Why Teachers Are Quitting: The Role of Parents in Driving Them Away

[@redflamearrow7113]

It's actually sad how entitled parents and students have become. It's ruining the current generation and will have dire consequences for the future.

[@rogerbartlet5720]

The entitled parents and students are a result of moral cowards administering the school system. That's likely at the root. As a result, teachers clearly have their hands tied. Kids that don't perform or behave to some standard should be removed from the school. If teachers are assaulted they should file a police complaint and be compensated for damages. Some parents use schools to neglect their children, that's a shame but making it everyone else's problem is an injustice. There's no reason to put up with this.

[@skafftaruss]

NO Cell Phones in School. Parents can call the front office for missed lunch boxes and other things.

[@CourageUnderFire87]

Yea and the child needs their phone to report school shootings to their parents

[@CourageUnderFire87]

Students need phones to report school shootings to their parents or if the bus leaves them and they’re stranded at school! “When I was growing up the ladies in the office were jerks and would pick and choose when they let students use the phone!

[@07Flash11MRC]

@CourageUnderFire : No they don't. There is no point in reporting that, because it won't help anyone. There is no need for multiple people to call in for the same situation and wasting polices time. One time call by a teacher, a principal or another adult is enough.

[@MaryHoffman-f9e]

I had thought about becoming a teacher but because of the parents I decided against going into teaching

[@SongSingsSoprano]

DON'T. DO. IT. Trust me.

[@AZChelseaR]

Until parents are forced to actually take responsibility for their kids actions in school and school district and administrators let teachers actually teach, nothing will change. Parents, if you are able, you should home school your kids

[@sheneedsme]

I am married to a teacher and used to help her set up her room and I was very comfortable is school settings. When our daughter started kindergarten I asked the teacher and principal if I and some other Dads could volunteer. The principal said no because the schools test scores were high enough and besides “men have to work”. This seemed very unfair since there were women volunteering. The superintendent was an acquaintance of mine so I mentioned it to him and told him I would be bringing it up at the next school board meeting. He asked me not to that and the principal relented. From then on out all through elementary school I was the “room mom”. I treated like gold because they are amazing. On teacher appreciation day I would organize the Dads and kids to wash all their cars. I always brought in bagels and their favorite drinks. I also could fix anything like clogged toilets and had no problem cleaning up after sick children or helping with the special needs kid. I loved it all. Thank you teachers some of us lucky parents and students do really appreciate you even we don’t always say it.

[@etacude]

It's heartwarming to hear stories like yours, and so important to show appreciation for teachers. 😊🙏

[@raymondmasullo6686]

This is why I would rather teach several part time college gigs than one steady K-12 gig (and teachers are treated well in my state). NO parents! And on the rare occasions I DO get contacted by a parent, I'm able to say "Sorry! Can't help you! Have a nice day!" (gotta love FERPA).

[@_sparrowhawk]

Amen. That's why we teach adults. I think I heard years ago that parents make teaching kids suck ass. I very briefly taught children for about a day or two, and I remember all the walls in the classroom were glass, and parents were just sitting there watching the class. No thanks, forever.

[@Freiya2011]

Parents are the reason why I 'm no longer a "class-teacher" (I think the equivalent would be home-room teacher - doing all the organisational stuff and statistics?) I just teach the subjects I studied and that's it!

[@user-lt1jd1ye3v]

I am a 3rd grade teacher now and I will probably quit because of students, parents, and the public education system weighs you down with BS work like all of these tests etc and pays you nothing

[@Freiya2011]

@user-lt1jd1ye3v I'll keepmy fingers crossed for you to find a more satisfying, better-paid job that lets you keep your human rights and dignity! Teachers are no doormats! Have happy holidays and a better New Year!

[@bartlebyscrivener674]

Literally had a parent put a HEX on me. Me, my family and friends, for generations to come. Terrible but I also couldn't help but laugh.

[@PMMagro]

It is supposed to be grown ups acting like....children. What can you expect from the pupil when the parent is acting like this?

[@davispatricks5453]

Some parents' refusal to hold their child to account is such a negative factor impacting individual student success and the creation of a positive school culture.

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

there's always been pushy/entitled parents when my mom switched to public school from Catholic in 3rd grade her dad brought in a desk from another class room so she had a seat in hers the teachers name was Ms. Walker and ma's nickname in class was Ms. Talker mum only attended Curtis Guild until 5th grade her parents moved to Saugus so she wouldn't have to be bused to Dorchester/Roxbury when Boston's forced bussing started in fall 1974 why be bussed 4-7 miles away when you had a good school a couple of blocks from the House and she probably would've gone to either Mario Umana or Barnes for middle school Umana school is about 3 miles from their house on Leyden street similar to the Barnes

[@Antony-ng9yj]

No I think you mean pushy entitled people - like you said why couldn't she just go to the nearby school. In the 70s this forced bussing issue was a joke - school caused - because no one wanted to fix problem schools the right way. So they fixed the problem by making everyone miserable. They never fixed the problem schools, so now their solution is to make everyone suffer. It's so easy to fix your problems, so why - the big question - why don't they - instead of blaming the parents - who are also frustrated - or the kids - why aren't you blaming the 'organizers' of your system. Parents and kids are just reacting like you are to - cr**.

[@terryr7622]

Doesn’t surprise me. I blame this wholly on the parents.

[@SaraHouck461]

I think they're afraid of being excused from work in order to attend those conferences because of how hell-bent they are on preventing the entire family from getting evicted.

[@nancybartley4610]

Parents have been running schools for a long time. Principals and district administrators are afraid of parents.

[@Horrorbabe4]

When I was a kid I don't think admin listened to parents as much. I'm 30 now.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

When I taught parochial junior high some parents were total ass-kissers just so long as you had their kid then the instant they’re no longer in your class they wouldn’t even make eye contact with you anymore. Then other parents would send me creepy notes such as pissed off dads. Teaching made me lose all interest in either being married or having kids. I quit teaching to become a merchant seaman because teaching made me totally anti-middle class. When I got tired of living at work I went to barber college: no paperwork all cash business. In barbering I would intentionally alienate parents by saying “boys under 6 years old buzz cuts with the #2 blade only”. These idiotic housewives would bring three year olds in for haircuts and say “make him look like George Cloony”. Yuck. No thanks.

[@asan1050]

Erick! Thanks for posting this video...

[@DrRiley01]

Social media and general entitlement is when the disconnect between parents and teachers occurred. Not raising your kids and using an iPad to outsource is a massive flaw in their development as humans

[@christopherrosado6053]

Not my child ?? Not my baby ?? 😂 [ child cursed me out !!] Peace??😮

[@archabolt1446]

Actually the school ciriculum stagnated 3 years before it ended. I got bored, statted going home sick the last year I was so sick of it. When my dad was in school he loved math and the teacher actually gave him more advanced books and work to do. Big difference.

[@JamoStar21]

I teach high school. The parents are the worst part of the education system. Most of them don't care or make excuses. When a student fails my class, and they failat least four classes, i don't even call. There is no point because they don't care. Since they don't care, the student doesn't care. And i am not working for people who don't care. I work with and teach students that show at least a morsel of effort. If i can't even get that, I'm not helping them. I don't have time for that. I teach full time, in grad school, and have a small business doing photography on top of other things i do for students and the school.

[@JamoStar21]

Teacher parents are either the best parents for a teacher or the absolute worst. I have had a teacher mom meet with me and get her son on track. We also came up with a plan for him to behave better and find success. I also have a parent now whose son os autistic and gave me such a hard time and even went to my AP. My AP didn't even talk to me about it. She knew the parent was stupid.

[@ElaineArcana]

9:50 is probably a poor example for this particular topic. I work in an educational support capacity and YES, many parents are absolutely whackadoo. But that part of the clip might have been a legit reason for the parent to be upset and maybe the teacher is exaggerating the parent's angst (believe me, teachers also play with the "truth" of things no better than the kids do). I have to call out that the teacher in 9:50 is referring to a "well behaved, nice" student who is "struggling" and has "low scores." I notice frequently in my job that teachers tend to throw tantrums when student scores get mentioned. And oftentimes, the more a teacher goes off about student scores, the more trouble that teacher tends to have with whole classes at a time... I've had to advise parents to show FERPA to schools to obtain records of their children's benchmark scores, and that's extremely worrisome. I understand why teachers resent benchmark assessment, but they ARE a good way to see a teacher's efficacy at a glance and it's an excellent way of measuring individual students' literacy at different ages. When teachers play victim because of "scores," I wonder about the quality of their teaching. Just because teachers are overcriticized doesn't mean there aren't "bad teachers" who deserve criticism & accountability on that. Believe me when I say that because I see it just about daily.

[@heidifreet6149]

For 30,000 dollars a year they can have it, have the parents teach their little brats

[@therubyminecart5291]

Wish I had this video, when I worked at a daycare

[@gabeo9474]

Serious question: are there ANY straight male teachers in the public elementary school system at this point?

[@planforfunESL]

I laughed so much 🤣

[@etacude]

Hi! How are you??

[@hyper3d]

When covid hit and our kids went online, parents like myself who work from home got to see first hand the identity politics and other horse $hit ideologies they were pushing. We were able to push out 3 of them....thankfully.

[@patriciahuff5001]

Introductory letter😂 Except they are not read and go into the bin sometime in K ne.

[@sawas2421]

I do not doubt that parents are causing big problems and sometimes violating appropriate boundaries, negatively impacting the teachers' ability to do the job. HOWEVER, if teachers want respect and support for appropriate boundaries and for the parents to "stay in their own lane so the teacher can teach," then that same respect for family and parental boundaries MUST ALSO be respected and not violated by the teachers. You are there to TEACH, period. Teachers should NOT be substitute parenting behind the parents' backs. Teachers who are also coaches seem to have an especially hard time with appropriate boundaries when it comes to a student's and their family's PERSONAL LIFE. This "it takes a village" stuff can go waaaay too far. If a kid comes to a teacher for advice on personal issues, the ONLY advice that is appropriate is "you need to sit down and talk to your parents about this," or perhaps, "Let's have you talk this over with the school counselor." Injecting themselves into a student's personal or family life is NOT the role of a teacher. I know there are good teachers out there who understand their place. But there are too many who don't respect boundaries, especially coaches, and those bad apples give teachers a bad name. I don't blame parents for being demanding or overly protective of what is going on at school when their boundaries have been violated. Getting sports completely out of schools would be a good start to fix some of this problem because, again, coaches seem to be the worst offenders of not staying in their appropriate role.

[@johnnyboyvan]

What a handsome teacher.

[@matthewgarner8728]

Homework is a scam. Theyre at school 6+ hours a day. If you cant teach him what hes supposed to know, thats a teachers/ school problem.

[@MrsFatimaBPath2AllahSWT]

❤❤❤

[@Horrorbabe4]

Uhg the parents really are crazy....

[@ladyville3]

If you are a person that believes everyone deserve an award, that mind set started a lot of the problems we have today. Mostly teachers here I would assume, so I prob dont need to go further into it. Students grow up and become adults.........

[@patdent]

Just play the clips of the teachers. The 'presentation' is completely redundant.

[@jenniferhill9924]

THIS.

[@patdent]

Is this AI? The presenter doesn't look human.

[@zekeprower1]

Lol he is real. Dude is just very flat faced and monotone. Like a British Minecraft Ben Stein

[@etacude]

Hi, I'm real ~ but that might be something an AI would say. 😄 I guess it's just the way that my presenting style has developed. Thank you for asking! 🙏

[@zekeprower1]

Much love to you and your video style tho. I'm a new watcher but dig the content. So my statement is with only in good jest....but the resemblance is sometimes uncanny lol. ❤

[@patdent]

@@zekeprower1 He's not British. Sounds South African.

[@Antony-ng9yj]

So why do you teacher in droves idolize ACADEMIA, that is where your true nemesis is - they raised you through influences since birth- and groomed you through college, and write books on marketable ideas, etc - yet their world is nothing like yours - they have to attract students, charm even to keep coming back - their world is not like yours yet they influence you, parents, admin, govt, society - and have not helped make your life better. I know how beguiling the college crowd is - I too once worshiped them when I was young . But you are the ones complaining how your classes have become wrecks, and how overworked you are, even how threatened you feel - but nobody is coming to your rescue - I would find new influencers - like people who invest do it's easy to be sold on an idea, but if you lose money, you find a different source. They're out there.