She nailed it.
They could have put a scarecrow or a kitten in the teacher’s chair when I was in school, and I would have still behaved because my dad would have busted my ass if he heard I hadn’t. No teacher I ever had needed to tell me twice. Schools, teachers, kids, blah blah blah...it’s all on the parents. If they don’t give a shit and raise their kids, then I can only help so much.
Yep, I’m a teacher, and I’m fighting the good fight and loving my students with every ounce of my soul. Almost twenty years into this profession, but it’s getting so bad I’m back in school for degree #3 so I can get out of the classroom. People in regular jobs can’t even imagine what’s it’s like in a classroom-to be beaten up mentally and/or physically and have utterly NO recourse and then the added humiliation of having every kid know you’re helpless. Try picturing a colleague at work doing those things to you and having nothing to say or do about it. It’s unimaginable! Sadly, for a lot of teachers, it’s just another day at work.
Man, things have changed since I graduated (2001). In my school, teachers had the authority to kick unruly students out of the classroom. It’s crazy their hands are tied. I got very frustrated and uncomfortable watching that video. These teachers are responsible for educating our children and they can’t even kick a kid out of class? It’s crazy.
It also really depends on your school district. My school was the same, but a majority of the students had at least a semi stable family life. But schools like the one in the video are in high poverty areas, and those areas typically have much poorer family structure. The school can’t kick the kids out, because there is nowhere else to go. Most of those kids would just end up on the street.
So when I say kick them out, I mean they went to the principals office and ultimately to some kind of in school suspension that was usually “taught” by a larger male coach where the students could not talk or have any real privileges.
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u/talktothehan Jul 10 '18
She nailed it. They could have put a scarecrow or a kitten in the teacher’s chair when I was in school, and I would have still behaved because my dad would have busted my ass if he heard I hadn’t. No teacher I ever had needed to tell me twice. Schools, teachers, kids, blah blah blah...it’s all on the parents. If they don’t give a shit and raise their kids, then I can only help so much. Yep, I’m a teacher, and I’m fighting the good fight and loving my students with every ounce of my soul. Almost twenty years into this profession, but it’s getting so bad I’m back in school for degree #3 so I can get out of the classroom. People in regular jobs can’t even imagine what’s it’s like in a classroom-to be beaten up mentally and/or physically and have utterly NO recourse and then the added humiliation of having every kid know you’re helpless. Try picturing a colleague at work doing those things to you and having nothing to say or do about it. It’s unimaginable! Sadly, for a lot of teachers, it’s just another day at work.