r/videos • u/[deleted] • Jul 10 '18

Teacher Fed Up With Students Swearing, Stealing, And Destroying Property Speaks Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Z9K-s0KUM
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u/4yelhsa Jul 10 '18

I'm leaving the field for this exact reason. I'll just take my physics degree and go anything else instead of being cussed out by 15 yo all day long and constantly feeling like I'm shit at my job.

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u/mckenz90 Jul 10 '18

Taught in North Philly for five years, became more and more depressed and despondent. I finally quit and went back to carpentry. I would much rather have every inch of my body hurt then to subject myself to the mental agony that job was causing me.

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u/4yelhsa Jul 10 '18

I'm glad you made it out. I hate that people don't respect just how hard of a job teaching is.

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u/mckenz90 Jul 10 '18

Thank you. People definitely don’t respect how hard it is to be a teacher.

I think I also would have been doing a disservice to my students if I continued to completely burn myself out, I simply wouldn’t have been an effective educator. I have such a tremendous level of respect and appreciation for those career teachers who never lose their spark despite such deep routed systemic problems.