Why These Teachers Quit During the Pandemic
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2022
- ‘It was too much … I just can’t sacrifice my mental health anymore’ - Listen to these teachers explain why they left their professions in the wake of the pandemic
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I quit teaching as well. I feel like a better human now.
It’s actually not just about the pay. Yes, pay is important, but creating a sustainable workload is also important.
Forever an under thanked, under appreciated, and under paid job but a job that’s so needed. Get it together America. You owe your tax paying citizens better.
I quit teaching after 17 years ( in the middle of the year) and become an IT Learning Consultant. Best decision I could have made.
As a society we have failed ourselves for not paying teachers a living wage. The most important thing in life is education. Our current complete breakdown in society regarding economics and mental health are directly affected by a lack of education. We’re doomed
Pay is a big part of the problem, but I believe the biggest issue is that parents don’t discipline and teach their kids the proper morals of right and wrong anymore and how to be respectful. They expect the teachers to teach their kids everything needed to be a proper man or woman. In conclusion, parents have just gotten lazy. Quit giving your kids electronics, phones, etc….and letting social media raise your kids.
There's a lot of similarities between teaching and nursing. Both extremely hard jobs that most people don't understand what we fully do. My lil sister is a teacher for kids with language disabilities and I saw her struggle, develop anxiety and depression. Teachers are givers, please listen to them. They are the type to keep quiet and suffer if it means best for the kids but this is too damaging to our teachers and our kids mental health.
Teachers don't get overtime
And?
@@cdanila314 you work through out your break and lunch. Also Sunday is considered a work day so on top of little breaks no pay for overtime, plus planning and preparation during holidays how are they the same. Teachers work harder then doctors and get paid less
Ppppp
@@aazid1 And we have to buy a lot of our supplies.
I left teaching after 11 years in the classroom due to teachers, counselors, and Cockroach-19 malarkey. I loved my kids, despised the grown ups. 👨🏻🏫👉🏻👨🏻🍳
@Matthew Jay, *Cockroach-19 malarkey!* 😅😅 I hear you! So sorry you had to go through that. I’m sure it was a loss for your profession. Thank you for all that you did! Thank for the laugh!🇨🇦
This is why America is getting stupider with each generation
I agree with everything they all said. And yet parents, admin, and districts want to move on like everything is normal. I've said it out loud too many times, and I've been ignored. No one cares. It's so frustrating, to the point that I want to quit too. The kids are the only reason I'm staying, and I don't know if that will end up being enough.
UPDATE: To all those in the comments who have never set foot in a classroom to teach children: your complaints and criticisms are another reason teachers are quitting. Then when you finally have no one to teach your children, except a robot, you will then see the damage you have contributed to. SMDH
Right? It's the total lack of respect from kids parents admin and the public
Having just a little respect is not good enough. Teachers have finally woken up.
I teach and honestly I don't blame them, teachers are horribly underpaid and disrespected by admins, students, parents, and outside forces.
Yup, I quit after 17 years.
And I am this June after 25.
I wish I could get those years back.
25 years in and the only reason I made it that far is because I switched to private school. Less work in some ways and more in others. I couldn't take it anymore.
A LETTER TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AND POLICY MAKERS.
To make the school teaching profession more productive and attractive please do the following:
1. The teaching load should not exceed 1000 minutes per week. That means 5 periods of 40 minutes duration per day. The rest of the time is for lesson planning, lesson preparation, marking assignments and tests etc. The total time including this should never exceed 8 hours per day.
2. Teaching should not be treated as a factory job. It is an intellectual job. So work life balance is very much essential.
3. Avoid unnecessary paperworks and data collection. This will distract teachers from their main task and focus area. Most of these types of works were found useless and will decrease the productivity of teachers. Teachers are there to teach and not for doing clerical jobs.
4. Avoid daily detailed lesson plans etc. Those are time consuming. They are alrady trained for that during their teachers training.
5. Avoid micromanagement. Trust the teachers.
6. Pay well at par with other professionals. Quality comes with money.
7. Stop "pleaseing the parents" attitude. They are not educationalists. Stick to the school policy.
8. Unnecessary parental involvement should be discouraged at any cost.
9. When a new system is introduced in a school, do not keep the old system.
10. Most of the lawmakers and policy makers in the education sector were never been teachers. This should not be allowed. Include experts in education at the law making and planning stage. This is a must.
Sorry this is in no way implementable in America
Smart post
I left the education field. You really have to have resilience to get through 1 school year let alone a career as an educator.
As a teacher, I’m seeing my colleagues leave mostly because of administrative choking, and children not behaving. When you have a parent yelling at you because their child failed a test they chose not to study for, and then the next day your supervisor gives you a poor review because a kid decides to shout the f-word, that beats you down. It beats you down not just once but sometimes multiple times a year. Add in the fact you live in NJ with some of the worst taxes in the country, and you make 54K ONLY because you have a masters degree. A masters degree you’ll be paying off till you’re in your 60s. This is before taxes by the way. Factor in the car you pay to commute. Gas. Food. Your $2300 monthly rent to afford to live in an apartment not near crime. Assuming you cant afford $150K+ for a house. A small house.
Have you ever thought about relocating to a different state? Teachers in Massachusetts make really good money. They start you off at $58,000, and your salary rises with more experience.
@@kathaiti It's probably comparable to the cost of living. But that doesn't solve the issue.
HOW ABOUT YOU JUST PAY THEM MORE. PAY THE PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS
I was thinking the same, they should get paid a lot more.
But, how would we pay the people who really need the money?! How are we going to get that trickle down if it's not up there?!
@@ladybluelotus “who really need the money” huh???
@@TheRenegadeStarr it’s satire, they’re making fun of trickle down economics
The problem: smart people have immune to Mass Media liars. No, no, no, capitalism don't like them too, because they are not buying stuff: to protect from own COVID-19 (Project P-781, Ukraine), to feel yourself like a rich man with iPhone, to be a gamer with "some debt"
I applaud every teacher that leaves the profession. Abusive, apathetic, and uncaring administrators and school districts are getting exactly what they have had coming to them for decades, and there’s more to come. I, myself, am too close to retirement to leave. So, I’ve just made a conscious decision to do just what I have to do not to get written up and/or fired until I can escape.
"Mental wellness CAN'T be an add-on, it HAS to be the foundation." - Thank you for sharing this! ❤
For anybody interested and has time, read or listen to the book, The Body Keeps the Score by Besser Van Der Kolk.
I agree, mental health help is good but we need more
Is anyone interested in writing a series about this? I quit last October, 2021, and I have taught for over 20 years. I was so tired of being mistreated by kids, parents and administration. And I used to love my job...
Unfortunately, people don't care. As long as they get free daycare, they are indifferent to it.
I feel the most for those who can't afford to quit. Let's face it, most people don't have a large savings or a spouse's income to fall back on. I've been in that boat, and it sucks. you have no option but to slave away in a job that's killing you until you find another job.
Not a single raise or substantial stimulus for teachers or first responders through the entire epidemic and people don't get why they can't take MORE
That’s not totally true. Some states did.
@@MyMelanin oh that's good ..I don't think I ever heard of anything in my state of Arizona… Which I should know better because we are ranked dead last when it comes to schools and teacher pay. The teachers were coming from such a deficit in the first place how much were some of those stimulus, if you don't mind me asking.
@@kingding-a-ling9794 I hope they get some support.
I'm trapped in teaching because I have a 21 year-long undiagnosed illness (By every hospital in NYC, Cleveland Clinic, Harvard, Yale, and NIH). I cannot go one day without health insurance. I'm physically disabled (wheelchair user) and I have a speech disability due to my illness. I've wanted out for decades, but my illness has imprisoned me in teaching. I have tried everything to get out (networking, job fairs, interviews, resumes, life coach, applying to go back to school, applying for disability) with no success. I implore you and anyone that can to please help me. I know the job is making my illness worse. PLEASE HELP ME!
David, I'm sorry you're going through this and I know how you feel! Just think about the difference you can make in someone's life. You need to be proud of yourself!! God bless!
@@miminguyen376 thank you.
There's an elephant in the room that no one seems to talk about, and that's the deterioration of student behaviors, and the lack of consequences for those students that are engaging in those behaviors.
Pay them more, give citizens healthcare, fund schools, technology, breakfast/lunch, fund the after school and in school programs, crack down on bullying, stop burning books, fund heating and AC, provide safer schools because guns have more rights than children, teach brown ppls history accurately and stop watering it down, fund counselors, and stop giving so much homework. 8hrs a day/5 days a week is already enough time spent on school work. Etc etc do better america.
The military and police budgets eat up all the funds.
@@MyMelanin that and politicians are wasting time creating laws that are not needed and usually end up harming kids,teachers,or just anyone that is different
@@thomasfesler916 Would you mind expanding on that a little? which laws, etc?
I hear Russia & China are welcoming fellow commies, since you want everything for free under an iron fist rule.
@@jaloux8583 I hear Russia is looking for fellow roublikkkunts since you they want to give the military everything for free go join
I left the first 9 weeks. Eventually landed a new job outside of education with a $20k pay raise!! 3rd time quitting. My teachers certificate has been sanctioned by my state. They can have it!
You left teaching after 9 weeks and your teaching credentials have been sanctioned by your state? Did you commit a felony? You should be thoroughly embarrassed.
Many states/counties will revoke your certification if you leave before the end of the year.
Pay them a fair wage!!!
I love working with the kids, getting to know them & then prepping lessons to meet their needs...But I never had the time to do that. There was always a new, useless thing I was forced to waste my time on & progressively less time to work on the actual teaching. I was putting in consistent 11-12 hour days & it just wasn't enough. Combine that with the low pay, complete lack of support, student/parent apathy (or straight up aggression) & I just couldn't do it anymore.
This has honestly helped me. I will say that I will take the advice given to me and become a para educator it will be less stressful. I thank you for all you do amazing teachers former and current.
The pay is terrible. It's not worth getting a degree.
This is why I'm glad I rejected a teacher job offer.
I feel the exact same way in corporate America. It’s pitiful that teachers face the same level of exploitation and abuse. The struggle with mental health is real.
Speak your mind!!!!
I quit teaching spring 2022 after 7 years. I was so burnt out! God bless the men & women who teach for 20 or 30+ years! I couldn’t even make it to 10! Although I don’t know what’s next for me, I feel SO much peace about my decision!
This this this 😢
It’s such a niche position but more awareness on the alternative career opportunities needs to be discussed.
The solution is simple.....get dirty politics out of public school education.....mandatory requirement for all politicians to volunteer 3 weeks in office prior to serving in office.... all politicians must are requred to volunteer for 1 week in a special need school every year in a school of his/her district
Minus covid 19, teachers are pushed over the edge constantly struggling to get back to that edge.......
I feel for teachers. Covid made people see how awful their treatment was
The problem has nothing to do with education. The problem is with parenting but we are looking to education to overcome and fix that. Education is a three-legged stool: parent, student, teacher/school. When one leg breaks there is no stool.
Love your analogy!
I wish quiet time is taught in schools.
Democracy depends upon an educated citizenry.
At some point you must accept what is, and navigate in that space.
Start your own school system they the gov't pays per student. I think they call them academy's.
Teachers in WNY make 2 to 3 times MORE than the parents of the children they are teaching. So at least there it cant be about salary. I guess if teachers were just teachers, and would allow parents to be parents things would be fine.
Harden up ! Your profession is not the only job in the world that has problems , every one out here is struggling , I've been thrown into a psychiatric ward for speaking the truth , forced on medication, yet here I am .
I don’t hear many new teachers with huge student loans quitting. Just saying.
Wow, you must know a lot of people
I have $100K+ in student loans and I left after 11 years in the classroom. I'll die before I go back to an American classroom. 🙋🏻♂️
@@matthewjay660 six figures in student loan debt here too and I feel the exact same way.
I don't think you have spoken to very many people.
I find it interesting that they used 3 AA to 1 WA… propaganda in my eyes.
I thought that was interesting too. They make up like 3% of US teachers.
Funny how, of all the issues brought up, the one thing that stood out to you was the color of their skin...
@@Tricia_K propaganda.
And your point is?
I'll never forget the teacher who counseling I received from a teacher after my father killed himself. "He's dead get used to it."
Then there was spending all the extra time on subjects I am bad at at the expense of subjects I am good at.
America's children are better off with these people out of the classrooms.
You might have had a bad teacher and many more have to but its not a reason to completely dis every teacher in existence because so many teachers are amazing at what they do and the teachers don't usually get to choose what they teach in the classroom they have a set of things they have to teach within the school year and most the time not all of it can be taught again sry a teacher would even say that to u because that's honestly awful but I know so many teachers that would have helped you
That person was wearing a teacher hat but obviously had problems himself otherwise his harshness you had to face with is unexplainable
@@thomasfesler916
I didn't say all teachers. But these whiny snots leaving "teaching" is a goodness thing.
The "whiny" teachers aren't the ones leaving. It's the good ones who actually care. The"whiny" ones stay in the profession, because their bad behaviors are never dealt with by the principals, so they just continue in there bad ways with no care. If you don't care, you're not the one with the stress. Those ones just hand out worksheets, get on their cell phones all day, fall asleep in class, and belittle the students.
@@RJelly-fi6hd 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
“synthetic ear” 😹
Maybe she’s better off not teaching our youths
She meant synthetic ear, not sympathetic ear. In her next sentence she says people PRETEND to listen.
@@mollygrace3068 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯
I think we all win now that these highly emotional women have chosen to leave teaching.
Great! Now that there are SO many available positions, I Can’t wait to see all of the level headed men who are breaking down doors for these jobs 🙄
@@prtdiva for real 🤣
Man you are completely de-lu-lu 🥴
But there are just as many men leaving teaching and posting videos. So are those men "emotional" too?
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I thought not.
It sounds to me like they quit because they couldn't handle the pressure of teaching with the pressures brought on by the pandemic. But all 3 of them never mention this. I guess they wanted to make it seem like they quit for their students. So stupid. 😐
Why do teachers continuously complain about their salaries and working conditions? I reside in Florida, and most teachers receive 15 weeks vacation down here. That time off includes: 14 sick days during the school year, one week Easter vacation, eight weeks summer vacation, one week Thanksgiving, and three weeks Christmas. In Florida, your average teacher takes home $49,000 to $52,000 after taxes, medical insurance and retirement contributions have been deducted from their checks. That’s not terrible money in Florida. Teaching is basically a part-time job and the majority of teachers, in the United States, are not required to hold a graduate school degree. Teachers are always demanding more money and better working environment, however they rarely face consequences when their students struggle academically. In Florida, teachers are granted tenure and they also have union protection. Working in the fast food restaurant industry is definitely more stressful, but I’m willing to bet the majority of teachers wouldn’t support efforts to improve the overall image of a fast food restaurant industry. Teachers definitely need to stop complaining about their chosen careers.
You obviously have not been a teacher.
No, I have never been a teacher. I have dated two teachers in my life and I can tell you they do receive a lot a lot of time off. In Florida, teachers can also elect to receive their pay over the entire 52 week year. In Florida, many teachers get paid for sitting at home during the summer. Teachers have a tendency to become upset when they get called out on all of their vacation time.
Maybe you should work as a teacher. Cooking is not as emotionally stressful as being in a room with twenty plus kids bent on having their own way. Making 20 plus kids do what they don't want to do is what makes teaching stressful. Lesson planning, grading. When you go home you still have to work.
My brother in law lives in Florida. 21 years in and he only makes 50k. Florida is a right to work state by the way. Though there are a few protections, it is not a union as we know the northern states to have. Teachers put in a full day's work then go home to work for FREE to grade papers and plan lessons. Parent night, concerts and other school events, end of year field trips, prom....all FREE work.
Get beat up by kids, shooting protocol trainings, get blamed for everything because parents do not actually parent anymore, oh! and keep up with certification requirements which happen, again on FREE time.
Last year, I easily put in 60 hours IN THE BUILDING. This does NOT include the time I spent working at home.
There is a shortage for a reason. Teaching is at least two full-time jobs in one.
The reality is very different and unless you have actually been a teacher you DO NOT KNOW what it is like. LISTEN to what actual teachers are explaining. You are obviously not a teacher and I'm sure it is because of one of the many reasons listed on the video.
@@cherylscheer2892 I'm sure she's "that" parent.
I would’ve kept my job instead of being on the street or being employed
@The Bitter Truth Man, you sound like you have no thoughts of your own left in your head. Purely parroting buzzwords and nonsense stereotypes.
.... There are a lot of people hiring and they typically know teachers come with a great skill set and work ethic.
Also, please come teach then give us your input. This job wrecks everyone who thinks they're tough as nails. I work around 60-70 hours a week as a teacher. I'm "on" all day long.
@@ghintz2156 Crying towels can be found on the left.
@The Bitter Truth leftists are burning school books and watering down brown ppls history
@@benc.enlots q anon group chats are found on the right
Teachers know what there getting into .
No.
Wrong. I got in in 1998, before the first massive school shooting and the rise of the web/social media. If I’d known active shooter drills would become commonplace, or that kids (and parents) would have such emotional and mental problems, I would have chosen another profession.
Actually your only job is to teach the basics.
No you’re not a parent or counselor, the kids have those already.
These people are the problem period, get them out.
You can't teach the basics when there's no center or foundation. 🙄
@@moniqueloomis9772 exactly! Ja really? You act like every child coming to school has a stable foundation at home. Get a clue.
Whiners
We get it. You live in Florida. Burn books and harass teachers 🤪
Okay troll.
Kids are better off NOT being 'taught' by these emotionally fragile narcissists.
Stop acting ghetto and all rob desantis ghoul like
Wow. I'm guessing it takes one to know one.
@@ladybluelotus this ghoul has never stepped foot in a room where college level education is taught nor do they have a skill.
@@ladybluelotus You must have been taught by them to be that weak in your guessing game.
@@benc.enlots you’re insecure about your level of education.