When I was in school and misbehaved, the teacher sent you to the principals office where you'd get the big wooden paddle. He drilled holes in it, to break any wind resistance.
@@nicob2063 you’ve got that right! Parents screaming at teachers, and office staff when their horrible child is in trouble. The staff sees exactly where the student learned their bad behavior
My wife who is 50, was a teachers aid in the Leander ISD for 17 years. Her final pay was $11.54 per hour. She left two year ago and basically doubled her salary. The state of Texas does not care abouts is teachers or the employees who in school districts. The pay is horrible.
The district sets the pay, not the state. It has nothing to do with the state not caring about the teachers or the school employees. It’s the people in your town that you vote into local office, not state offices.
@@stepht5the state has the funds withheld currently in the fight for vouchers. The funding has not been updated since 2019. Many districts have had to make budget and employment cuts due to that.
There is no support for teachers. All the support is for the disrespectful students and their entitled parents. As a teacher, we are expected to attend workshops on weekends, afterschool, or in the summer. Everything that goes wrong is blamed on us. They have also been pushing severe special need students in the regular classroom, masked as "inclusion". The TAs are not trained and the regular ed teachers do not have the special ed credential that the spec need students require. As a veteran teacher of over 25 years, sad to say, but do not go into teaching. You will just be blamed, disrespected, and stressed out.
Sounds about right, and pretty similar in my country. I still have to ask you something, though, looking into US from the outside, and one reason why I still support parents to some extent. Is there really a lot of push for inclusion of the LGBT community from teachers, and also stuff like pronouns, etc.? I'm asking because I've seen a lot of shorts with teachers constantly talking about that, and seeing hearings with parents and students complain about that. Stuff like that would make me as a parent boil, and I'm not religious nor on the right of the political aisle.
@@bookgirlny8511 No wonder your schools are failing, then. School should be about learning subjects, the rest, like religion and LGBT stuff, is taught by parents, family and friends.
@@rayranja I think an after school club for any sort of group is acceptable. But, boy oh boy, I'm glad I don't have to deal with "pronouns"! I left teaching just before that was becoming a thing.
@rayranja From my experience, no, there is NOT a push in terms of convincing other kids that they should be LGBTQ. That's propaganda. All teachers want to focus on is teaching the subject and helping their students learn. We do try to protect all children from bullying.
My sister quit bc of one girl. She left to tutor 5 kids all on her own that were raised pretty mannerly. She is back again at a Christian school. That one girl they didn’t get control of and she tried to ruin the day a lot
Nope, you're obviously not a teacher. The state, departments, the administration, the parents and the toxic public disrespect for teachers is the big problem. Teachers can handle tough kids but not in that kind of environment that they are unsupported by anyone.
I work in a school with predominantly black and Hispanic students. We have some black and Hispanic teachers. The kids don’t respect them either. Race is not the problem. Bad parenting is.
@ Whataboutism is a rhetorical device that involves responding to an accusation or difficult question by: making a counteraccusation, asking a different but related question, and raising a different issue altogether.
@@JuniperMoonshine No, it's has been pay issues. When I was a kid and teen I remember teachers paying out their own pockets to buy supplies for kids. I am now 43.
@@codecaine Maybe my in-laws situation is different? They’re teachers, they were paid well in SETX and had the resources to work with disabled children. They left towards STX one took a pay cut , but she says she likes it better.
If educators were paid properly and protected fairly then we would not have this situation happening in America right now. The fact that it’s this bad has nothing to do with Covid and everything to do with leaders not acknowledging these problems.
I hold a Masters and am certified in multiple areas. I teach CEU and have done over 40 presentations for various educational groups. I have had kids (and their parents) curse me out, break items in my classroom, no discipline and I spent very little time teaching. I spent more time on paperwork and trying to accommodate an overcrowded classroom with no help. I taught middle school and those children were missing basics skills they should have had down by second grade. Administrators walk around and just yell and bully educators and do nothing to help. When they hired a business professional to teach STEM with me. The guy had no clue what he was doing and I had to help him constantly. I was done when I had a kid throw a stool at me and admin and the district did nothing about it. I made $54K a year. I left and now am an educator in a different industry. I make $104K a year and I'm not stressed out. I am supported and respected. Imagine that.
The reason these students are missing basic skills is because we (teachers) are not allowed to fail students. If you give a child an F, Admin will definitely be in your face encouraging it to be changed. 😮
I have met some dumb parents. I’d much prefer kids be taught by a teacher who actually knows what they’re doing. Also parents have jobs. They don’t have time to teach their kids. Teachers need to start being treated well like they deserve.
❤Respectfully❤As a black teacher, I really don’t think we should be trying to get black kids into teaching. We should get them into STEM so they don’t need 3 jobs *on top of* doing unpaid teacher work in the weekends like I do.
At least back in the 80s, there's a better chance that the parent is coming to beat the mess out of their kids because they got a call at work about their kid disrupting class.
It’s different. A lot of these parents are absolutely crazy, have weird ideas about schools & do not discipline their children. There’s so much pressure to pass everyone & parents are fighting over grades, they think everything is an A, even if it’s a missing assignment. Parents refuse to follow the simplest instructions like where to park during drop off or not cutting a line. Since the pandemic, kids are less socialized & attention spans are shorter. We stay at school until 7:30-8:00pm at least 1-3 times a month for special events like movie night, dances, cultural programs & etc. STAAR expects 3rd graders to be able to answer essay prompts. We don’t get paid enough for this & it doesn’t matter if you’re in a poor district or a wealthy one, each year the parents get worse.
@glitterandglueforyou what you describe is exactly how it was back in the 80s. I was teaching starting in 1978 and was horrified then. I also stood up to the School Board and my principal after failing a student in social studies. My response was the Board can change the grade but I would not lie. Guess what that got me?
but then again...teachers already have had so much put on them. it's kind of an oxymoron making laws to make teachers carry guns to school...yet teaching kids about religion & the ten commandments?? kids need to learn discipline from their PARENTS because most parents treat educators as babysitters. and churches teach their parishioners like a piggy bank & a herd of sheep...i am not a teacher but i respect them. they contribute with an extremely LOW budget and are now in danger at their schools...thanks to republican white men!!
True, yet that alone isn't enough though. They need moral and emotional support, prompt assistance with disruptive students, extended time off, bonuses and a plethora of incentives.
And they are unqualified to lead adults - they talk to adults like kids and use classroom strategies instead of leadership skills. All education admin should be required to get an MBA so they can lead actual adults. Tell me how a masters in ed will help anyone lead adults? It won’t. Save that for your classroom teachers.
It's easy for them to be that way, the teachers are doing the difficult task of teaching,the administrators should get their hands dirty and dive in to assist teachers (desk jobs require no sweat)
They are often on power trips. I hated the overhead fluorescent lights and bought several softer light lamps and christmas lights for my classroom. I liked it and the kids loved it. After aslmost an entire school year of using these lights, the principal came in one day during class and switched on the overhead lights and said they had to be on. He claimed there was some study that showed kids performed better with the overhead fluorescent lights. Of course he couldn't show me this research. The students organized a petition and he completely ignored them and their wants. It's all about the kids..right? I left at the end of the year. I had the 2nd highsest performing kids in my subject. Second only to a 30 year veteran teacher. I found that new head principals like to put pressure on teachers who have been at a school for a while so they can then hire teachers they want.
@@miller5170DOE is the problem. The pass legislation , then refuse funding if the school doesn’t follow the legislation. This is why bo students can be failed… 😞 they wanted accountability, but placed the accountability on the wrong individuals.
My proposal. When kids have repeated behavior offenses (sans IEP), the parents must be required to take and pass parenting courses in order to keep their child enrolled in school. Similar to defense driving. After a certain number of offenses after passing the course, parent is then required to home school for the remainder of the year. You’re welcome to parent how you want to parent at home-and that’s where that needs to stay. You don’t have the right to force teachers to approach kids the same as you and have zero structure in their classrooms. If the parents really don’t see their child’s behavior as a big deal, then they need to teach them themselves at home. Also think school districts should provide an at home curriculum, free of charge. Public school is a privilege that every society can’t provide or afford. The opportunity to learn doesn’t deserve to be spat on.
We can't even get them to sign a folder once a week. Districts will not do this, because a child in a seat is money. And IEP's are a joke now. Almost every child has one when most need some discipline and parenting. When you have a parent, the MINUTE that conversation starts, and they start screaming at you, this is way beyond forcing them to parent. Teachers are getting assaulted on a daily basis and society is doing nothing to change this.
@@txspacemom765 I’ve yet to come across a district eager to keep their kids when they don’t have teachers to serve them. I wouldn’t expect a district to do this-the state education board needs to mandate it. It needs to be a law. We wouldn’t need to ‘get’ the parent to do anything. Nor should that be a teacher’s responsibility. IEPs need to be focused back on children who truly need it, not the ones suffering from such an immense gap, due to a number of variables, all of which are not actually disabilities. The domino effect has to be addressed. Better parenting => better grades => less gaps => less false IEPs. If it’s law, there’s nothing a screaming parent can do about it. The cops can handle it from that point. Parents have far too much autonomy and there needs to be a balance.
@ I’m not referring to kids with academic IEPs who have behavior issues. ‘Sans IEP’ means they have emotional-behavior-based mental disorders that are not being monitored by an IEP and receiving behavior services from a behavioral therapist in both a self-contained and general education setting as needed. Kids who don’t have an explanation for their behaviors (aka an emotional-behavior-based mental disorder) need consequences.
Taught for 10 years, a career changer. A job I really wanted and enjoyed at times. Quit due to behavior, work load, low pay, lack of parental and administrative support. Lost the pension, security, my house. Now it’s a different kind of anxiety. Struggling w the cost of living, bills, food, ins. But not sure what’s worse. Behavior was so bad in the classroom, it became impossible ….and chest pain became unbearable.
@@nathanupchurch6594 , there has been a 95% growth in administrative staff and assistants in the last 20 years or so. During the same time, there has only been a 5% growth in teachers. It seems that teacher salaries are stagnant because budgetary growth must cover the salaries of those in administration instead of those in the classroom. It’s bureaucratic mismanagement.
I wish these young students luck but until they overhaul the education system and give teachers competitive pay, support and less burdensome "Chores," these students are just entering the circus and will burn out as quickly.
@@PJ-fl3do Too high a demand. Not enough new ones coming in. Banned from giving evidence-based care due to new laws. Having to choose between their careers/freedom and their patients’ needs, some of which are actually life-threatening. They’re just as overwhelmed and stressed out as teachers.
@FlowerPower-r8h what's your point? If the Department of Education is dismantled exactly how will the state receive funds to hand out to something that no longer exists?
@@ns6095The federal government provides approximately 7.6% of school funding. The DoED is a federal agency. Its extremely important that people understand the difference between federal, state, and local government. Public schools will not go away just because the DoED is abolished.
@@ns6095 Special Education will be the most affected by the loss of Dept. of Education, not the overall existence of public school. The question is what is the state going to do to support special education moving forward since it hasn’t funded it since the 70s. What’s the plan? Special Ed was just starting back then and was comparatively small. It’s evolved tremendously over the last two decades alone.
After over 20 years I’m done too. Was jumped by students protecting another student being jumped. I get cussed out harassed bullied and disrespected daily. The demands to meet are high with an abundant lack of physical and financial support for teachers. With multiple degrees and low pay it is no longer with the intrinsic value. The expectations are ridiculous and too challenging to meet alone.
As a former teacher of 20 years, I QUIT in 2009 because of the lack of support from the Administration. All I wanted was for them to GET OUT OF MY WAY and let me "teach". But they were intent on micromanaging teachers. The pay & benefits were great for 9 months/7 hour days! I worked while at school and didn't walk around with a coffee cup in my hand as many of my colleagues did. The NEA and state chapters have ruined education....but if we keep dumbing down our kids, they are easier to control. RIGHT???
I have to disagree with some of what you said. There are always a few individuals who can find a way to slack off. However, almost all of the teachers at my schools were very busy an d worked several hours after school. I worked in a right to work state, so there was no real Union to protect me (not that I wanted one).
I'm a black teacher and the kids are just as disrespectful and the parents still say you don't do enough to help their child deal with other kids. They fail to realize their children come to us with the behaviors they have. Parents are more concerned about another kid saying something about their child than their academics. Out of 20 students, I had six parents show for parent-teacher conferences and another three to not show. Parents do not give their children consequences for their misbehavior. A former student threatened to slap the s%*t out of me. He was suspended for two days, then came back bragging about all the fun stuff he got to do at home. I have numerous stories like this. There is also very little support from admin.
Teaching with love will eliminate most of the disrespect and it will keep kids in class. We have to meet them where they are without judgment. I was in tears yesterday when one of my black male students showed me an acceptance letter to the university of Kentucky. We have to relate to these kids. It will be easy to teach them.
That doesn’t make sense. Yes these African American young men will become teachers and will end up leaving teaching too. They are not attacking the root of the problem. They just want to slap a bandage on it.
I know majority of people have already written this but PAY TEACHERS! They’re expected to do 60-70 hours worth of work a week, deal with disrespectful students, nasty parents, and horrible admin. It’s too much. While being unemployed I had people tell me to go into teaching and I refused to do it. I see what teachers deal with and it’s not worth it. The school district needs to reinforce stricter disciplinarian actions, hold parents accountable when they mistreat teachers, and actually create a space where admin and teachers actually work together.
This isn’t just a problem for education. Our cultural issues have caused an inherent loss of respect across all professions. Any work that involves dealing with the public, be that kids and education, pets, whatever… has become so toxic that no one wants to do it anymore. Once we can face this and go back to teaching respect for other people…. Then maybe we can make it better.
These school districts dont want to pay more for these teachers, even the substitutes. Dealing with kids and parents thats always getting off easy. Instead of being accountable, the first thing they do is blame the teachers. Not to mention the Texes exams and study guides are rigged and out of order. Shows you how revolting the school system in Texas is.
In most states, you're only required to have a bachelors. Only states such as Massachusetts, maybe CA & NY require a masters, and that's just for public education.
As a female teacher, I know exactly what this news is doing. No one want to become teachers, so let’s change the narrative to make it appealing to young black men. Now, this is while knowing it’s a very demanding, time consuming, disrespecting, extremely low paying career. This will keep young black men in debt, unable to afford to provide for their future families, live in bad neighborhoods, their children attending low funded schools etc. Sorry, but young black men go into engineering, accounting, doctor, entrepreneurship or anything that pays soo you can afford to live in the right neighborhoods, send your kids to the well funded schools, financially support for your family. Don’t listen!! I believe this narrative they’re pushing has a clear agenda behind it!
There's no 'teacher' shortage. There are enough teachers, meaning trained personnel, available. There's a massive 'willing to work in the profession' shortage, which is due to the horrendous conditions at schools. This is a very important distinction. If there really weren't enough teachers, simply training more people would be the solution. However, as things are right now, you could train people as teachers until you're blue in the face and still not be one wit the better for it, because many of those people would still not go inti the system, or quit after a year or two if they did. So work on the conditions!
I honestly don’t blame those teachers. These kids are disrespectful know it alls. They think they know everything and refuse to learn. And honestly, I don’t think it’s smart to close yourself off to learning from someone just because they look different or have a different identity than you do. Your prejudice only holds you back.
As soon as they can figure out a way to ensure students would login, A.I. will be teachers. They will be in total control of education with no free thought. Those unexpected conversations kept students engaged. THE LONG CON. NO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION...NO CHECKS AND BALANCES. 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️ WELDERS, ELECTRICIANS, HVAC, AND CATERPILLAR MAKE MORE THAN TEACHERS AND NO STUDENT LOANS!!!!!
I had a student who obviously cheated, I asked my principal how to handle it. He told me he would take care of it. I had to ask him about it multiple times. Grades were coming out and I needed to know the protocol. He FINALLY spoke to the parent, who said we could not say anything to her daughter about it bc she “would be very offended to be accused of cheating.” So they told her that I had lost her test! And made me give it to her as a take home! Then the mother did the work!! After all of this, the cheating student was allowed to write an evaluation of ME where she spoke about me not grading things on time and losing student work!! I am so done with this profession.
Why dont public schools across the nation get rid of 12th grade and just make public education k - 11 instead 17 year olds are pretty much almost adults and don't need to be in school full time Shift the classes around so that 9th graders get 9th and 10th grade curriculum, 10th graders get introduced to AP classes, and 11th being the last grade in public schools
I taught in public schools for 40 years (4 in my home state of Texas, the rest in Louisiana). Education has changed a lot since I started in 1979. I can understand why many college students are not signing up for a career in education. Students can be very challenging to teach and manage (behaviorally speaking). The paperwork and bureaucracy can be demanding as well. The pay is not always worth the stress. We’ve got to come up with a better plan for the future of education. 😢
The sad reality is that the economic foundations are based on financial quicksand. Only 6% of teachers receive a full pension after 30 years. If you leave early, you have money for nothing?
It's hopeful to see more Black teachers in the system, much needed..relatable, approachable,and Black students need that. When dealing with difficult students and parents,teachers need stronger backup from the school system.
I had to leave teaching because I have been suffering from a student attack/induced concussion. The medical/legal Worker's Comp odyssey has been a complete nightmare. I was vilified because I sued for my back pay. There is no "Pain and Suffering" consideration with Worker's Comp. To receive any back compensation I had to retain an attorney so she, deservedly so, received 25% of my back pay. When I retired I did not receive my plaque and "gift" because I had sued the district and was not a "Team Player." This is no longer a profession. We need to be labeled as "First Responders" the physical harm that staff experience is grossly under reported as well as the virulent violence that occurs several times a day on all levels, that administration intentionally refuses to report. Mental, physical and emotional abuse on a wicked level. Do not become a teacher.
This is way more than the pandemic. How about the bible in school, the hyper focus on tests instead of concepts, or curriculum created by Texas officials who do not specialize in the subject, or the inability to address school shootings?
Should take a hard look at a lot of parents of the students. And take a hard look at a lot of the school administrators also. My sister was ran out of a school district in Miss. by so many unruly students. When she would meet the parents, it was clear why the students were like they were. And the administrators were pocketing a lot of the money that the politicians were providing to the schools. I saw the same thing living in Baltimore in the past.....wild students (raised by wild parents) and admins pocketing money meant for the schools.
@@patrisio3 So true! My neighbor shared one of many stories about calling a student's mother to discuss her son's behavior, only for the mother to laugh. As she (my neighbor) put it, it was no surprise the child misbehaved the way he did.
As a male teacher, I'm committed to staying in this career. There are not enough of us male teachers. The students, especially young men, need more male teachers. One thing that can help bring more teachers is by having a backbone and not letting parents have power. All districts need to set zero tolerance a policy on electronic devices on campus. Students should only be allowed to have flip phones with zero internet access.
Professional teachers all across your country will leave in droves. Why is this a surprise? The ignorance in your country will only deepen now. I am a retired Canadian teacher. I have a very comfortable pension to live on, and was well-paid and well-respected in my profession. Oh, and politicians did not interfere with my classroom practice. No school board in my country would even consider hiring an uncertified teacher!!
As a retired science teacher of 26 years, the America's educational system is severely underfunded to maintain teachers in the classroom. If the state and federal government don't respond with an immediate funding pipeline, our young people will continue to become susceptible in being guided without substantive teaching.
How about paying the k-12 students 300$ a semester to learn well. This would cut out-of-pocket expenses for parents, teachers, its called "pay attention" for a reason
"The average salary for a teacher in California is over $95,100." "The average salary for a teacher in Texas is $57,641." Is it any wonder Texas can't get decent teachers? It's bad enough to be a teacher in CA I can't imagine how horrible it would be at just over half the pay in a state that doesn't believe in science, math or reality? Your problems will only get worse but your voters are to blame for it.
Why would anyone want to go into a profession that is literally is about denigrating those who sacrifice so much - Less money, paperwork, constant criticism from parents, government, and even their leadership, constant micromanagement. Texas has become one of the worst states and teachers are totally crushed under the oppression of so many.
Thats not all. They are so desperate for teachers that they're not properly vetting these teachers that they hire. Many of these teachers have tiktoks and RUclips channels and you can tell they dont understand boundaries between them and their students. These people being hired to teach are grooming and assaulting students. I graduated highschool in 2012 and back then a teacher having relations with a student was rare and shocking. Now it seems like its happening more often.
Here’s a problem I grew up in the 90s and although a lot of kids sat in front of the TV it was not the same as having electronic devices at your disposal 24/7. Having access to devices at a young age and exposure to screen time has caused a sort of pseudo ADHD which causes children to lose attention quickly, and become aggressive and irritable. Couple that with growing classroom sizes, and the growing of demands of inclusion teachers it’s a wonder how teachers get through one day let alone a week or a school year. Administrators are paid exorbitantly well while teachers are asked to take money out of their own pockets to pay for things such as tissue and hand sanitizer, not to mention classroom supplies. You couple this with the lack of support from parents and administration and it is no wonder why our educational system is failing. They expect teachers to do miracles with little resources and little support and they wonder why our kids are so far behind.
The pay is terrible. The workload is terrible. The benefits are terrible. The credentials are too expensive and lead to lifetime debt. and finally your expertise is not respected by any johnny come lately with a political axe to grind.
I teach high school chemistry and I wanted to be a teacher. I’ve been in teaching now for 13 years of my life and teaching is overwhelmingly the hardest career I have ever done. I have had other jobs as well. It’s too much oversight. Once a teacher is certified, they are taken through the ringer. We don’t need more oversight, we need more PD that impacts our teaching and is culturally-relevant to the needs of the students. I’m in my early 40s now and teachers that are still in the trenches WE MUST FIGHT!!!
1. Not enough pay. 2. Terrible administrators. 3. Kids having no consequences. 4. Terrible parents. 5. Consequences for teachers students not performing well on state tests. And a thousand other reasons. I’m a black man teaching high school math and way undervalued…
What I'd like to see is a commitment by the producers of this video to interview the same students.Five years from now let's see how many are still teachers
The kids are disrespectful and teachers don't get paid enough, nationwide.
When I was in school and misbehaved, the teacher sent you to the principals office where you'd get the big wooden paddle. He drilled holes in it, to break any wind resistance.
And the parents are insane.
@@BETTERWORLDSGTThat’s crazy lol
@@nicob2063 you’ve got that right! Parents screaming at teachers, and office staff when their horrible child is in trouble. The staff sees exactly where the student learned their bad behavior
@@oladeebiazazi4538 That's true. Lol! They banned the paddle in my Elementary school years ago but my Principal didn't play.
My wife who is 50, was a teachers aid in the Leander ISD for 17 years. Her final pay was $11.54 per hour. She left two year ago and basically doubled her salary. The state of Texas does not care abouts is teachers or the employees who in school districts. The pay is horrible.
The district sets the pay, not the state. It has nothing to do with the state not caring about the teachers or the school employees. It’s the people in your town that you vote into local office, not state offices.
@@stepht5the state has the funds withheld currently in the fight for vouchers. The funding has not been updated since 2019. Many districts have had to make budget and employment cuts due to that.
I’m sooo glad I teach in New York!! 🍎
But those same teachers feeding kids of mean parents
Yeah, while politicians get 6 figures for doing nothing. Educators should be among the highest paid professions.
There is no support for teachers. All the support is for the disrespectful students and their entitled parents. As a teacher, we are expected to attend workshops on weekends, afterschool, or in the summer. Everything that goes wrong is blamed on us. They have also been pushing severe special need students in the regular classroom, masked as "inclusion". The TAs are not trained and the regular ed teachers do not have the special ed credential that the spec need students require. As a veteran teacher of over 25 years, sad to say, but do not go into teaching. You will just be blamed, disrespected, and stressed out.
Sounds about right, and pretty similar in my country. I still have to ask you something, though, looking into US from the outside, and one reason why I still support parents to some extent. Is there really a lot of push for inclusion of the LGBT community from teachers, and also stuff like pronouns, etc.? I'm asking because I've seen a lot of shorts with teachers constantly talking about that, and seeing hearings with parents and students complain about that. Stuff like that would make me as a parent boil, and I'm not religious nor on the right of the political aisle.
@@rayranjaWell I just got home from hosting my middle school’s LGBTQ after school club. We had 17 kids!! 🏳️🌈🥰🏳️⚧️
@@bookgirlny8511 No wonder your schools are failing, then. School should be about learning subjects, the rest, like religion and LGBT stuff, is taught by parents, family and friends.
@@rayranja I think an after school club for any sort of group is acceptable. But, boy oh boy, I'm glad I don't have to deal with "pronouns"! I left teaching just before that was becoming a thing.
@rayranja From my experience, no, there is NOT a push in terms of convincing other kids that they should be LGBTQ. That's propaganda. All teachers want to focus on is teaching the subject and helping their students learn. We do try to protect all children from bullying.
You can’t keep teachers because there’s no consequences for students anymore
My sister quit bc of one girl. She left to tutor 5 kids all on her own that were raised pretty mannerly. She is back again at a Christian school. That one girl they didn’t get control of and she tried to ruin the day a lot
Nope, you're obviously not a teacher. The state, departments, the administration, the parents and the toxic public disrespect for teachers is the big problem. Teachers can handle tough kids but not in that kind of environment that they are unsupported by anyone.
@ Well , yes you’re right that’s my whole point of what I’m saying . Those are all of the causes of why I’m saying this
i agree, wholeheartedly!
Yes! And they have to spend more time on discipline than teaching, and their hands are tied
There's no teacher shortage. Just a shortage of people willing to put up with the bs.
100% true!
CONTROL YOUR CHILDREN!!!
They cant figure out which school they're leaving somehow 🤔 🤣
They won’t because the children control them.
I work in a school with predominantly black and Hispanic students. We have some black and Hispanic teachers. The kids don’t respect them either. Race is not the problem. Bad parenting is.
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I see this, too.
As if all teachers are perfect.
@ Whataboutism is a rhetorical device that involves responding to an accusation or difficult question by: making a counteraccusation, asking a different but related question, and raising a different issue altogether.
So true!!!!
You don’t pay them enough.
Not enough to deal with these post y2k kids.
It’s not the pay, trust. It’s the kids.
@@JuniperMoonshine No, it's has been pay issues. When I was a kid and teen I remember teachers paying out their own pockets to buy supplies for kids. I am now 43.
@@codecaine Maybe my in-laws situation is different? They’re teachers, they were paid well in SETX and had the resources to work with disabled children. They left towards STX one took a pay cut , but she says she likes it better.
If educators were paid properly and protected fairly then we would not have this situation happening in America right now. The fact that it’s this bad has nothing to do with Covid and everything to do with leaders not acknowledging these problems.
I quit after only 1.5 years and i have a masters degree in education. They wore me out it was even harder than being in the military. It broke me.
What are you doing now? Sorry to hear that… I was a teacher for ten years (abroad) and I do private tutoring now.
@ subbing when i choose so and self-employed
Sorry to hear that.😔 Thank you for your service (in both education 🎒 and the military 🪖)! Sending positive energy your way!🌬️✨
That's crazy. But I believe it!
@ the video is on my page idk why no one ever clicks on my channel to verify this. Lol
I hold a Masters and am certified in multiple areas. I teach CEU and have done over 40 presentations for various educational groups. I have had kids (and their parents) curse me out, break items in my classroom, no discipline and I spent very little time teaching. I spent more time on paperwork and trying to accommodate an overcrowded classroom with no help. I taught middle school and those children were missing basics skills they should have had down by second grade. Administrators walk around and just yell and bully educators and do nothing to help. When they hired a business professional to teach STEM with me. The guy had no clue what he was doing and I had to help him constantly. I was done when I had a kid throw a stool at me and admin and the district did nothing about it. I made $54K a year. I left and now am an educator in a different industry. I make $104K a year and I'm not stressed out. I am supported and respected. Imagine that.
I could have written this.
Ditto here!
What industry?
Can you share industry
The reason these students are missing basic skills is because we (teachers) are not allowed to fail students. If you give a child an F, Admin will definitely be in your face encouraging it to be changed. 😮
Let parents teach their own kids. Teachers should quit if they continue to not be paid well or disrespected.
I have met some dumb parents. I’d much prefer kids be taught by a teacher who actually knows what they’re doing. Also parents have jobs. They don’t have time to teach their kids. Teachers need to start being treated well like they deserve.
@lucivee6755 teachers have a job, they don't need to parent
Some kids don't have parents.
@@TabletpillowlampSo who’s shoulders does that fall on?
@@OO_GGTHEScorpio the DHS or the streets. Or Foster home
Well, when the teacher has to worry about getting a concussion, you wonder why they quit in droves.
When you got a principal who now can truly call herself Left Eye, you wonder why teachers are preferring working at Waffle House
Parents are incredibly disrespectful.
❤Respectfully❤As a black teacher, I really don’t think we should be trying to get black kids into teaching. We should get them into STEM so they don’t need 3 jobs *on top of* doing unpaid teacher work in the weekends like I do.
I agree with you!
Yup
Stem is being outsourced. Lots of unemployed stem workers.
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I do agree with you about trying to push black guys into teaching. Teaching is something you’re called to do.
It isn't "since the pandemic". The problems were rampant as far back as the 80's. The USA doesn't deserve teachers because of how they are treated.
At least back in the 80s, there's a better chance that the parent is coming to beat the mess out of their kids because they got a call at work about their kid disrupting class.
@shaunaholmes6561 nope, back then it was also blame everyone but their kid.
It’s different. A lot of these parents are absolutely crazy, have weird ideas about schools & do not discipline their children. There’s so much pressure to pass everyone & parents are fighting over grades, they think everything is an A, even if it’s a missing assignment. Parents refuse to follow the simplest instructions like where to park during drop off or not cutting a line. Since the pandemic, kids are less socialized & attention spans are shorter. We stay at school until 7:30-8:00pm at least 1-3 times a month for special events like movie night, dances, cultural programs & etc. STAAR expects 3rd graders to be able to answer essay prompts. We don’t get paid enough for this & it doesn’t matter if you’re in a poor district or a wealthy one, each year the parents get worse.
@@bjkarr i don't know where YOU lived, but where I came from....
@glitterandglueforyou what you describe is exactly how it was back in the 80s. I was teaching starting in 1978 and was horrified then. I also stood up to the School Board and my principal after failing a student in social studies. My response was the Board can change the grade but I would not lie. Guess what that got me?
can't blame them, Late Gen-X and Millennial parents at large are doing a horrible job raising their children to be respectful.
but then again...teachers already have had so much put on them. it's kind of an oxymoron making laws to make teachers carry guns to school...yet teaching kids about religion & the ten commandments?? kids need to learn discipline from their PARENTS because most parents treat educators as babysitters. and churches teach their parishioners like a piggy bank & a herd of sheep...i am not a teacher but i respect them. they contribute with an extremely LOW budget and are now in danger at their schools...thanks to republican white men!!
This is by design
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Yes so they can usher in AI
@@shenquejames7598 🤫
@@shenquejames7598 don't tell the unthinking majority
This is not by design....The problem is these horrible and disrespectful children.
Raise teacher salaries!
Expeditiously
THAT's not the issue! It's the lack of discipline and the micromanagement by administrators.
@@andielliott7721it’s all three issues. Any teacher you speak to will tell you they need more money as well.
True, yet that alone isn't enough though. They need moral and emotional support, prompt assistance with disruptive students, extended time off, bonuses and a plethora of incentives.
Money isn’t why I quit.
Administrators are mean, arrogant and condescending to teachers.
And they are unqualified to lead adults - they talk to adults like kids and use classroom strategies instead of leadership skills. All education admin should be required to get an MBA so they can lead actual adults. Tell me how a masters in ed will help anyone lead adults? It won’t. Save that for your classroom teachers.
It's easy for them to be that way, the teachers are doing the difficult task of teaching,the administrators should get their hands dirty and dive in to assist teachers (desk jobs require no sweat)
No lies detected
They are often on power trips. I hated the overhead fluorescent lights and bought several softer light lamps and christmas lights for my classroom. I liked it and the kids loved it. After aslmost an entire school year of using these lights, the principal came in one day during class and switched on the overhead lights and said they had to be on. He claimed there was some study that showed kids performed better with the overhead fluorescent lights. Of course he couldn't show me this research. The students organized a petition and he completely ignored them and their wants. It's all about the kids..right? I left at the end of the year. I had the 2nd highsest performing kids in my subject. Second only to a 30 year veteran teacher. I found that new head principals like to put pressure on teachers who have been at a school for a while so they can then hire teachers they want.
First, raise wage to livable level
Second, kick out bad children from school after few chances.
Maybe with state law in charge we can change things
@@miller5170DOE is the problem. The pass legislation , then refuse funding if the school doesn’t follow the legislation. This is why bo students can be failed… 😞 they wanted accountability, but placed the accountability on the wrong individuals.
A big problem is the overpaid admins and superintendent.
They are overworking teachers! They keep getting grants that force teachers to do more work.
Not to mention adding too many kids to classes🙄
Teachers are weird anyway. What grown person wants to be around kids all day.
@@peachdog1193people that want to TEACH duh
@@peachdog1193 I taught high school/college kids. Loved communicating with them...and changing their lives.
That's not true...they get grants and hire more staff to do the work.
We’re STILL talking about the problem? We need solutions!!
This should have been fixed back in beginning 2000s but they just let it dangle..
It was never fixed. People are really against paying teachers more.
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Teachers are doing administrative work on top of teaching. No pay for this extra work either.
Everywhere but in America, teachers are revered And paid accordingly.
Usually salaries are low, but the teacher are respected, parents respect the teacher.
That's not true, I've seen that they have to deal with a similar thing if not worse in China and South Korea and that's only the ones I know of.
Teachers are usually disrespected in countries with low birth rates where children are put in a pedestal.
In S. Korea teachers are unaliving themselves. The student-on-teacher abuse is horrible there.
Wow! I thought student behavior would be better in South Korea.I wonder why this is happening?
My proposal. When kids have repeated behavior offenses (sans IEP), the parents must be required to take and pass parenting courses in order to keep their child enrolled in school. Similar to defense driving. After a certain number of offenses after passing the course, parent is then required to home school for the remainder of the year.
You’re welcome to parent how you want to parent at home-and that’s where that needs to stay. You don’t have the right to force teachers to approach kids the same as you and have zero structure in their classrooms.
If the parents really don’t see their child’s behavior as a big deal, then they need to teach them themselves at home. Also think school districts should provide an at home curriculum, free of charge.
Public school is a privilege that every society can’t provide or afford. The opportunity to learn doesn’t deserve to be spat on.
We can't even get them to sign a folder once a week. Districts will not do this, because a child in a seat is money. And IEP's are a joke now. Almost every child has one when most need some discipline and parenting. When you have a parent, the MINUTE that conversation starts, and they start screaming at you, this is way beyond forcing them to parent. Teachers are getting assaulted on a daily basis and society is doing nothing to change this.
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I’ve yet to come across a district eager to keep their kids when they don’t have teachers to serve them. I wouldn’t expect a district to do this-the state education board needs to mandate it. It needs to be a law. We wouldn’t need to ‘get’ the parent to do anything. Nor should that be a teacher’s responsibility.
IEPs need to be focused back on children who truly need it, not the ones suffering from such an immense gap, due to a number of variables, all of which are not actually disabilities. The domino effect has to be addressed. Better parenting => better grades => less gaps => less false IEPs.
If it’s law, there’s nothing a screaming parent can do about it. The cops can handle it from that point. Parents have far too much autonomy and there needs to be a balance.
I like this idea
Most of those kids have an IEP… that’s why they have no consequences
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I’m not referring to kids with academic IEPs who have behavior issues.
‘Sans IEP’ means they have emotional-behavior-based mental disorders that are not being monitored by an IEP and receiving behavior services from a behavioral therapist in both a self-contained and general education setting as needed.
Kids who don’t have an explanation for their behaviors (aka an emotional-behavior-based mental disorder) need consequences.
Taught for 10 years, a career changer. A job I really wanted and enjoyed at times. Quit due to behavior, work load, low pay, lack of parental and administrative support. Lost the pension, security, my house. Now it’s a different kind of anxiety. Struggling w the cost of living, bills, food, ins. But not sure what’s worse. Behavior was so bad in the classroom, it became impossible ….and chest pain became unbearable.
Disrespect.. low pay.. why go into this field 😢
Who tf would EVER teach in Texas, of all places?!!
As a teacher have you every done a report on what jobs are NOT vacant in schools and why? That may say a lot too.
@@nathanupchurch6594 , there has been a 95% growth in administrative staff and assistants in the last 20 years or so. During the same time, there has only been a 5% growth in teachers. It seems that teacher salaries are stagnant because budgetary growth must cover the salaries of those in administration instead of those in the classroom. It’s bureaucratic mismanagement.
@@adityabanerji6358 schools need more admin assistants to keep up with the amount of paperwork & documentation in 21st-century schooling. required
@@Heyu7her3hogwash
@@adityabanerji6358 Thank you for the information...where is it from please.
How about paying them more? How about security and holding parents and children accountable?
too expensive.
I wish these young students luck but until they overhaul the education system and give teachers competitive pay, support and less burdensome "Chores," these students are just entering the circus and will burn out as quickly.
Next will be OBGYN.
That’s already started….
Why?
@@PJ-fl3do Read the news.
@@PJ-fl3do
Too high a demand.
Not enough new ones coming in. Banned from giving evidence-based care due to new laws.
Having to choose between their careers/freedom and their patients’ needs, some of which are actually life-threatening.
They’re just as overwhelmed and stressed out as teachers.
Wow, smh
Well... we were promised the elimination of taxes. So... guess what? No more public schools.
Schools are state taxes.
@FlowerPower-r8h what's your point? If the Department of Education is dismantled exactly how will the state receive funds to hand out to something that no longer exists?
@@FlowerPower-r8h You think each state is gonna fund schools with no complaint? Several are broke af and will just blame the Fed as a cop out
@@ns6095The federal government provides approximately 7.6% of school funding. The DoED is a federal agency. Its extremely important that people understand the difference between federal, state, and local government. Public schools will not go away just because the DoED is abolished.
@@ns6095
Special Education will be the most affected by the loss of Dept. of Education, not the overall existence of public school.
The question is what is the state going to do to support special education moving forward since it hasn’t funded it since the 70s. What’s the plan?
Special Ed was just starting back then and was comparatively small. It’s evolved tremendously over the last two decades alone.
Between the kids and parents teachers are fighting an uphill battle!!!
Stop paying professional players millions of dollars and pay teachers starting to pay 100,000 a year
After over 20 years I’m done too. Was jumped by students protecting another student being jumped. I get cussed out harassed bullied and disrespected daily. The demands to meet are high with an abundant lack of physical and financial support for teachers. With multiple degrees and low pay it is no longer with the intrinsic value. The expectations are ridiculous and too challenging to meet alone.
As a former teacher of 20 years, I QUIT in 2009 because of the lack of support from the Administration. All I wanted was for them to GET OUT OF MY WAY and let me "teach". But they were intent on micromanaging teachers. The pay & benefits were great for 9 months/7 hour days! I worked while at school and didn't walk around with a coffee cup in my hand as many of my colleagues did. The NEA and state chapters have ruined education....but if we keep dumbing down our kids, they are easier to control. RIGHT???
I have to disagree with some of what you said. There are always a few individuals who can find a way to slack off. However, almost all of the teachers at my schools were very busy an d worked several hours after school. I worked in a right to work state, so there was no real Union to protect me (not that I wanted one).
I'm a black teacher and the kids are just as disrespectful and the parents still say you don't do enough to help their child deal with other kids. They fail to realize their children come to us with the behaviors they have. Parents are more concerned about another kid saying something about their child than their academics. Out of 20 students, I had six parents show for parent-teacher conferences and another three to not show. Parents do not give their children consequences for their misbehavior. A former student threatened to slap the s%*t out of me. He was suspended for two days, then came back bragging about all the fun stuff he got to do at home. I have numerous stories like this. There is also very little support from admin.
Amen!
Actually having a black male teacher teach black young males help them to consider college .
Facts!!! @@FinnishHymn1
I do not blame them,
Especially in the state of Texas.
NO WAY.
Teaching with love will eliminate most of the disrespect and it will keep kids in class. We have to meet them where they are without judgment. I was in tears yesterday when one of my black male students showed me an acceptance letter to the university of Kentucky. We have to relate to these kids. It will be easy to teach them.
That doesn’t make sense. Yes these African American young men will become teachers and will end up leaving teaching too. They are not attacking the root of the problem. They just want to slap a bandage on it.
Right!
I know majority of people have already written this but PAY TEACHERS! They’re expected to do 60-70 hours worth of work a week, deal with disrespectful students, nasty parents, and horrible admin. It’s too much. While being unemployed I had people tell me to go into teaching and I refused to do it. I see what teachers deal with and it’s not worth it. The school district needs to reinforce stricter disciplinarian actions, hold parents accountable when they mistreat teachers, and actually create a space where admin and teachers actually work together.
This isn’t just a problem for education. Our cultural issues have caused an inherent loss of respect across all professions. Any work that involves dealing with the public, be that kids and education, pets, whatever… has become so toxic that no one wants to do it anymore. Once we can face this and go back to teaching respect for other people…. Then maybe we can make it better.
I just LOVE this and it is WAY OVERDUE!!
That board should say "college is not a dream, it's a financial mistake."
Teacher not important to the public anymore, especially the pay.
These school districts dont want to pay more for these teachers, even the substitutes. Dealing with kids and parents thats always getting off easy. Instead of being accountable, the first thing they do is blame the teachers.
Not to mention the Texes exams and study guides are rigged and out of order.
Shows you how revolting the school system in Texas is.
Rigged or rigid?
@@missladyanonymity Rigged!!!
Did you try paying a living wage? No? Well how about not requiring a bunch of useless degrees? No??? Well then f you people you're not trying are you?
In most states, you're only required to have a bachelors. Only states such as Massachusetts, maybe CA & NY require a masters, and that's just for public education.
Higher degrees sometimes include higher pay
@@Heyu7her3
Beyond states, wealthier districts with wealthier parents require masters in general.
@@denyshadials5702 excuses
@@Heyu7her3 excuses
As a female teacher, I know exactly what this news is doing. No one want to become teachers, so let’s change the narrative to make it appealing to young black men. Now, this is while knowing it’s a very demanding, time consuming, disrespecting, extremely low paying career. This will keep young black men in debt, unable to afford to provide for their future families, live in bad neighborhoods, their children attending low funded schools etc. Sorry, but young black men go into engineering, accounting, doctor, entrepreneurship or anything that pays soo you can afford to live in the right neighborhoods, send your kids to the well funded schools, financially support for your family. Don’t listen!! I believe this narrative they’re pushing has a clear agenda behind it!
There's no 'teacher' shortage. There are enough teachers, meaning trained personnel, available. There's a massive 'willing to work in the profession' shortage, which is due to the horrendous conditions at schools. This is a very important distinction. If there really weren't enough teachers, simply training more people would be the solution. However, as things are right now, you could train people as teachers until you're blue in the face and still not be one wit the better for it, because many of those people would still not go inti the system, or quit after a year or two if they did. So work on the conditions!
I honestly don’t blame those teachers. These kids are disrespectful know it alls. They think they know everything and refuse to learn.
And honestly, I don’t think it’s smart to close yourself off to learning from someone just because they look different or have a different identity than you do. Your prejudice only holds you back.
As soon as they can figure out a way to ensure students would login, A.I. will be teachers. They will be in total control of education with no free thought. Those unexpected conversations kept students engaged. THE LONG CON. NO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION...NO CHECKS AND BALANCES. 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️ WELDERS, ELECTRICIANS, HVAC, AND CATERPILLAR MAKE MORE THAN TEACHERS AND NO STUDENT LOANS!!!!!
I had a student who obviously cheated, I asked my principal how to handle it. He told me he would take care of it. I had to ask him about it multiple times. Grades were coming out and I needed to know the protocol. He FINALLY spoke to the parent, who said we could not say anything to her daughter about it bc she “would be very offended to be accused of cheating.” So they told her that I had lost her test! And made me give it to her as a take home! Then the mother did the work!! After all of this, the cheating student was allowed to write an evaluation of ME where she spoke about me not grading things on time and losing student work!! I am so done with this profession.
Research shows that Black teachers are more effective with ALL learners.
@@40acresandatractor222 what research? The research you pulled out of thin air?
@christopherbasham1551 That is funny.
@@mandom9484 Cope better🤣
I’m sure my sister has done way more than teachers at her school & she’s underpaid
As always, depends on the teacher…
Thank you.
Why dont public schools across the nation get rid of 12th grade and just make public education k - 11 instead
17 year olds are pretty much almost adults and don't need to be in school full time
Shift the classes around so that 9th graders get 9th and 10th grade curriculum, 10th graders get introduced to AP classes, and 11th being the last grade in public schools
I taught in public schools for 40 years (4 in my home state of Texas, the rest in Louisiana). Education has changed a lot since I started in 1979. I can understand why many college students are not signing up for a career in education. Students can be very challenging to teach and manage (behaviorally speaking). The paperwork and bureaucracy can be demanding as well. The pay is not always worth the stress. We’ve got to come up with a better plan for the future of education. 😢
The sad reality is that the economic foundations are based on financial quicksand. Only 6% of teachers receive a full pension after 30 years. If you leave early, you have money for nothing?
Real black men teach accurate American history at Freedom Schools.
This teacher prep program at Huston-Tillotson is a great idea and desperately needed.
This is amazing I pray for more black brothers to enter this amazing field. We need more teachers ❤
It's hopeful to see more Black teachers in the system, much needed..relatable, approachable,and Black students need that. When dealing with difficult students and parents,teachers need stronger backup from the school system.
Love this segment!!!!! More of this, please
Many teachers are creating there own micro schools& selecting certain students to teach.
I had to leave teaching because I have been suffering from a student attack/induced concussion. The medical/legal Worker's Comp odyssey has been a complete nightmare. I was vilified because I sued for my back pay. There is no "Pain and Suffering" consideration with Worker's Comp. To receive any back compensation I had to retain an attorney so she, deservedly so, received 25% of my back pay. When I retired I did not receive my plaque and "gift" because I had sued the district and was not a "Team Player." This is no longer a profession. We need to be labeled as "First Responders" the physical harm that staff experience is grossly under reported as well as the virulent violence that occurs several times a day on all levels, that administration intentionally refuses to report. Mental, physical and emotional abuse on a wicked level. Do not become a teacher.
This is way more than the pandemic. How about the bible in school, the hyper focus on tests instead of concepts, or curriculum created by Texas officials who do not specialize in the subject, or the inability to address school shootings?
shame these comments are blaming student for this, take a hard look at your politicians
Should take a hard look at a lot of parents of the students. And take a hard look at a lot of the school administrators also. My sister was ran out of a school district in Miss. by so many unruly students. When she would meet the parents, it was clear why the students were like they were. And the administrators were pocketing a lot of the money that the politicians were providing to the schools. I saw the same thing living in Baltimore in the past.....wild students (raised by wild parents) and admins pocketing money meant for the schools.
@@patrisio3 So true! My neighbor shared one of many stories about calling a student's mother to discuss her son's behavior, only for the mother to laugh. As she (my neighbor) put it, it was no surprise the child misbehaved the way he did.
Take a hard look at people laying up having kids and then not teaching them anything at home BEFORE they ever get to school.
I don't blame them.
As a male teacher, I'm committed to staying in this career. There are not enough of us male teachers. The students, especially young men, need more male teachers. One thing that can help bring more teachers is by having a backbone and not letting parents have power. All districts need to set zero tolerance a policy on electronic devices on campus. Students should only be allowed to have flip phones with zero internet access.
PLEASE DISCONTINUE ALL PHYSICAL SCHOOLS! TOO MANY PROBLEMS!. REMOTE LEARNING ONLY!.
Low paying job, disrespectful students together with their ignorant parents
Governors/each state must be vigilant & proactive with ongoing communications with school superintendents
I guarantee you that either Trump or Edward Blum (who Trump appointed) will shut that blk school down.
We can ONLY hope!
Your politicians are not your friend.
Professional teachers all across your country will leave in droves. Why is this a surprise? The ignorance in your country will only deepen now. I am a retired Canadian teacher. I have a very comfortable pension to live on, and was well-paid and well-respected in my profession. Oh, and politicians did not interfere with my classroom practice. No school board in my country would even consider hiring an uncertified teacher!!
Best of luck to these scholarship students!
bring Texas schools to My country of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
As a retired science teacher of 26 years, the America's educational system is severely underfunded to maintain teachers in the classroom. If the state and federal government don't respond with an immediate funding pipeline, our young people will continue to become susceptible in being guided without substantive teaching.
How about paying the k-12 students 300$ a semester to learn well. This would cut out-of-pocket expenses for parents, teachers, its called "pay attention" for a reason
If a teacher can't make that
$38, 000.00 threshold then don't even bother.
Behavioral therapists make more.
"The average salary for a teacher in California is over $95,100." "The average salary for a teacher in Texas is $57,641."
Is it any wonder Texas can't get decent teachers? It's bad enough to be a teacher in CA I can't imagine how horrible it would be at just over half the pay in a state that doesn't believe in science, math or reality? Your problems will only get worse but your voters are to blame for it.
Why would anyone want to go into a profession that is literally is about denigrating those who sacrifice so much - Less money, paperwork, constant criticism from parents, government, and even their leadership, constant micromanagement. Texas has become one of the worst states and teachers are totally crushed under the oppression of so many.
Ignorance is the key to control. When you see politicians like Cruz and Abbott it's pretty obvious not a lot if education is taking place in Texas
Thats not all. They are so desperate for teachers that they're not properly vetting these teachers that they hire.
Many of these teachers have tiktoks and RUclips channels and you can tell they dont understand boundaries between them and their students.
These people being hired to teach are grooming and assaulting students.
I graduated highschool in 2012 and back then a teacher having relations with a student was rare and shocking. Now it seems like its happening more often.
Here’s a problem I grew up in the 90s and although a lot of kids sat in front of the TV it was not the same as having electronic devices at your disposal 24/7. Having access to devices at a young age and exposure to screen time has caused a sort of pseudo ADHD which causes children to lose attention quickly, and become aggressive and irritable. Couple that with growing classroom sizes, and the growing of demands of inclusion teachers it’s a wonder how teachers get through one day let alone a week or a school year. Administrators are paid exorbitantly well while teachers are asked to take money out of their own pockets to pay for things such as tissue and hand sanitizer, not to mention classroom supplies. You couple this with the lack of support from parents and administration and it is no wonder why our educational system is failing. They expect teachers to do miracles with little resources and little support and they wonder why our kids are so far behind.
The pay is terrible. The workload is terrible. The benefits are terrible. The credentials are too expensive and lead to lifetime debt. and finally your expertise is not respected by any johnny come lately with a political axe to grind.
Here's a new innovative idea to get more teachers: PAY THEM MORE!
Sounds like a violation of the civil rights act
Just like every other agency, the schools are now top heavy with admin costs. So then there’s not enough for the teacher/road worker etc pay.
This is how we move forward. This is how we get ahead. YESS ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿. This is what real progress looks like
I teach high school chemistry and I wanted to be a teacher. I’ve been in teaching now for 13 years of my life and teaching is overwhelmingly the hardest career I have ever done. I have had other jobs as well. It’s too much oversight. Once a teacher is certified, they are taken through the ringer. We don’t need more oversight, we need more PD that impacts our teaching and is culturally-relevant to the needs of the students. I’m in my early 40s now and teachers that are still in the trenches WE MUST FIGHT!!!
1. Not enough pay. 2. Terrible administrators. 3. Kids having no consequences. 4. Terrible parents. 5. Consequences for teachers students not performing well on state tests. And a thousand other reasons. I’m a black man teaching high school math and way undervalued…
Low pay and these kids have such disgusting behavior its not worth it. I couldn't imagine being in school now. I'm so glad I was born when I was.
Lol they say they dont have teachers, yet I'm trying to get my Teachers Cert hours in Hays and they straight just hung up on me 😅
I was getting my teaching degree… but changed my mind my senior year. These kids are so bad. They will send me to jail.
That's crazy
The young man said he wants to change lives. Thats a passion not a job. They should also compensate teachers accordingly.
What I'd like to see is a commitment by the producers of this video to interview the same students.Five years from now let's see how many are still teachers
LOOOOOOVE THIS!!!!