantoLuchador]

If I was a teacher I'd quit. Things are getting ridiculous.

[@romeysiamese6662]

Administrators, some principals earn nice salaries Six figures in fact.

[@IssanCaliRefugee]

Much too high. They are public servants. Part of serving the public means maximizing taxpayer dollars, and accepting lower pay. They want the big bucks, they need to go private sector.

[@stevebarcelos9008]

You also gotta keep in mind where the teachers work. After 6 years and a master's degree I'm gonna finally crack 6 figures as a teacher...but according to the state, a single person making less than 126,000 in San Jose is low income so it's not as glamorous as it would seem.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

​@@IssanCaliRefugeeBULL!!!!

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

​@@IssanCaliRefugeeGo back to your country.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

​@@stevebarcelos9008I made from 17k to 50k in 20 years. Now my pension is 28k.

[@RacerX1971]

So horrible..in the Philippines, teachers are held in high regards.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I live in Greece and the administration here can not even put together a decent online material, which I consider their main responsibility, no matter what anyone tells me. Teachers here abide with that, because they condone private extra schooling because they get extra money. We are without hope. I wish the best to other countries. In Greece real education is a secret, well kept from the many. No wonder the country ended up like it is today. A state of traitors.

[@kenlucero3651]

Yasoo! Takanis? I was stationed at Iraklion Air Station Crete for 18 months in 1980-81. I didn't get to see mainland Greece but my time on Crete was one of the greatest blessings my life. I have very fond memories of the wonderful people, the food. My favorite was Octopus, Saganaki and a Greek salad. I also enjoyed what I called stuffed grape leaves. Crete hosts the most beautiful beaches I have seen in my life. The olive trees on base could not be picked. But we could take all of the figs that fell on the ground. The people were very warm and friendly and loved it when we even could speak a few words of Greek. As a Bible student I am amazed that the Apostle Luke was Greek and that he wrote the book of Luke and the book of Acts. Serving my nation on the Island of Crete is one of my greatest blessings and I would like to thank you and your nation for your gracious hospitality Efgaristo poli

[@dimitristripakis7364]

@@kenlucero3651 Ya sou! You are welcome, yes if you mean well being and cuisine we are at the top haha. I make taverna dishes at home and have an ouzo, play bouzouki and the children dance around. We have good times.. good to hear you experienced the culture, it is an honor and joy to have people visit. Where are you from, where are you now ?

[@kenlucero3651]

@@dimitristripakis7364 I live in Bailey Colorado and have lived in the State of Colorado all my life. I have four kids and four grandchildren. I have worked for the U.S Postal Service for the last 32 years.. I am a Denver Broncos and Nuggets fan as well as a Colorado Avalanche and Rockies fan. Colorado offers great Trout fishing and is considered the Bowhunting capital of the world. I also love to hunt, fish and enjoy eating wild game. I enjoy reading and studying the Bible and spending as much time as possible with family. How about you, where do you live in Greece 🇬🇷 ? How many languages do you speak? I study Spanish and French. The US Postal Service is such a culturally diverse work place that I hear many languages on a daily basis with the exception of Greek.

[@JamesCAsphalt8]

When teachers become some of the most highly valued and highly paid people in our country, only then will be have more than adequate education for our children.

[@YorkDLance]

It’s a year later. It’s not better. It’s worse. I’m lucky to be a prof in college but I applaud and cheer my K12 siblings. I know it’s awful and you’re doing the best you can. I hear you.

[@EllochkasG]

I got a scholarship to get a certification. Not sure if I want to finish it. As an intern it's not just the pay of teachers, it is the stupidest policies and procedures that must happen and the codes and all that other stupidity that makes some teachers want to quit. Some love it because they got power over the kids and order them around

[@krachenford9594]

Rich kids get private schooling, the rest gets heavy metal, army and drugs.

[@XXLSSBBW]

Don't forget guns. America has the most school shootings than any other country.

[@charlessutherland274]

If it helps, I just got started as a teacher, and I love it! Sure, it's not easy. 6 a.m wake-up calls, noisy kids, the fear of phone calls home, worries over observation, etc. But I love the feeling of satisfaction when a kid says I'm their favorite teacher, and when they finally get something that's been bugging them. I can honestly say I wouldn't want to do anything else.

[@gailmorgan1244]

@@stophittingyourself123 like what?

[@gailmorgan1244]

I’m looking into a teaching career now & your comment is the first positive one I’ve read in 48 hours. Thank you. What do you mean by “wake up calls”?

[@HopeLopez-w4d]

We need more teachers like you.

[@charlessutherland274]

@@gailmorgan1244 Oh, just having to get up super early.

[@ruthresetar5940]

Just. Wait.

[@RockSmithStudio]

Clowns: “If teachers don’t like it, quit!” Teachers: “I quit” Clowns: 🤯

[@gailmorgan1244]

Do teachers actually receive write ups or face reprimands if they can’t meet unachievable expectations?

[@SharpieElectricity]

Yes they do. They get in trouble if their students aren’t achieving grade level standards even if they weren’t achieving grade level standards the year prior but were pushed to the next grade anyway. Teachers are expected to do the impossible in todays world and are condemned for not being super human.

[@rapunzelz5520]

The ship is going down. Which is painful, but good. We need a whole new paradigm where schools are strictly run by local control and no government funding. Parents need to step up and both parent and be in charge of their child’s education. They have abdicated both roles and need to shape up.

[@nomDePlume999]

Educational justice!

[@ge2623]

And whose fault is it for ever thinking they did care?

[@USVIsteve]

Just come out and say it. Kids are animals and you just can’t deal with it anymore.

[@Chickennss]

It sounds like she is describing my local district. Central office is chocked full.

[@cheryltemplin5445]

The schools or the school boards don't care.

[@123merch]

Well said!

[@Jean-ni6of]

What do men and women do when the leave teaching? Are there job opportunities any where?

[@markythelarky6948]

Actually, yes! I am still a teacher, but a lot of people I have talked to that decided to leave ended up being very successful in other fields. It turns out that teachers happen to be highly skilled employees. Their extensive education, training, and experience make them very capable. A teacher has had a trial by fire and can handle difficult situations most people would probably be overwhelmed by. Teachers have excellent public speaking skills, they have excellent critical thinking, they have a well-rounded education, they can plan and collaborate, and most importantly, they are leaders.

[@muc405]

Most have a Master's degree so they can find employment in a lot of fields in the private sector using their many different skill sets and be successful. If they taught a subject in high school such as math, science, foreign language, etc. they can find employment using that knowledge. If a teacher taught middle school or elementary school they can find employment in a broad range of positions from writer to editor, corporate trainer, museum educator, developing curriculum, HR specialist, marketing specialist, etc.

[@glory5110]

Absolutely. They can easily transition into being college advisors and admissions counselors, teach at community colleges (if they have a masters, in my state they do,) copywriting/editing, project managers, educational consultants, etc Their interpersonal, organizational, management and math skills are highly valued in a number of sectors. Their experience in the education system means they are incredibly savvy regarding bureaucracy as well.

[@IssanCaliRefugee]

After 6 years of teaching I'm now trying to apply my MA in English and experience to other fields. Currently I've been doing online ESL and technical writing, but it's not enough. I also need a real full time job. I've been applying for technical writing, college advising, curriculum design, corporate training, and tutoring and refugee centers. After 6 interviews over the past 3 months, most with multiple rounds and a lot of interest, they all eventually let me down. It's tough out there, likely because there's a lot of us in this boat. But we've got to keep it up. Effectively what we're doing is now the biggest teachers' strike in history, which needs to be done.

[@sarahbroad6548]

I am a former English teacher who does online instructional design. The pay is much better and the stress and workload are much lower.

[@jimmy5634]

Bureaucracy and waste. It’s at epidemic levels in some parts of the country.

[@easandov]

Teacher's need a mentor-support system. Because there is no help for new teachers. Specially trained mentor support system.

[@mathbrown9099]

Lady, how do you think administrators who have to cause it all to instantly be well?

[@Lakeboii70]

And ultimately this is going to hurt the children that are supposed to be being taught by these teachers that aren’t being respected by the school board so I would say it was the school board’s responsibility for all the teachers leaving

[@frankdunne2401]

Who are these boards, who appoints them

[@jasonnitti5478]

Elected by voters

[@kelaarin]

The boards are elected, but the administrations are hired by the state.

[@bryonstump8115]

@@kelaarin Not true. Administrators are hired by the school boards.

[@IssanCaliRefugee]

It's a racket. Cronyism and nepotism.

[@dbs555]

The unfazed districts had better hope that all admin personnel are certified teachers. It sounds like they're all headed to a classroom.

[@craigdrury4756]

Shut the whole school system down before kids start dying MY GOD!

[@HopeLopez-w4d]

Some of the students are so anti-social and twisted.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

​@@HopeLopez-w4dLike you?

[@Masterho310]

What was the administrations response to this? What is the administrations response to a "mass exodus of teachers"?

[@shartazokhan1043]

How long before schools manly rely on an IA instead of teachers? I give it 5 to 10 years, an AI will start doing 1/3 of the education, and it will be remote learning.

[@bullard73]

My school is bringing in teachers from 3rd world countries

[@HopeLopez-w4d]

We had a group arrive from the Philippines to teach here in the U.S. It is great opportunity for them, they were happy and excited. Maybe outsourcing can alleviate some of the issues.

[@mogwaiman6048]

Covid should of taught everyone what happens when public schools shutdown.

[@AgentQQ8]

This is gonna have consequences …

[@skeeterbodeen8326]

What happens when they open schools and no teachers show up ??? So much for "No Child Left Behind"

[@IAPPEARINVISIBLE]

My wife has been a teacher for 30 years. She puts in at least 60 hrs a week and pays for supplies out of pocket. With 2 master's degrees, if she were in the private sector she would be making at least twice her current salary. I think the powers that be want to privatize schools. These conditions continue to get worse because that is what they want. I think we’re in for a rough ride before we get to the end of this. I hope I'm wrong.

[@alicianieto2822]

The discurse of the self made man who determines his own future does not go well with the idea of " the only reason why you got a college degree or your business goes well is because an elementary teacher did a great job getting you to read and count and if they had not your life would have been much worse despite your efforts". Recognizing teachers hurts the ego of succesful adults

[@Hargsehm]

I hear it said during cvd that we don't need teachers we have computers. The government doesn't want personal input from teachers. It has a better corriculum for your children.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Traitor?

[@joycewright5386]

I am not a teacher and I have no children but can someone tell me why discipline was stopped in the schools? Why can’t there be consequences for misbehaving? I really don’t understand.

[@allanfifield8256]

Nice sweater

[@piercebales9546]

The war against education is open, clear and obvious and not a word from establishment media or government. When public education is gone and only substandard "commercial, farcial" education is left they cannot say it is better.

[@stormygeo]

Read Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell, it's been like this for a lonnnnnng time.

[@hangingwiththegrlz4891]

It is cheaper to get rid of all certified staff and hire subs instead.

[@JonLundgren]

They just don’t care. NOW you’re getting it.

[@hhattonaom9729]

So just stop kowtowing to the board of Ed and do your own thing. Stop looking for the solution from a broken system.

[@claudiaritter7087]

Have all classes on line with parental supervision. No need for all this discussion.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Ha ha ha Dum parents like you?

[@ArmyOfAngels2024]

The problem is the good teachers are leaving and we're only left with the crazy blue haired groomers. I'm telling ALL of my clients that are worried about parenting in this day and age to homeschool their children!! We want education not indoctrination!!

[@galetrumpet]

People like you are the reason teachers are leaving. With your attitude toward teachers , combined with millions of others who blame teachers for everything they can dream up in their conspiracy laden imagination, no wonder they're leaving . You want to blame somebody for your problems, look in the mirror.

[@MsJujubee3]

Yep. I only lasted 7 years.

[@bmphil3400]

You voted for it...... This is how central big government works.....its not a touchy feely commune .....the little people get crushed.

[@sbakst]

This is issue is beyond bipartisan politics.

[@bmphil3400]

@@sbakst not really because the politicians, police, teachers, union, parents etc will all have to get involved. That will take alot of rules, a lot of discipline, a lot of lawsuits, and alot of pissed off people. No way that does not become political. Discipline will have to be enforced....the amount and degree of enforcement will be a huge issue. Zero discipline and you get what you have now....to much and you get fired for being a Nazi.

[@dropdog395]

Pretty sure they're not too concerned about education in red states.

[@kane357lynch]

Black kids are given a free pass for repeated violence.

[@tiffanyjames7150]

I’m in Texas and find this hilarious…..I love your accent!!!!

[@daveprice5758]

There are many problems with our educational system. If teachers taught math, science, English, geography and TRUE world history and QUIT teaching wokeness, that would help. Parents need to step up and teach RESPECT, morals and behavior. We all need to take responsibility for our children. This entitled generation has some hard lessons coming.

[@crystalnait455]

Sometimes things need to fall completely apart to fall back to the right place This broken system based on using teachers as stepping stones need to crumble in order for a system that respects them and show that respect financially emotionally and professionally to be built Doubt it, but that's the only way out of the mess we're in

[@lynneSpiration]

What is the answer? Its only gotten worse. There will be more children with abortion laws and we have no education system. What happens when all the rich kids go to private schools?

[@puig3853]

👀

[@douglasjoe1]

And yet you still confuse little children of their gender

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Are you confused about yours? Castrated?

[@jamesritchey9487]

How about the Christian teachers look for employment with a Christian school instead of working for the Evil public school system. A teacher that has moral values make the difference Public education is the root cause of the condition of the USA. Parents are not welcome in school board meetings , Parental input has been ignored, students with disabilities have been neglected an over looked while the schools have catered the ones that excel.... Our children cannot write in cursive a high school student ,the pledge of allegiance is not welcome in our schools anymore😢. Vulgar language is acceptable sexual content is the norm! Undermining the parents is the way it has been for the last 30 years....... and what about the running mate for Virginia Governor point blank said we do want the parents input..... I pray his political career is Over we need God fearing men in office

[@tanyamushaney2743]

Public school should be no more. I feel nothing for groomers.

[@americangirl8970]

AI can help.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

Nobody learns anything in school anyway, which is why the average adult has a sixth to seventh grade reading level, and simulated academic instruction is merely a baby-sitting stratagem to make work for the kids who are being watched in loco parents. As Albert Einstein said education is what’s left when you forget what you learned in school, sol apparently the typical adult has a sixth grade education because they’ve forgotten the last five or so years of school they took! I realize that teaching is stressful, because if not a true profession, and it really isn’t, it is a job and a stressful one at that, so I applaud all of these teachers who are quitting. Nor do I really intend that they are merely baby-sitters because if that were true they would just let the kids watch television all day while passing out snacks and even permit the kids to take naps. But the system is broken, reminiscent perhaps of the impending demise of the mainline Protestant churches. The reason administrators don’t care is because they know that in a pinch they can hire permanent substitutes which would permit anyone with any kind of a bachelor’s degree to teach while going through the motions of getting alternate certification. Or they can just increase class size, as after all, it’s not like they’re the ones who will be stuck with the increased teaching load. I taught for seven years and then later on tried being a Benedictine brother for one year, and I realized immediately that even with a bachelor’s degree I was over-educated compared to what my parochial junior high students would ever be able to absorb, as indeed, half of them were below average and fully one third of them couldn’t even pass the entrance examinations to attend catholic high school. Especially after early secondary school increasing numbers of kids should be shunted off to trades training to be taught by journeymen trades people and not these pseudo-intellectual fatuous twits with teaching degrees who clearly are not getting through to the more dull normal and anti-intellectual kids who have no use for academic studies. So in a sense we have too many teachers and not enough tradespeople imparting the older kids with marketable skills so they don’t get stuck working in retail.

[@truther001]

Einstein was a phony and plagiarist.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

@@truther001 One of my friends pointed out that Einstein looked the part of a mad scientist, but many people have had IQs in the 160 range which is what his was, supposedly. But he didn’t do well in school supposedly. Brilliant people in general learned very little of what they end up knowing in school since those who are genuinely intellectually inclined don’t need to be prodded into reading or what have you. To me school makes no more sense than forcing everyone to play football, which they do at the US Naval Academy in weight class intramural leagues, or making everyone take piano lessons. The fact is most people are violently anti-intellectual, think intellectuals are creepy, and want to be left alone to play computer games or to watch television or go partying or what have you. And of course most teachers are kind of anti-intellectual but for some reason enjoy dominating kids with all the attendant nervous activity which appears to dumb extroverts apparently. To me schooling is mostly crap. Also, I don’t like having to pay for it in the form of property taxes. I also don’t like having to pay for the police to drive around writing me traffic tickets when most of that nonsense could probably be automated.

[@markythelarky6948]

Though I agree with many of your points, I can't help but notice a faint hostility in your tone. I was a product of the Catholic school system, I went to a prestigious Catholic high school up to 11th grade when my parents divorced and were unable to afford tuition. I was forced to attend my local public high school and realized just how much I had missed out on. Catholic schools often exist in bubbles, disconnected from reality. Their reference is the student and parent base they work with, which, I'm sorry to have to say, is anything but common. I fell in love with public education and have been working in it for 23 years now. Yes, it's hard. Yes, everyone blames you. Yes, many of the underlying issues are beyond your control. But to make a difference in your community and to watch kids succeed despite the many hardships is a pleasure like no other. I agree with you about not having enough offerings in the trades, especially considering those careers today often have higher pay. But I don't know what you mean about shunting kids into them. If you know anything about the history of education you'll know that it was precisely that, which used to be done, and usually to minorities. One thing is to offer and another is to shunt. I also detect a slight antagonism towards intellectualism. You seem to be exhibiting a bit of cognitive dissonance complaining about students being anti-intellectual while at the same time complaining intellectuals are ruining education. Thinking students are inherently anti-intellectual or inherently anything else is another disservice. No one is inherently good at anything, it's a matter of hard work in conjunction with good teaching and resources. It is precisely this kind of thinking which led to the shunting you seem to promote. When you make up your mind that someone is incapable of doing something you've already condemned them to fail.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

@@markythelarky6948 I appreciate your well thought out response. I realize that the word “shunt” has negative connotations. I am old fashioned and believe that people should be flunked out if they can’t do the work then given other choices, is all. The first Catholic school I taught at wasn’t the greatest; the nuns were more interested in religion than academics. I was raised Episcopalian and was less religious than them, even if the Episcopal Church does have some nuns as well. What really angers me about public schools is the tolerance of violent kids who belong in juvie. I always vote no on school levies, but I’m an introvert who not only taught himself to read after not bothering until the age of eight, but since then has read over 5,000 books. I’m eccentric because I preferred working as a seaman and a barber. To me school teachers are really anti-intellectual, and typically make comments such as they wouldn’t read such a such a title because the book in question was “too fat”!

[@lisamoag6548]

I agree.

[@pauljones2857]

It's always about the money I thought being a teacher was supposed to be about students?

[@HopeLopez-w4d]

It's a war zone. The minority of sane students who are left, simply put on their earphones and tune out the chaos. I don't blame them.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

Ha ha ha We should do it for free now!!!???? Ha ha ha ha

[@m.foster4096]

They might take her more seriously if she didn't have a green sweater with Santa faces on it

[@davidwell686]

The teachers Union has destroyed the teaching profession.

[@CherylPerson-pi5lq]

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha