Teacher Reveals Why Many Are Quitting In Record Numbers

[@patriciasmith364]

My daughter is now teaching in Tanzania, and she is scheduled to come home in June (after 3 years). I told her that teaching positions are plentiful, and her response was, “I do not plan to go back into a classroom in the USA, after dealing with these respectful kids with supportive homes.” My heart goes out to teachers today.😭

[@BA-mv8pp]

Same in india.

[@miguelalexander80]

Wow, how did she like Tanzania overall?

[@originaleverythingelseisca5977]

Exactly!!!

[@blackentrepreneur8564]

Exactly! Let us travel back to Africa and establish and build up for the future.

[@farmerfletch]

Wow. I'm a teacher in America. I would be ecstatic to hear her experience teaching in Tanzania. I've always wanted to teach in an African country.

[@jpcoleman3408]

I remember when I was in the eighth grade, I cut 5th and 6th period. My mom came home from work an hour early, asked me why I was home, so I made up a story about having been hit in the face with the football during PE. She called my principal to verify my story, and he said he had not heard anything from my coach about me getting hurt. My mom took me back to school, whooped me in the principal's office and then gave the principal permission to whoop my ass. I never cut class again, and graduated with honors, and an academic scholarship to LSU.

[@lineangelmangao8466]

Yea, that sounds like the good ole days . . . you had me cracking up !!!

[@ladywithclasscarpenter1143]

Jo Coleman • That what it should be, the Government has taken Parenting rights Children are so unruly, twisted world we now live in, I don’t blame these Teachers.

[@jhssmith2004]

yep. i saw a classmate get whipped in front of the whole class and teacher by her mother. then her mother gave us a lecture about the importance of a good education and how to behave and listen to your educators. i was an honor student all through school and in college received honors for the best student in my field of study.

[@joannaldawson1750]

Foolishness is BOUND IN THE HEAR OF A CHILD; but, THE ROD OF CORRECTION WILL DRIVE IT FAR FROM HIM. the book ✍️👁️💕😎

[@maryjane3055]

I envisioned those Hallowed Halls of my alma mater as I read your comment. We loved our (Railhead, Jr. High), and (Bulldog, High School) Principals. These names were amongst us students. They ran those schools!

[@robincooper9572]

I believe her. My heart goes out to her. I couldn’t do it. These teachers are just “babysitters” at this point. They’re just there. Most of these parents know how disrespectful, unruly, disorderly their children are yet condone their behaviors. Once upon a time black folks were being beat on, spit on, rocks thrown at, being called the “n-word” just trying to make it into the school building and here we are in 2023 with black teachers going through this foolishness with black students!

[@carolyndaniels386]

💐👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💐

[@loisbullock3151]

U are so on point. I definitely feel that’s all we are “BABYSITTERS” children aren’t focused these days. I know this isn’t all students, but a great deal of them.

[@TheMightymo05]

STFU ...As if black kids are the only ones acting out.

[@cedricjackson7521]

I can’t blame her is hard to teach kids when they is refuse to obey along with listen and then you gotta deal with the parents who are just as out of order as the students themselves

[@lachelburton6571]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 What can we do as a community-especially black community-to change our students who are so disrespectful?

[@rayj.9568]

I served 24 years in the U.S. military. Immediately after leaving the military, I enrolled in college and graduated with a degree in Math Education. After experiencing what the woman in the video did, I left the brick and mortar school. I now teach online. It's not perfect, but I have close to zero classroom disciplinary issues. I have no plans to return to a brick and mortar school.

[@loisbullock3151]

I commend you for your choice. School is NOT school anymore. It’s like you are on a Rollercoaster going down fast

[@nawal10]

As I'm watching this I'm literally teaching on zoom rn lol

[@myobioma]

Are they hiring? I’m looking for a math teacher opportunity virtually with benefits.

[@rayj.9568]

@@myobioma , Look up K12 Online Public Schools.

[@historical7711]

Thanks for your service. What branch?

[@alansjf33]

She is telling the truth. There is a sense of entitlement that many students have. This new batch of kids in the past couple years are different.

[@azariyahbenyahudah5]

I think they realize they are living in the last days.

[@aermax7321]

.. it's the mentality overcrowding the atmosphere of their household being carried out into the world

[@DoubeEdged7]

It's the laws No discipline in school No spanking at home They want those prisons filled up with your sons

[@rayj.9568]

​@Azariyah Ben Yahudah , Don't give them that much credit. They don't even think past what's for lunch.

[@Dr.Sharron]

It is called lack of parenting.

[@soulsearcher4586]

I have a daughter in middle school and she comes home and tells me how horrible the kids are toward the teachers! It's to the point where we are considering going back online because even though she's an A student she can't get the help she needs from the teacher's because they're spending so much time dealing with problematic kids! I honestly feel bad for teacher's nowadays because the public school system is so damaged due to loss of funding there really is no passionate teacher's left and, I believe these kids know it so they act out!

[@Dr.Sharron]

Please do. We are dealing with defiant children who grew up having defiant children. Rebellion breeding rebellion.

[@Jeremy_the_bot]

It's not loss of funding. Districts still get plenty of funding. It's the belief that kids of all abilities must be shoved into the same classroom and magic will somehow occur.

[@illuminadi5848]

Yeah, I’m working on an exit plan right now. Everything she said is completely accurate. It’s gotten ridiculous.

[@frana.4086]

Me too!

[@azariyahbenyahudah5]

She could only imagine how ecstatic African children should would be to have a teacher like her. There isn't any school to prison pipeline there, and the parents would discipline the child in front of the teacher and his classmates.

[@isrealnation7524]

@@frana.4086 sorry to hear this

[@davruck1]

@@azariyahbenyahudah5Africa is just a European colony.

[@dildo123cinnamon6]

@@davruck1 No it's not. You don't know what you're talking about.

[@mrs100]

She’s telling the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth! God bless our educators.🙏🏾

[@alb6372]

Yep

[@BiteThemBack75]

Thank You!!!

[@URestURust]

She speaks the truth!!!!

[@WAR-WITH-US]

The parents are lazy and send their disrespectful brats to school so the teachers can babysit 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@marshasingleterry8211]

I literally was just saying this to my grandfather the other day having a discussion he disagreed with the concept

[@MrTerrell145]

I’m a Program Director and this couldn’t have been more spot on. I’m not teacher but I’m in the buildings from 10-6. Parents know that they have disrespectful, dangerous and Criminal children but refuse to deal with them accordingly so they send them to school so they don’t have to deal with them.

[@papaagidi2838]

Exactly my point, white kids don’t behave like that

[@brendagrant9382]

😂 you telling the truth.

[@laglendareed8086]

Not to mention the ones that get an SDI check for ADHD and ODD that is the new diagnosis for poor parenting. Because you chose to have a Black male without a Husband that loves and supports the Black Family their son is out of control, at school and you all Blame the Teacher. They all need parenting class and the school needs to stop blaming it on the MORAL ISSUE...my taxes pay for all of this.

[@MoonLightWright]

As a brother of a former teacher, I can confirm this. This isn't new, but at least back in the day these teachers were backed and supported by the administration.

[@symonelewis1690]

The reason why some kids feel emboldened to act a fool at school is because they were allowed to act a fool at home. Bad behavior usually starts at home, and then it gets taken out in public with them.

[@xenuno]

So what's to be done about it? These rotten apples are destroying the learning environment for those that are there to learn. I'm pretty sure nothing has been done so far in the worst schools. Public schools have long been a baby sitting service and an expensive one with no return for those that actually pay the freight ..

[@mopheousredpill7462]

Raised by single baby mommas who said they was strong independent and didn't need no man , the chickens have come home to roost !

[@yasahmeal-satiif1841]

​@@mopheousredpill7462 Perhaps if the men stepped up there would NOT be so many single mothers. It's not that these women don't need men, it's the type of men. Babies aren't made by themselves. A decent man would make sure he was there for his child regardless of how he felt about the woman. Men are not innocent in this.

[@flo-dd5sw]

Many kids are in group/foster homes coming to school. Many need to stop shooting out sperm.

[@melokan]

@@mopheousredpill7462 u ain’t tired of this boring narrative yet? Are all single Mothers single for the same reason? Just stop it dude. Our kondition is not monolithic

[@lotusstar347]

My dear, I hear you! After 43 years in the classroom, the administrator sent two girls who threatened me and would not enforce the two day suspension. He brought them back, I said, " Hold on. I need to get my purse." I walked out. Loved the kids. Loved my subject. Enough!

[@Bloombaby99]

This is a lawless society. *Protect yourself at all costs* .

[@ZionsTreasure]

💯💯💯💯

[@staywell7217]

Absolutely !! The dysfunction is palpable.

[@tonyat5470]

WTH DOES UR COMMENT HAVE TO DEAL W THE PRICE OF TEA IN CHINA. THE LAWLESS SOCIETY IT PART DUE TO WS . THESE KIDS NEED MENTORS. AND THE BLK MEN ORVWOMEN ARE NOT STEPPING UP. TO STAND IN TO HELP THEM. I CANT STAND IGNORANT NLK PEOPLE WHO TSLK ABOUT THE KIDS AND CALL THEM.NAMES WHEN U KNOW THEY HAVE LACK OF PARENTING

[@tonyat5470]

​@Stay Well WELL WONTBU SHET UP AND HELP THEM THEN.

[@disf5178]

@@tonyat5470 anyone in these comments are probably good parents, and people who care enough to be concerned about the problems. There's no good parents in here to yell at.

[@khayeel634]

My sister taught middle school for 10 years and every day she would come home saying how she almost had to fight a student that was bigger than her, and when she went to the principle about it, she got reprimanded. So, two years ago she quit! Now, they recently called her asking would she come back, and she told them hell no!

[@mikeysting3635]

My mother once told me when she was student at school in Jamaica if you disrespect a teacher they would whoop you and send you home where your mother would whoop you then send you back to school then when you get home your father would whoop you when he come home from work 😂

[@FrnnkEducation]

That's how it was here in America growing up. I'm 35 yet I remember my older brother getting paddled by the teacher then a whooping when he got home.

[@nonyabiz12]

@@FrnnkEducation ...Yeah teachers used to whip kids in front of the class with a paddle or yard stick. Or somethings they'd send students to the dean for them to whip u.

[@TURBOBEATZZZ]

Welp that obviously didn't work.

[@frana.4086]

Those were the good ole days 😂 when teachers were respected!

[@frana.4086]

​@@TURBOBEATZZZ Actually it did work because we are civil and know how to respect our elders! If it didn't work we wouldn't be having this conversation. There was a break down in the black communities after desegregation.

[@mhairsto24]

The problem to begin with is the parents, it starts at home. You can't expect a teacher to also deal with violent children who will never amount to anything good, it's time to back our teachers and remove the toxic children. Parents must stop allowing these kids to be entitled, it's a hot mess for real, WE ARE DOOMED.

[@MrCherryzz]

the parents need to stop seeing their child as an angel and realize that they are bundles of chaos that need order.

[@starnblack09]

I doubt these parents will listen to anything they don't care about what people think of them unless the kid is put in jail and the parent has to be forced to stop their monster

[@skidcaesar]

she is so right. St. Louis MO is full of damaged and dysfunctional school districts. This brave woman's story is the story of tens of thousands of teachers of all races, both sexes, and at public & private schools alike. I thank her for telling this truth.

[@christophermunoz205]

Bunch of dysfunctional kids.

[@seekeroftruth45]

Are the private schools that bad???

[@sirblack1619]

I grew up in Saint Louis and the whole region is dysfunctional.

[@jermainebrown4641]

Grew up in St. Louis and it was bad, but it is by design

[@jermainebrown4641]

I was in the St. Louis Public School district, it was bad all the way around.

[@stefanossmitty3318]

I live in DC and ride the metro to work. My ride is only 9 minutes and it’s the scariest 9 minutes of my day. These kids are on another level. Cussing, loud music, feet plopped up on the seats, 8 inch lashes, braids down to their ankles, and I’ve never seen one of them actually reading a book. I’m surprised we even have any teachers left at all.

[@huldahsroots]

I live in the area too and have witnessed the same far too many times. I hate to say it but on the train they act like a bunch of wild animals, very disrespectful. It is so embarrassing.

[@stefanossmitty3318]

@@huldahsroots Right! 🤬🤦🏾‍♂️

[@dimorphos8916]

DC schools just prep them for jail. Its awful

[@ryanyoung9202]

@@dimorphos8916 YUP

[@carlitah74]

I live in the DMV too but in MD and my 24 year old son who rides the train tells me of the horror stories on the train. I am so glad I no longer have to ride the train for work.

[@adinalamtez3310]

These children do not have home training anymore. These days if you correct a child the parent gets mad. We are living in the upside down.

[@lineangelmangao8466]

I know exactly what she is talking about via experience as a substitute teacher. It's very disappointing to go to college, thinking you're going to be teaching & then the reality hits you like this. I've seen teachers come inside the teachers lounge & hyperventilate. It's horrible.

[@isrealnation7524]

This is sad 😞

[@morola096]

I was a substitute teacher too and everything you said is completely true. It was a hellhole

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your stories... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit teachers to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in my research and telling their story. Please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@TrollinOn22s]

And these are the kids Phil thinks would do well in other schools 😂

[@muragegitari6052]

You said it, Madam Teacher. Thank you. Am a Kenyan teacher in the UK, and this behaviour is common, esp in inner city public schools. Youth moral decadence and poor intellectual development are a definite start of the fall of society.

[@J3nni_lala]

I really doubt that you are a teacher, if you can defrenciate I am or I'm from Am. Your English grammar is suspect

[@muragegitari6052]

@J3nni_lala See your response. Is that how you write the word "differentiate"? I can't judge you on that. It social media that cares? Everybody uses short hand. What matters is facts. For your info, I teach maths and economics, with a good record. Some of my students pass with A*. As a whyte Americ@n, drunk with wyte superiority, you can't relate to this. Can you? I have also taught economics at undergraduate and masters university classes. Tell me more.

[@J3nni_lala]

@@muragegitari6052 did you a dictionary to find and define that word. I said what I said and your English grammar is deplorable. I would hate to have a verbal conversation with you. Or to have any children taught by you. Learn english😉

[@brixtongun]

I come from a family of teachers and my mom keeps telling me they need black male teachers, I'm like nah between the kids and the administration, it aint even worth it.

[@frana.4086]

My family too! I swore I would never teach, but it seemed natural. Schools not like when my parents were teachers. Brothers are needed but if principals are white males, they often feel threatened and treat our brothers with disdain. Blk men can't be themselves and can't even help the boys because the white establishment thinks you don't have a clue!

[@mojoe3012]

Whether Male or not the kids know that they can hit you. If you defend yourself, maybe you wind up in jail 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@dardaniussmith2953]

That's exactly why I didn't get into it..

[@mopheousredpill7462]

It's too late now, the modern society will not allow black men to discipline children anymore and pushed them out (so called toxic masculinity) and now these dysfunctions are raised by the same single baby mommas who said they was strong independent and didn't need no man , the chickens have come home to roost !

[@sparklesp9304]

They do, but these folks REALLY need to stop having kids!

[@Simply_JustKim]

I’m leaving the profession. The disrespect is off the charts.

[@misslisa904]

I left teaching last year after receiving 2 Master's degrees in education. I will NEVER go back to teaching unless it's on the collegiate level...

[@rolynnsreviews]

I have been a an educator in the state of North Carolina for 25 years, and I agree with this assessment of the American educational system! 😤😤😤🤬🤬🤬

[@DarknetDude]

It takes a special kind of person to deal with these disrespectful brats. It's amazing to me that actors are paid so damn much for pretending but our teachers, one of the most important jobs in the world, get paid sh*t to deal with sh*t.

[@frana.4086]

Yes, we do!

[@miguelalexander80]

The irony of it all right?

[@smfarrie2943]

Are you really comparing teachers pay to actors. Two different industries.

[@comecorrect1]

I agree, I taught, and even though I enjoyed it and my students. I can say that I didn't make enough to have a livable wage. Most of these celebrities, they do demonic things for fame in these days, and get paid way more. It takes a special dedication and patience to be a teacher, it's a selfless job in retrospect to all in that profession. You get no academy award or fame as an educator, also peep this Hollyweird is a joke in these times.

[@frana.4086]

@@smfarrie2943 No, he was not. He was saying that in the US actors are paid more than teachers and that teachers Are one of the most important jobs in the world. He is absolutely correct! He was saying that our system puts it's priority in the wrong places. That's called inferences in the English language.

[@giancarlojacobs9982]

I teach preschool and it GENUINELY feels like the parents and the district are determined to raise sociopaths. The kids are given every luxury to have their misbehavior met with positivity and reward. I often butt heads with other teachers and administrators about me not tolerating misbehavior in class. Often being told that we can't tell students "no" or remind them to say "please and thank you ". It's a disaster

[@teachergotgame2203]

I teach in New Jersey in a inner city. It’s the same here. A kid put his hands on me and I kicked him out of my classroom two minutes later the vice principal tried to put him back into my classroom and I said nope that student is never allowed in my classroom again. They switched his class.

[@alb6372]

You might have just saved that kid for a better future, as you taught him a lesson. Hopefully, he or she will choose a good path for his or her life. May God bless you. Teachers should be greatly respected. It is sad that teachers have to deal with these situations. 🫤😕🙁

[@mhairsto24]

I'm at home cleaning up and this video is making me furious, our society doesn't care about education. We need to be ashamed of ourselves, parents are the problem. This is an excellent topic, thank you Phil.

[@gracie5169]

I don't blame these teachers for quitting! Go where you will be appreciated!

[@tamekatarshell562]

I keep saying this...I pray for healing Over all these kids, and teachers❤️❤️❤️

[@alvinduke1686]

If you don't punish your Children when they're wrong, They will grow up not knowing what is Right.

[@sparklesp9304]

Actually, that's not true. You don't have to punish kids as teachers haven't been able to physically punish kids for years and still until recently, could still teach. The issue is that we have a society full of emotionally damaged and traumatized children who've been to hades and back since their parents did not plan them and to have the time and resources to invest in them. And the older generation isn't stepping up to fill in the gap like the generations of the past, at least not with an environment conducive to raising children.

[@smfarrie2943]

@@sparklesp9304 the parents are the ones who aren’t disciplining their kids. And to say that lack of punishment is not to blame for the overwhelming amount of unruly kids is a denial of reality. Lack of discipline and parental involvement and behavior issues are increasing. What’s not to connect?

[@Sunwrri]

@@sparklesp9304 punishment is not just physical. Children needs boundaries because they are still developing. They are in no position biologically and emotionally to govern themselves. Parents have to set the correct examples.

[@L35hamakkin]

Alvin you are right

[@TeacherTherapy]

Oh my gosh this is SO true!!! 💯 💯 💯

[@khishjackson5872]

That's why I quit being a teacher. The kids are so disrespectful. The Parents ready to fight you. I pray for this generation of kids

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@oclayton1911]

What career did you go into

[@BarryBrandon-mz7gb]

Why would you pray for them?

[@khishjackson5872]

@@BarryBrandon-mz7gb because I want to pray for folks

[@GMacII]

Boy this takes me back to when I was a college adviser in one of the lowest performing high schools in Missouri. I learned quickly that the kids could give a damn about what you were teaching. If they did not have your RESPECT, you weren’t able to teach them shyt! I made sure to meet them where THEY were and talked often about what they were dealing with at home. You’d be surprised how many 13 & 14 year old ADULTS you have in class. These kids literally are the mother and fathers of their households because they’re guardians are off doing lord knows what. I’d have those Teach for America (TFA) colleagues coming to my office sharing their war stories in TEARS because they feared the next day and they wanted to know how I had a handle on them. When I genuinely showed how much I CARED about them (students) their BEHAVIOR changed. After 2 years, our juniors and seniors had the highest college going rate in the past decade.

[@DrELewis2014]

She’s 100% right! Student behavior is HORRIBLE and the admin typically doesn’t back you up and they just blame teachers for literally everything the students do. Teachers are degreed professionals w/options. I left public school in 2012 after 7yrs and NEVER looked back.

[@TheMightymo05]

As if you're the only one out here with a degree. Good riddance.

[@uncleroams279]

Congratulations!

[@msincognito5183]

What are you doing now? You may can help me out with some options. All I know how to do is teach. I love it, but not the politics involved.

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@Flower.Power.1996]

I just got my MA in Ed Leadership. I only taught for a year and can't do it anymore. What do you do now?

[@80sgyrl82]

Yep. At my Title 1 school in Miami. It's combat duty every day. Even the counselors are "afraid" of the kids. Many public school systems are a failure. Not due to lack of teacher competence, it's due to "lack of (no) parental involvement. And the disrespectful- defiant kids who transfer to a charter-private school, are kicked out due to 'disrupting the learning environment.' We see them back at our school, 2 months later.

[@frana.4086]

I've been waiting for this topic! Sis you are 100% correct! And this goes on in elementary schools. I've had students to throw chairs, chase teachers with large scissors, and recently gave a teacher a black eye. This is elementary and they will cuss you out and parents will too! The administrators are scared of the parents too!

[@Dr.Sharron]

I saw let police officers crowd the hallways prepared to handcuff and haul them off to jail.

[@smfarrie2943]

@@Dr.Sharron the school would be in the news with video of protesters outside saying they are school to jail pipeline and why are they doing this to are babies.

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@BarryBrandon-mz7gb]

Wow. Where do you live?

[@ExpandZahCloset]

I’m recently went back to college and I noticed the adults straight out of hs. Do not listen or pay attention when the teacher is talking. The teacher will explain how to do something step by step visually show them and they still come up to me mins later and ask how to do it. I would help but it wa so frenquent that I started telling them to ask the prof. Also they were not confident in themselves.

[@maryanneg6067]

Its a sign of the end times.

[@nonyabiz12]

Teachers probably just passing them to get them out the way. Plus they purposely put a lot of our kids in "special" classes to try to keep them ignorant.

[@frana.4086]

And teachers do the same thing in trainings! So disrespectful!

[@sparklesp9304]

There are different learning styles.

[@frana.4086]

@@sparklesp9304 I am aware of that, there is no excuse for being disrespectful.

[@Rockesha]

This happens in Britain 🇬🇧. I just qualified two years ago and I’m planning my exit plan already. The most hurtful thing is to be a black teacher and be abused by a black student. I’ve been sworn at and verbally abused. Ended up unwell in hospital because of it. The moral code is gone.

[@annb.2106]

Oh my gosh! I wouldn't think this behavior is in England 😮

[@Rockesha]

@@annb.2106 especially in inner city schools.

[@annb.2106]

@@Rockesha it must be the children of the migrants

[@oclayton1911]

I’m a teacher and I’m burnt out. What suggestions are there for a new career

[@Rockesha]

@@oclayton1911 think of the skills you have and how you can use them in another setting. You may be able to set up a tutoring business or go for a different position in education.

[@farmerfletch]

I'm also a teacher and I feel exactly the same way. The way students treat teachers nowadays is horrifying and was completely unheard of 20 years ago. Now American public schools are a cesspool of wayward students who treat teachers with disrespect. Unfortunately, black students are the absolute worst and will physically fight you if you take away their phones. I honestly don't blame teachers for quitting and would highly recommend teaching online or in another non-Westernized country.

[@miguelalexander80]

As a American Teacher teaching in a non-westernized country in the Gulf (Middle East), I would recommend doing research on many of the schools before arriving...places like Indeed, Glassdoor etc., I've heard nothing but good about schools in China and Hong Kong. The culture is one of respect for teachers there. GOD knows why I still go to the gym and build my muscles....It may be time to consfiscate students phones as soon as they arrive to school. I know the politics of it though because the Board of Education members don't want to lose their seats when the next vote comes up.

[@jasonpatrick5655]

Not to undermine or dismiss behavior, but many blacks have been learning from a failed system from the jump so this is harvest time from what many have sown eons ago

[@LaidBack--]

​@@jasonpatrick5655 ahhhh the ol don't blame us for our actions, we're still traumatized and suffering over things that happened before we were born." Excuse. Lamest excuse still blaming slavery when 90% of y'all don't even know what slavery really is and wasn't born when it was really happening.

[@jasonpatrick5655]

@Laid Back 1-20-7 Did I mention slavery? No I didn't. If parents lack the intellect of parenting what do you expect the offspring to produce ?

[@LaidBack--]

@@jasonpatrick5655 if you're black, I know exactly what you were eluding to saying "failed system". If you not black it doesn't even matter anyway lol.

[@nightmistful]

Wow ! This is sad . My heart goes out to all the hard working teachers trying to do their jobs.

[@ltravail]

I have a good friend who had been a middle school teacher in Prince Georges County, MD outside DC for many years. After years of enduring threats of violence, actual violence, constant disruption in class by kids with no interest at all in the school work, out of control parents, and an indifferent administration that punishes teachers for actually trying to teach, she up and quit 2 years ago. The job had turned into a near alcoholic and a nervous wreck. More people need to come to the realization that not everybody can be civilized, no matter how hard you try.

[@sherri2843]

Iravail, Wth? I thought Prince George's county MD was the surburbs.

[@sherri2843]

Itravail, Did she ever try working at a private school setting?

[@ltravail]

@@sherri2843 Half of it is suburban. The other half is hood...and becoming more so.

[@SheSoulGliden]

​@Sherri Solomon honestly no different

[@azariyahbenyahudah5]

You nipped in the bud.

[@jr2no160]

Thanks for addressing the subject. I tried to teach the public schools system for 4 years. I quit with a "phucumol" attitude wondering why I wasted four years of my early retirement to continue giving back to our people. I'm sharing this video to the people who had the audacity to challenge my personal decision. I know dozens of former teachers that quit the profession for the exact same reasons.

[@deborarichelle2705]

I teach vocational students. Those students that aren’t dealt with in grade school, end up with me as adults and continue the terror!

[@frana.4086]

Wow Sis, I feel you.

[@deborarichelle2705]

There are no repercussions in vocational school either, they are sent back to the classroom. They expect you to look at these people every day and interact after you’ve been violently threatened with physical harm. The problem is a lack of communication and proper conflict resolution by administrators , in the classroom setting anyway. Ideally these behaviors should be properly addressed at home.

[@sheilajohnson5511]

This teacher is telling the WHOLE TRUTH!. We are barely paid a enough to support our families, yet we're treated like crap everyday!. As we attempt to "teach" kids who think nothing of threatening us, cursing at us, & just plain being disrespectful. In my 17 years, I've been pushed, kicked, called everything but my name!, & the offenders were back in class the next day!. There's absolutely NO accountability on the part of the student, but heaven forbid we step out of line. Our career, everything we've worked for, is over!.

[@oclayton1911]

I’m a teacher and I’m burnt out. What suggestions are there for a new career

[@naquanjames1646]

I co-sign 100% of what this teacher is saying. I taught for two years. I realize now that it was an abusive environment with scholars being so disrespectful, coworkers/admin not supporting you, and parents tweaking for no reason. This year I’m a support staff member at another school and I do enjoy it. I am planning on getting back into teaching next year with the understanding that I will not tolerate disrespect from anyone and a lack of supportive environment. If I have to, I will quit in the middle of the year.

[@frana.4086]

If you enjoy being Support Staff, stay because it is not worth it! Other teachers abuse you and so does the administrators at the schools.

[@naquanjames1646]

@@frana.4086 I miss teaching! Once I started being a support staff, I realized how much i missed teaching despite everything I went through. I think its all about finding the right school where you are supported by your fellow teachers/admin.

[@gsmithstudio1]

@@naquanjames1646 The "right school " is becoming harder and harder to find.

[@AP-jd2ez]

I agree with Fran. Stay in your support staff position. You are still in the teaching environment, so you can still share your care and passion for the learning environment.

[@naquanjames1646]

@@gsmithstudio1 That's true

[@brodiejr4real]

I substitute teach, part time, here in Chicago and everything this young lady is saying and feeling is 100% accurate.

[@olly2027]

No support from higher ups and the parents are crazy:

[@skidcaesar]

truth

[@keciaaskew5166]

Facts 💯

[@PopLightBrown]

Man, I would get it from BOTH of my parents if a teacher called home. Too many parents today don't want to parent like they should; instead they want to be their children's friend.

[@Yavin4]

Put this teacher's video with the video from the guy that has 7 baby mommas and they don't even know his name. When you do that, you get a fuller picture of what's happening which is that people are having kids without being in committed relationships. Heck, sometimes the parents don't even know each other. The women love the attention at the baby shower, but once the kid is born and gets older, the parents are looking to get out and date. Meanwhile, they saddle these unwanted kids onto the public school system making life brutal for the teachers. In turn the school systems start losing talent and failing all of the kids. Having children out of wedlock, outside of committed relationships is what is killing Black America.

[@silvercat6425]

To all good teachers I thank you for what you all have done , 97 is when I graduated and we had police officers in the school, so I personally appreciate you

[@segur2289]

Anyone recall the late Dick Gregory years before he passed away the public educational system would be obsolete in twenty years or so Lol.

[@Dr.Sharron]

Why would that be funny. The wickedness in society is coming in the schools.

[@lineangelmangao8466]

​@@Dr.Sharron I agree, nothing funny here.

[@TheBlvdjewel]

I know several teachers in the NY/NJ Metro area who are experiencing the same thing. She is telling the truth. This has been going on for years and has gotten exponentially worse.

[@openranks4519]

Schools shouldn’t allow phones in the classroom. There should be a holding place.

[@Mylc03]

Don't dare take a phone from a student! If a parent won't show up for any other reason, this will be the point when the parent does show up and a lot of times it won't be pretty.

[@openranks4519]

@@Mylc03 shut up, if it’s a school policy they have no choice fool

[@sevenstarsofthedipper1047]

@@Mylc03 Sad but true.

[@dafnenoel9825]

Exactly

[@nawal10]

Agreed

[@melodyprather6793]

My daughter is a senior in high school she was telling me about how this girl in one of her classes be bullying her teacher. She told me the teacher sent the girl l to the office and they sent her right back. She was telling me how bad the girl was disrespecting her teacher and they didn't do anything. So I don't blame the teachers for quitting these students can kick your ass and ain't nothing you can do about it. So I don't blame none of the teachers for quitting.

[@devaughnj510]

I'm a teacher as well and she's 100% right

[@sueira1000]

I hear this all the time and it is happening nation wide. This is a bigger problem then most think.

[@justhiwn]

A damn shame...that's why my child is doing homeschooling because the bad kids are hindering other kids from learning and I don't want my child in that type of environment!!

[@ShimmerRain69]

I used to date a man from Ghana who was a teacher in Africa. He told me he could never be a teacher in America. This was 20+ years ago. If it was bad then I can only imagine how horrible it is now.

[@Delflorpadem]

I don’t blame educators. I homeschool for this reason too…

[@speakingout9397]

It’s starts at home, praying for the youth this world is in shambles. God help us🙏🏾

[@jewelmcinnis5340]

At that point if I was a teacher I would quit to let them teach their own children.

[@prettylyricsmarie]

Teachers and tutors are quitting at record numbers. It isn't always the students, it's the administrators too. It is just an imbalanced system.

[@real32487]

Out of control and some of the parents are even crazy/worse. Their angry and dysfunctional "baby" never does anything wrong . The current psychology is- let kids do want they want, there is no right or wrong, do not judge, and be everyone's "friend". Social media, phones and lack of parenting/discipline have decimated an entire generation.

[@lineangelmangao8466]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@jessicascreenwritingservices]

This is why I didn't listen to my uncle, my aunt, and my grandma (who were all teachers) when they told me to go into the public school system. I teach now, but I teach college and it's calm. I already knew early on that I was not built for the public school system. I've heard too many horror stories.

[@knyansa1569]

I am a teacher and I 100% approve this. These days Phil. Teachers have to be rock solid and have nerves of steel. There are Many seld-care mechanisms that one can utilize in order to maintain their sanity but the fact of the matter is this the school where that sistah worked for didn't care therefore she did the right thing. Had the school scare they would put a more robust system in place to weed out the bad apples

[@Kris_Stiletto]

Very truthful presentation. Teachers should be paid upper middle-class pay. And, they should be given the respect that they deserve. Schools should be safe environments for Teaching Staff to work in. They, in today's times, especially, should have Security and be as safe as possible for everyone. I feel for Teachers. Great presentation.

[@jacksonmowell3859]

She is telling the truth no cap. I teach.

[@Smarty2able]

The kids I have this year are impossible. You can overplan and they still can't answer basic questons. Show them a picture and they still don't know. It's frustrating. I have headaches

[@GodLovesYouAllTheTime]

That is horrible. I went to school in the 80’s and 90’s and I remember my principal was allowed to use a paddle to give us up to 5 paddle swats if we got in trouble and the parents gave permission to do so if the child got out of hand. I got 2 paddle swats in the 3rd grade and I never in my life of me going to school did anything else wrong to get swatted again. My dad disciplined me at home also and I knew better. I graduated at 16 in 1999 as a Jr in high school and I truly appreciate that experience in the 3rd grade. I learned real quick to not interrupt the class or adults period. I feel bad for these teachers now days. Not only do they have to worry about the kids and parents. Now they have to worry even more about some random outsider shooting up the school. 😢

[@garawa1987]

I witnessed my friend who got smoking in the boys toilet get the cane across the palm of he's hand he was only 10yrs old 5th grade I swear I thought the headmaster broke he's fingers with it I got it only one time in high school I swear you never played as a student in those eras or there were consequences

[@AQueensvoice123]

She's absolutely right!!!

[@supavisah]

She ain't never lied! I used to teach with the Chicago Public School system and it's an absolute mess! That's why most of the graduating seniors are testing at 5th and 6th grade reading and math levels!

[@papaagidi2838]

Chicago public school former teacher? God bless your heart

[@ebonyjae9819]

I’m a school bus driver and I’ve suffered so much the last 2 years. I go to my boss for help, but she’s so numb to the bs that she tries to talk me into letting them do whatever they want. I quit, but I came back after 3 months because the job works with my home life and being able to keep up with my own 2 children. It’s very depressing and I just pray for a turn around in our school system

[@oclayton1911]

Bless you

[@Shanny-ImABeliever]

Sis, you've just given the reason why crime being done by children in America is so high and rising, "No accountability in the home!!" Once my son wore a hoodie to school which is not proper school attire so the teacher took it away. He begged for me to go to school to get his hoodie. I refused and I told him, "this will teach you to follow and obey rules and authority." I bet he didn't do it again!! And he had to replace the hoodie himself!

[@t-rob2943]

Good for you!

[@aarongray1981]

Good

[@Dj.Hylanda]

That's crazy my school had hoodies with the school logo before society made it a black thing 😂😂😂😂

[@ZeeProductions2001]

@Action Potential23 it’s a school not jail if The class is cold I have to right to wear Hoodie

[@ScSiDiamonds]

@actionpotential23 Just to give you a perspective…. It is not the hoodie that’s the problem, but that they use the hoods to hide AirPods and headphones when they are supposed to be learning. Him or her having the actual clothing on their body, but the refusal for them not to wear the hood in the classroom. That is the rule.

[@brendagrant9382]

I agree with all these comments.👍🏾👍🏾

[@ebenezerakwaboah3448]

This is the reason why these students needs to go through the African way of upbringing.... Here in Ghana 🇬🇭 you can't misbehave like that

[@frana.4086]

I always send my friends in Ghana news clips of things that occur in the schools in US.

[@Rosemary-op3rz]

@@frana.4086 Their reactions must be interesting, facial expressions, priceless.

[@jakeblank311]

sounds completely right.

[@khalifaal-islam5729]

My mother cried at her retirement party. Saying I don't know what your going to do with the future generations. This was 2002. For me, we are a science project in the making of what another man wants . We're not even trying to be Godly in our society, our community. Self respect and respect of others is gone. I say this with love and it's going to be a few with Godly strength to stand. We must make a change and stand ground ❤😢

[@sparklesp9304]

Yeah, people need to stop having kids.

[@annalafayette838]

@@sparklesp9304 discipline is what they need. The belt, switch, whatever, needs to cross their backside.

[@jamarciaclay6001]

Isaiah 60 Strengthen eachother, when faith gets low to endure with love. In our weakness.His Strength is made Perfect. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🦁🕊

[@lovelydiva06]

It’s the godly people who are some of the most awful people pushing a lot of nonsense in school that’s driving teachers away, religion and politics needs to be kept out of schools and just let teachers teach and do their job and parents do their job at home so kids know how to behave outside the home in school despite the influence from their peers

[@californiadreaming5638]

"Godly"? Is God a man you speak of? Was things "Godly" during slavery, Jim Crow times and the Black Wall Street Massacre? During police brutality, the black incarceration scheme, crack epidemic and the influence of black on black crime? "Godliness" through systemic racism that limits opportunities? Being black is the bottom social class and PoliTRICKS is in the churches. I have the seen the students and the parents and they're all struggling due to community social factors that negatively affect home. It's always been the case. I can attest to this teacher's experience but it's a social class community and humanity issue.

[@ugalitamu9082]

Reminds me of my teaching experience in oak Cliff. An 11 year old threatened to shoot me, because I made him sit down and do the state exams. It got so bad that I was sent to a different school and I'm a grown man. I went through everything from mostly black kids. My colleague had her wrist broken, by a 9 year old. Most of my students could not read at their grade. And mercilessly bullied those who tried to study.

[@Angel05433]

Ugali Tamu Do you feel like black children need thearpy and help?

[@ugalitamu9082]

@@Angel05433 Until we get back two parent households. There was also a program that took at risk youth to live with an African tribe for 2 years to break the pattern of bad behavior.

[@Angel05433]

@@ugalitamu9082 These kids just need better parents

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@likeisaidjenkins3689]

@@Angel05433 And that's whether they're in the same household or not. As long as they're working together.

[@deanarussell9180]

I agree with her 100 percent, I was a bus driver and our children "Black" are rude and out of control towards black drivers and black teachers and after you raise your own you don't want to deal with Pookie and Ray rays offspring

[@kennywesley]

Right, I had a student key my car. I try to never let them see me go to my car. It's getting really real outchea...and we have no one in our corner (not everywhere, but in many schools).

[@joemomma3208]

As a teacher who worked in the hood in the middle of 8 of the worst housing projects I can say I got tired of it and left! I worked with them folks & it wasn’t much better! Now i’m in the hood again but it’s not as bad as my original hood but it’s no walk in the park! 💯

[@brendajenkins9490]

Interested in your story... I am doing some research on issues like this and looking to recruit some teachers and mental health professionals ONLY working or have work in New York City to tell their side of the story about the violence and threats they undergo, or have undergone on a daily basis from students. If any teacher or mental health professional is interested in participating in the research and telling their story, please reach out to me by replying here with your email address and I will contact the people who are interested.

[@oclayton1911]

I’m a teacher and I’m burnt out. What suggestions are there for a new career

[@securityscorpion8687]

3:32 to 3:58...nailed it! Mr Scott your show is getting better & better.

[@beverlywhite5438]

I don't blame these teachers for quitting. Society has gone downhill fast in America. What's wrong is right. And What's right is wrong!

[@charliemiller1123]

I agree with her 100%. Where I live in Connecticut the school district doesn't support the teachers, and the administration doesn't support us. As a teacher assistant I've been cursed at so many times I lost count, threatened with bodily harm, assaulted, and called the N-word several times. I have relatives around the country who are teachers teaching on different levels, we all have to deal with students' behaviors. I went to school in the 80's school districts had rules and consequences those are gone now. I plan on leaving teaching in three years, a teacher threatening to call my mom then was like striking the feel of God in me today the kids could care less because they know parents see the teacher as the enemy.

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@angelathomas3339]

What this sister is saying is spot on when she speaks about "disrespectful and unruly" kids or children nowdays. I am not a teacher but I work for a well known department store, and what I see DAILY at my store are kids that are disrespectful to adults, have foul mouths, are disruptive, etc. And the sad part about these situations is that THEIR parents are right there also, viewing this abhorrent behavior. And alot of the times, they are defending their children when they are being called out by my managers or associates. From what I've seen recently, I too wouldn't want to be a teacher today and that I clearly understand her decision to leave the profession.

[@user-fh6hv4eb56]

My heart goes out to this beautiful sister. I don't blame her. At the end of the day, you have to look out for you. This society is very narcissistic!

[@monharris28]

i moved out of high school teaching nine years ago. i teach at a community college now and love it. i can't work with the younger ones i just cant.

[@coach_malone_boxing]

I have 6 children. I explained to them that the majority difference between the generations is respect. During my time, kids stole, cursed, talked about inappropriate things, ECT. However, it was never done in the presence of any adult. My kids are given two commands: get an education and be respectful. The latter encompasses doing chores, bedtime, behavior, communication, ECT.... Furthermore, as a teacher and a parent with kids, I believe it is my responsibility to make sure my kids are educated. Teachers are just one of many resources that help me to meet that responsibility.

[@Mohamedhassan-eu6wx]

This what happens when the child knows there will be no consequences when he goes back home. Back in the day you know if you mess up a school the belt was waiting for you at home,

[@frana.4086]

Yes sir!

[@frana.4086]

But if a child comes to school now, saying that they got a spanking the school can report it as abuse.

[@Mr.Edwards233]

Or better yet, your parent came up to the school to handle business, you'll never live it down for the rest of your time at school. You would rather the a beating at home.

[@mopheousredpill7462]

This is what happens when you don't have a strong black men in the home !

[@memberofjerusalem6330]

Yep....

[@todddanforth8853]

The next generation of chaos and crime growing up in our classrooms. We are truly doomed.

[@samuelmahmud1909]

Great video coverage Phillip 💯 teachers and most definitely go through a hell of a lot my hat is off to them all

[@endigosun]

Phil… I distinctly remember you criticizing a parent for disciplining their VERY DISRESPECTFUL child. As a teacher, I knew one day you’d have to take it all back.

[@PassportKingMarineVet]

The dean should be ashamed of himself or herself.. Teachers need more unions ..

[@bernardtaylor1281]

Less unions more parenting👍🏽

[@Imissyoulou]

@@bernardtaylor1281 You don't understand.

[@bernardtaylor1281]

@@Imissyoulou Don’t need to understand your reasoning✌🏽

[@PassportKingMarineVet]

@@bernardtaylor1281 To be fair, I should have said more representatives who teachers can turn to if their lives are being threatened..

[@frana.4086]

The Dean at our school is a puppet for the Principal, who wants the school to appear to be problem free in the eyes of the School district, so behaviors often go unreported.

[@Username7110blu]

She’s absolutely right.

[@belindakornegay30]

God, thank You for protecting our teachers, our children, and our school personnel, as I speak things into existence as though they were. Thanks God. In the Mighty Name of the Most High God. Amen! Amen! Amen!

[@TheBLACKboard65]

I keep saying that one of our biggest problems is that the least prepared, least educated, least skilled are the ones having the most babies. We, literally, don't stand a chance from birth.

[@lat20071]

I stepped out on faith right before the pandemic.. I was plain burned-out. Last month I started working an after school enrichment program.. yes, there is much work needed. Respect for themselves, teachers, and other. Not to mention not listening and following simple instructions… It’s VERY different now 🧐🤔