“This is a sad career to be in,” Florida teachers reveal why they leave

[@chrisharrison7953]

My daughter taught in Palm Beach County for five years. The parents, administration, and state policies were simply ridiculous. She moved to Europe two years ago, where she now receives health care, can afford her own apartment, and saves money.

[@ytgytgy]

people have become literally evil since 2017. I was a medical assistant for 13 years and I left in 2020, tired of watching me and my coworkers getting literally abused and attacked by rich entitled old people we're trying to take care of. McDonalds workers were making over $20/hr while I was managing medications and cares for so much less. I'd love to leave this country too...

[@dabrams84]

I'm glad she found a place that values educators.

[@matthewstephens6502]

Hope she never has a naughty FB post.

[@LuisRivera-qs7hr]

Funny thing is she's getting all that free money because the US takes care of over 50% of Europe defense budget. Take that away, and she'll be playing alliance to Putin.

[@sarahtiferet598]

@@matthewstephens6502 Hope you find a life . I almost feel sorry for you bye loser freak

[@nickmacarius3012]

I don't blame teachers for wanting to leave. Kids today are ungrateful, violent, and out of control today on a scale never before seen. Parents don't parent - let alone discipline their kids, they expect the schools to do that for them, parents don't support the teachers in any way, social media has influenced and ruined their kids behavior.

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

Yeah you exactly right! Omg...if u ask me they are way under paid for all the stress the put up with! Nobody becomes a teacher for the money! They do it because they love it and now that profession is in a tail spin.

[@BAZ-u7m]

💯

[@pijbdhfjlknol4491]

then when they try to discipline them, they go to the school and threaten them.

[@nrakma]

There is nothing to teach after Florida threw out tradition, common sense, books (burned) and history for what they call revised history. Glad to learn that slavery was mutually agreed upon by the grateful slaves. So very happy that after visiting for Florida for five months, I decided not to live there.

[@jodiburger5893]

Those two kids at the end of this video won’t last a month once they get out into the classroom. I taught for 2 1/2 years in Florida, and it was disgusting between the insultingly low pay, atrocious student behavior, and the grade fraud that happens for the sake of inflated graduation rates.

[@growtocycle6992]

The testing is rarely THE reason teachers leave... It's exhausting. Pay is low. Child and parent behaviors are shocking

[@twentynineteen4687]

Yes. 100%

[@leithagrover9116]

100%

[@erich84502b]

😂😅school bus drivers have the same problem, children parents are always right😅😂

[@Stocksandstitches]

I wanted to teach, back in 2008 every teacher i spoke to told me not to do it. I am so glad i listened.

[@prmath]

SOMETIMES…..Mixing is a mistake (look at the results)🤷🤷🏿🤷🏻

[@Stocksandstitches]

@@prmath your kind is not welcome here. Shoo lil doggy be gone. Go back to the hole you crawled out of.

[@bornwin-sx9oz]

How about the most abused of them all, substitute teachers at $15 an hour no benefits.

[@LoveLee-jz1tj]

In Bay County, FL, I got 50$ a day to substitute classes, EVEN 2 years where I was a permanent sub, I still got 50$ a day. 8 years ago.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

​@@LoveLee-jz1tjNot bad for babysitting.

[@cawo6580]

@@spankyssurprise1361 Stupid, ignorant remark!

[@spankyssurprise1361]

@@cawo6580 Reality...my father subbed for years following his retirement.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

@@cawo6580 It's reality.

[@blossom30x4]

Florida is one of the lowest paying states for nursing as well. I don’t understand how they have been able to pull that off. I truly believe the hospitals have some of the best lobbyists in the country. Sad to hear teachers are going thru it too.

[@cawo6580]

More undervalued essential professionals!

[@MLM68]

By voting for rick scoot and Rubio. It’s sad how this state changed in the past 20 years.

[@mr.joshua6818]

Discipline should be ALLOWED to start at home and continue into the classroom. When a kid knows their parents are going to get a call from the school because of something stupid, the kid should be afraid of the consequences.

[@MLM68]

More than 40% parents struggle, daily emotionally, and mentally. As a society, we need to support the family structure, which is struggling to keep up with modern America.

[@anacuevas9273]

@@MLM68Totally agree with that.👍🏽

[@BAZ-u7m]

Yet the parents say not my kid. 🙄

[@BunnyMan-ec4xg]

This is also a result of parents choice. Parents are not experts on childhood education. Getting someone pregnant or Getting pregnant doesn't make u an epert in childhood learning. People need to wake up. Why educate teachers if we wont listen to them. U might as well let the parents teach whatever they feel like since they know best.

[@ludovician]

I give those two a year before they realize they went into the wrong profession.

[@reachhonduras8955]

Exactly! I was thinking the same thing.

[@kris78787]

Wait until they see how awful these kids act everyday, they will wish they never went into this career

[@WestOfEarth]

maybe not the wrong profession, just the wrong state to work in that profession.

[@mdm5216]

Teachers have always been paid poorly. That is not news. It's these brat kids. Why get paid poorly AND get disrespected by these kids. I work in the system and I can't count how many people are leaving after this year.

[@BunnyMan-ec4xg]

The kids are brats because their parents have too much control. Their lil angel isn't the only kid who matters.

[@francismarion6400]

@mdm5216 It's because the last generation of teachers banned the Bible and replaced it with Marxism. Teachers educated society out of its moral values. How can you not figure this out?

[@tringuyen7519]

FL is 50th in average teacher pay! Why wouldn’t every teacher in FL just move to GA & get a 30% bump in pay for the same work? Do you see the problem now?!?

[@francismarion6400]

@@tringuyen7519 Common Marxist lie. Why do you love lying, Marxist?

[@francismarion6400]

@@tringuyen7519 Marxist lie.

[@vulcan2882]

I have 6 or 7 friends who were teachers in Florida, they all quit teaching and I don't blame them. One had the tires on her car slit open, another one was punched in the face because a student got a bad grade. One friend is still teacher but she went to Switzerland with her husband, last I heard she's making better money and doesn't have to worry about any school shootings.

[@LivingLife-y7c]

Bless them. They’ll quit soon enough. Those text books won’t matter when it becomes real life.

[@AndrewKeatingNBCT]

It's the cellphones, people. Get them out of the hands of the kids and you'll begin to see a slight shift toward the better. Get them out of a parent's hand, where they start paying attention to their kids, then you'll see a return to normalcy. Teacher of 20 years here.

[@ga6589]

Considering all the school shootings, it's going to be a tough sell for parents to agree to taking their kids' cell phones away.

[@speakmymindify]

@@ga6589having a child live in constant fear is a sad reflection of our society. Parents better get involved and get loud. No child should have to carry a phone with the thought they might get shot that day, how do they concentrate on their studies? THIS IS INSANITY

[@robinsonfamily222]

​@@ga6589If anything you'd think parents not want their kid in class with a phone. I had to explain to students yesterday about these phones being a problem. If there's an active situation & those phones make noise, everyone can be deleted. A phone isn't stopping the situation from happening

[@Yeomen1986]

As a teacher I can confidently say those two aspiring teachers interviewed won't last 3 years. I went in knowing the shite I would deal with and was very realistic the entire way through. The people i was in ed school with with their attitudes didn't make 2 years.

[@misterb1132]

It took three seconds of looking at that young man and I was already saying, "They are going to eat you up."

[@claudialupper]

That is so true. I have had so many student teachers come into my classroom full of criticism for me...they bring in crazy woke ideas and claim all they need is to validate and build on diversity, blah blah. It's amazing to see how the kids run right over them.

[@twentynineteen4687]

I hope you're wrong but I know you're right.

[@PhemeTells]

I believe it. I wanted to be a teacher when I graduated highschool but every teacher I spoke to said don't do it. Even the teacher I spent a year aiding as a senior, she said don't do it. So glad I listened.

[@280z318i]

@@claudialupper I call BS on what your saying about woke ideas! "Woke" is not the problem in FL. The draconian measures instituted by the "Republican't" Gov. is the problem and you know it.

[@wendys6438]

I thought about going in to education in the early 2000s, but when I saw the reality teachers were up against, I pivoted far away. I don't regret that choice at all.

[@pamelasmith514]

It was a challenging job 25 years ago when I retired. It has only gotten harder.

[@safetythirdified]

"We can change them!" Girl, bye.

[@bobroberts2371]

Be sure to include bus drivers that get berated by absentee parents when their kid is told to behave.

[@vectoralphaSec]

Being a teacher is NOT worth it.

[@kenyonbissett3512]

It doesn’t scare you away yet. But it will, give it time.

[@JK-yf2vl]

Would never encourage a young person to become a public school teacher. Not appreciated and certainly not respected. Crap pay.

[@kris78787]

These kid's behaviors are atrocious. I would stay away from going into this profession at all costs!

[@PrimeTimeView]

Bottom line everyone bully's the teacher. Parents abuse the teachers all the time.

[@hunnybunny814]

Parent don't parent and think their kids can do no wrong. Lack of discipline so the kids are horrible and getting worse.

[@leithagrover9116]

That is a big factor.

[@a_ghost]

If I were them I would add " getting sick all the time" to that list.

[@azoreanprincesa8170]

Agree, Parents need to keep their children home when sick!!!!! Be a parent!!🎉

[@LS-ki9ft]

Just wait until those education majors get into the field. I felt the same way they did when I first started. The magical thinking of helping students wears off pretty fast, when reality sets in.

[@TonjaWade]

The decline of this profession is scary! I left teaching in 2016, and there have been times when I thought I wanted to return. So glad I decided not to go back to all that stress, and low pay!

[@lachannajones]

My best friend's daughter taught in our city St. Louis. She taught @ a public school in one of our worse districts(IDK what grade she taught). She moved to Arizona to teach 3rd grade. After one year she finally said she ABSOLUTELY couldn't do it anymore. She quit teaching & went into another field.

[@thankyou7852]

I don’t blame them. A lot of politics, violence, and lack of support from the system and parents. It’s not worth it . People do not value education or value teachers

[@dabrams84]

My entire life people tell me that I should be a teacher, because of my clear communication style and ability to make things interesting. But, I would NEVER choose to be a teacher and it has never been an aspiration for me. Teaching is a bad job.

[@atesyunus01]

There were times I lost my belief in humanity because of those "kids"

[@ms.herlan7860]

Same!

[@ETBlair]

The kids AND their parents.

[@stevebaybo5633]

Let’s not get it twisted. The problem is with the district and admin because the people who want to be teachers are there for the children. The people who are there in the district for admin and the main office are there for the money.

[@anacuevas9273]

Bingo❤

[@taurusrush420]

They won't last two years. It used to be five years. That was the average time that people stayed in the profession before quitting and moving on. Veteran teachers, 25+ years, are leaving in droves to either retirement or other professions and quite frankly, the idealists that are coming to fill in those positions are completely unprepared for the lack of support to which they are going to face. They should not expect support from parents, administration, the media or their colleagues. The profession is isolating and the lip service given to training within districts is condescending and for the most part worthless. They are using teachers as the scapegoat for a generation of gentle parenting and entitlement. I could go on and on...I would never encourage anyone to become a teacher today and that does not make me sad...it makes me angry.

[@CatalinaFOIA]

This is nationwide at this point.

[@shareofmoney]

I thought about teaching at one but quickly figured out its not for me. Teachers are underappreciated, administrations for most schools in adequate, parents delegate their child's success in teachers hands only, formal education is undervalued, and lots of children are disruptive and disrespectful. Its sad and unfortunate that teachers are not compensated as they should be for all the time and energy required of them.

[@anamariaguadayol2335]

Ah.... deluded little children 😂😂😂 talk to them in five years and see how those beautiful sentiments survive. I taught for 34 years at the college level and though my students were wonderful, administration was horrible.

[@Chris-wl7nl]

You couldn't pay me enough to teach in Florida.

[@terrybrannan2685]

If the money the governor has wasted on book bans, defending stupid laws the government has passed, election police and now investigating people who signed petions there would be a lot more money for education.

[@uddek]

That's not how appropriations work. Aren't you an educator? Not one who taught civics I hope.

[@jjc6530]

The two won’t last more than 5 years. They saying those things because they have not experience the real problems of the system yet. Most new teachers say these things. But says the opposite just one year in the field.

[@mc.2638]

Y’all kids are bad AF. Admin does nothing, low pay, overworked. WE’RE DONE!

[@alicelaybourne1620]

Oh sweet summer children...I would put money on watching your "Why I quit teaching" videos on KZbin next year.

[@lisaoscar1625]

Teacher pay in Florida SUCKS!

[@wmpmacm]

Those illiterate and unruly kids will become adults and discover poverty. They won't like it, and hope an adult school teacher will be able to help them. Should be lots of room in the adult school teacher field in years to come.

[@jonjimihendrix]

I’m sure private and charter schools will be more than happy to step in when the public system is so under supported it collapses. For a fee, of course. Not a small one, either.

[@Jesuisderetour87]

That’s why I never went into teaching or nursing. Under appreciated and underpaid.

[@melindaunknown6411]

Ah, the young and dumb. Those 2 will find out soon enough.

[@Aminah6623]

Let the parents teach their own kids.

[@Dae4321]

Those poor naive kids. And unfortunately their Florida education and teacher certification will not transfer to a lot of other states.

[@gravethebeyond]

My cousin Jennifer got her masters degree in administrative teaching. Salary 20,000. in FL. she moved out of state to Tennessee were they pay alot more in just starting. Salary for administrative teaching. 50,000 a year. and she has kids. Single parent. she did it for the kids and herself. FL does not want to pay anyone anything ever.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

Too much politics in school. Sad..

[@linhaton4957]

Most single teachers work an additional job. They can’t afford rent.

[@gmanette188]

Scary also

[@andre-wx5kh]

If kids are getting into fights at school, teacher should be able to fight back either to defend themselves or to stop brawls from getting worse

[@andrewli1519]

But then getting in trouble w/ parents for touching their kids or getting fired by the higher ups...

[@Argon1115]

neck in neck between Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, West Virginia, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Kentucky for last place in Education, State Employees and Teacher Pay! Top place for "Most Religious", Anti-Labor, Right To Work, At Will, Mandatory Arbitration, subhuman minimum wage. Your Tax Cuts at work!

[@jerrywells5551]

IDK Argon I teach and work as an assistant coach in Tennessee and make 83,900 in a low cost of living area, and I am not in the highest paying district in the area at all

[@melissathompson2048]

it does not matter? this is year four for me and as much as i love teaching… you can’t ignore the visual gapping holes and cracks in the system.

[@americaamerica8579]

Replace teachers with an AI teacher for all. The kids are stupid these days. Completely clueless. The education system is a failure.

[@linhaton4957]

It is ABOUT THE MONEY! Very difficult job that should be better compensated. Supply and demand. More money= more teachers, just as any other profession.

[@Zsaxman60]

In California, my district starts about 50k but after 20 years, my pay doubled. I was looking at a school district’s pay scale in or near Tampa, FL. It also started about 50k but the scale didn’t even hit 60k after 20 years.

[@khristinajohnson6555]

It would be great if they would interview those same two education college students in 5 years.

[@kathleengooch3619]

Damn shame 😢

[@user-tm1oy6ck4t]

The wide-eyed graduates will learn fast. Naive.

[@JC-md2yr]

It's every where FL,SC,GA kids are racing themselves. Absent parents... but they what to tell teachers How to teach? Must of these parents don't even have a associate degree and know nothing about grammar, science and Math.Then politicians butt in and demand? Then the states butt in as well with nonsense testing ect. AI will become the future educators.😅

[@kristiemiller4752]

Home school your children!

[@Puzekat2]

Tell me about it. Tampa Fl high school crippled by teacher shortage

[@rachelm2273]

When I was a kid I knew the careers I would never want: teacher and weather lady on tv.

[@thom_cat8883]

They're not scared away from the profession because they're desperate for work. They're also likely facing thousands in debt. Sooner or later they will make the exact same choice.

[@justinsternhagen4698]

Easy fix. New Governor.

[@northshorelight35]

These two will quit after 5 years. Most likely they will move from school to school.

[@yonostromo]

The future looks so bright!

[@lateblossom]

I love teaching amd I wouls NEVER become a teacher.

[@tommcfadden5232]

We have allowed this to happen.

[@iinuasha4797]

Now do one on nurses please

[@blugreen123]

...because it's Florida? 😮

[@colleenweaver858]

DickSantis needs to go!

[@francismarion6400]

@@colleenweaver858 He brought back teaching the dangers of Marxism.

[@RobertMiller-ph6fs]

You misspelled Dethsantis

[@claudialupper]

That male student teacher admitted he was making the wrong decision but said he was sticking with it because he wanted to. Sorry, you just lost my sympathy by revealing you are making a narcissistic choice against your better judgement. I recently retired after 31 years of teaching. My advice for student teachers is STOP. Pick a trade that will allow you to have a life. No matter how bad you think it is, it's so much worse. But you all think you can save the world....SMH.

[@Apes2man]

For those lobbying for for-profit schools, these are the results they were looking for. Project 2025 would be the final blow.

[@nrakma]

Who would want to teach in Florida where all curriculums have been politicized to distort and eliminate truth and justice which used to be the American way according to Superman.

[@WestOfEarth]

Get your teaching credentials, and move to a different state.

[@MOliveira-m5h]

Do they even still speak English in South America? I mean Florida

[@todd2324]

I'm a teacher, and I can tell you it's the best job I ever had. The pay is great, and the benefits are better than anything I ever had in the private sector. The job security is wonderful, and we get summers off. I've never had to worry about not having a job. Unlike the dozens of people I see on LinkedIn who are unemployed and trying to get into tech or other fields. I will also say that I would never teach in FL or any other state that doesn't value teachers.

[@Aquaxx-j7y]

Okay admin

[@isartoraplatz]

When the government controls schools this is What you get the government tells his teachers what to teach yet they’re not in the classroom.. my hope is they all closed down and teachers become independent self employed 😂

[@darwinhaditbackward5899]

What are you waiting for? Come up to NYS 🍎

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Nonsense. A friend of mine taught in the Chicago Public Schools for ten years. She moved to Florida and teaches there, and absolutely loves it!

[@freedomofpraise]

If anything they are leaving because of the cost of living increase because regardless of what people think parents still have limited powered. Let me know what school is understaffed Also students are becoming more aggressive towards teachers as well Leave it to you guys

[@juliuscesar4176]

Florida is winning.

[@jarvissheeler6624]

2025 check list?

[@GrayWolf413]

Red state ejukashunz! 🟥

[@JoyClinton-i8g]

When teachers apply for a job in private industry, and are told that that there are 240 work days per year, they head back to the classroom, and take the three months summer vacation.

[@ms.herlan7860]

😂😂😂 Teachers are some of the hardest working professionals out there!

[@meenee]

I work 60 hours a week, have an after school job and a summer job. Most teachers work long hours for their full-time plus must sustain several side gigs to make ends meet. Plus we have summer service, nonstop PD, staff meetings, extracurriculars, and all the things you have to do outside of contract hours. Most people that aren’t “in it” have no idea. We are also 10 month employees and don’t get paid for summer months, which again, is why most of us work summers.

[@Kat-xm3yx]

This is a false narrative. Teachers NEVER get 3 months off. Many work through the summer "break" which is about 8-10 weeks now, because they don't get paid enough period. There have been years when I've worked my FT teaching job and TWO additional PT jobs just to get by. on top of tgat, we arecrequired to pay out of pocket to keep our credentials up-to-date. This means, getting at least a masters degree or higher. Read some empirical research on teacher burnout. Try Learning Policy Institute for example. Get informed. As a 30+ year veteran professional educator, I am so thankful to be nearing the end of my career and not the beginning. It's a high burnout job for many reasons.

[@francismarion6400]

You become a teacher to teach, not join a union!

[@BunnyMan-ec4xg]

U join a union to get benefits and not be taken advantage of.

[@francismarion6400]

@BunnyMan-ec4xg Benefits of being in the USSR without being in the USSR. And indoctrination begins. We all know the drill Karl.

[@cmorris9494]

Did cops become cops to join a union.

[@benu_bird]

@@francismarion6400So you’re equating unions with communism. That tells me you know nothing about either.

[@francismarion6400]

@@benu_bird The USSR was a form of Marxism. Socialism. Communism only ever existed in theory.

[@domfer2540]

Maybe the lowest paid. Work 9 months of the year, free education for master and doctorate. Also, mandatory pay raises. Extra pay with additional jobs and over time. Where does a 20 year out of collage or working for a degree get this money, plus full benefits.

[@sarahtiferet598]

LOL!!!!! You're just another pathetic Troll Poor freak

[@Kat-xm3yx]

You clearly are NOT in the trenches of the public school education system. Most of your post is inaccurate.

[@dccunn05]

Teaching should only be used to start your career off. Very low threshold to get into. Sub for a year and some change, Full-time for a year or so and then pivot as soon as possible. Teaching is genuinely an “entry level “ job that doesn’t ask for 3 years experience.

[@meenee]

Umm, maybe some states will accept any person off the street, however when I was licensed, my state required a master’s degree plus 2 year mentorship period and being an expert in your content area of which I had to pay for and sit for 4 exams for certification. I never understood this notion from the general public that we should aspire to have a bunch of morons educating our future generations…don’t you want knowledgeable and educated people teaching your children?

[@dccunn05]

I agree with you, I was a teacher in Florida to start of my career in education, before pivoting to HR. In Florida you only need your bachelors to get a 3 year temporary certification, before having to sit for full certification. Florida is also ranked last in teacher pay. The pay is not worth the sacrifices and abuse you go through in the classroom.

[@DrEstellise]

Have you ever taught before?

[@dccunn05]

Yes, I subbed for a couple of years and then taught full-time for year at the high school level before being forced out on budget cuts in 2011. Teacher salary in my county has been virtually the same for at least the past 20 years. This is all while the cost living in FL is skyrocketing.

[@Chicago_Clout]

Sarasota county is woke. Look at the employees at county school headquarters on Tamiami trail. Woke and you know, weird.

[@aholmes3028]

Startint pay should be 100k per year for teachers. Otherwise they should all go on strike and let those kids just sit ar home until they start lives of crime just to quit being bored.

[@eksbocks9438]

2:06 I know that feeling.