Wife can't take it anymore. Leaving her teaching job.

I know this may get mixed reviews. But this is a very worthy topic. My wife is an intervention specialist. She has Ann amazing heart for kids and especially disadvantaged kids. For years I teased her and would call her the mean teacher. She is not mean. She is firm in her classroom policies. When I would have opportunities to observe her I would ask her why she didn't cut some of them slack on the rules. She always answered the same.

"For the majority of these kids the only time they see any discipline or receive lessons on consequences is in our classes."

Basically she loved them enough to work that extra effort to make sure she wasn't taking the easy way out. Because that is what they deserve. To learn what is expected from them in society and then to spread their wings and fly. And despite what I though they loved her for it. We would see students in the store and they scurried to hug her and love her. They could see through her tough love at times that she truly loved everyone of them despite color or gender or financial position.

She has won awards and been published. She is what the school considers a star. She is very good at her job. And loved it for many years.

To make a long story short, over the past few years kids have gotten significantly worse. I mean for these 4th and 5th graders, it is a daily occurrence to tell their teachers to fuck off. Not only that but when you write them up they laugh and tell you how their parent will be at the school demanding the teacher be fired. And that is exactly what happens. She had a student accuse her of slapping him this year. Even though her bosses knew she would never do that, it took 6 hours of cctv in class to convince the parent that her kid was a liar. Even though the kid is in trouble daily.

So anyway... today she took a cell phone in class from a 4th grade girl. The girl called her a fucking cunts about 6 times and threw a book at her. Due to this girls iep, she got 1 whopping lunch detention. The admins hands are tied. Nothing they can do. This is your public school system.

These parent take their kids to get them diagnosed so they can receive ss. Once a child is on an individual education plan they automatically get ss. So you have over half of a student body on iep. And once they are on an iep they can not be disciplined like an average student. Liberal policy for the win!

Last Edited by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on 03/10/2017 04:56 PM