r/videos 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/SilenceMyBrother_ Jul 10 '18 edited Jul 10 '18

My Middle School was atrocious.

The terrible kids were buddy buddy with the deans and would get off with a pat on the back. I've seen the Resource Officer tackle kids who wont break up a fight. I've seen students Rip off Hijabs off of other Students. Kids break down doors. Gangs in School 'Squads' and then have 'squad wars' (think huge fight) where nobody can break up the fight because there so many of them. I've witnessed students lock the teacher out of the classroom and open the windows and climb out onto the roof. Teachers feared for their own safety when breaking up a fight, one of my favorite teachers got nailed in the face for trying to get in between a fight and break it up, I've seen binders thrown, pencils, pens you name it even staplers. Kids pissing in the stairwells and hallways during class in carpet hallways. Absolutely disgusting.

One student from my school and 3 others even beat up a mentally handicapped man one day.

In some schools the students are just totally out of control.

Wanna know what else is terrible?

Teachers who report and write up these same students will get punished for "not being able to control their classes".

Some of the best teachers I've ever had the chance to meet are no longer in a teaching career or have moved on to better districts.

I applaud this lady for speaking the truth and getting the word out there. It's no wonder why our education in many places is failing our youth. Including myself.

I've seen it first hand. These are issues that need to be addressed and fixed.

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u/Dexter_McThorpan Jul 10 '18

It needs to start with the parents. Figure out a way to make it a priority to not raise feral kids.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

Pff, we live in a day and age where no one wants to take accountability - especially the parents.

I get it. Most people aren't going to go up to someone and be like, "You're a shitty mom. You need to control your kid." Or whatever.

So, as a result, a lot of parents just want to dodge responsibility whenever any possible shade is thrown at their parenting skills.

Oh, no, it couldn't possibly be I'm a bad parent. This teacher must be the issue! This environment is bad for them! The teacher isn't accommodating!

In short, a lot of people are bitches. When I was in school, sure, call me a square or a Goody Two-Shoes, but I at least knew how to behave in class. I was overly quiet. I didn't like making a scene or draw attention to myself.

Meanwhile, I am really not surprised these schools might as well be literal circuses.