Few kids are taught respect by their parents now...it starts in the home first.

@equilibriumfilesprostnimelo

4 жыл бұрын

Meggy Farnsworth so true.

@amysutton6932

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@firstname3255

4 жыл бұрын

Meggy Farnsworth Few teachers realize respect goes both ways.

@VictoriousSage

4 жыл бұрын

@@firstname3255 have you taught in a high school before? He is right. Teachers are respectful, but students are testing them all of the time.

@mihaelapopescu3160

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

It is not just a tough job anymore - it is an impossible job...depending on where you are teaching

@jjc6530

3 жыл бұрын

I agree totally

@marinabay4008

3 жыл бұрын

So f**kin' true.

@angieholt736

3 жыл бұрын

Retired and agree.

@phillatella6470

2 жыл бұрын

Depending on where you teach is the big statement

@Richard-vq7ud

2 жыл бұрын

Teaching has always been hard, but now its crazy making bullshit.

I am ready to walk off the job after 22 years. Unruly students whose parents are uninvolved and blame the teacher when the teacher attempts to disciple their disrespectful, failing child. The workload is ridiculous! I am done!

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

It can get so frustrating, I hope I gets better for you so you can make it until retirement.

@lilac624

4 жыл бұрын

Teaching is so tough.....

@Falconlibrary

2 жыл бұрын

I retired at the end of the 2020-21 year after 32 years. I have many, many more good than bad memories, but I agree, the current work environment for teachers is horrific: tons of responsibility and ounces of power (if that). We veterans who have taught for 20+ years can see the difference in our schools: new teachers may not even know it wasn't always like this, and that it isn't supposed to be like this.

@kimberlywinkfield876

2 жыл бұрын

I understand and I’m sorry you have to deal with such dissatisfaction

@lessehead

2 жыл бұрын

Unruly doesn’t begin to describe it. I call it savage, animalistic behavior from both kids and parents. Kids on the floor with knives, scissors, pencils, whatever, literally trying to kill each other and me. Two mothers assaulted me. One tried to stab me in the chest. I took them both to court over the principal’s objections bc it “wouldn’t look good for the school.” Ripping toilets, sinks, shelves, anything out of the walls and floors, peeing and defecating all over. I could go on and on. We need full time armed police in every school building, and one per building isn’t enough. And they wonder why test scores are so low.

When I was a teacher every night before going to sleep I would mentally go through a list of what I needed to do in the morning before my first class began. Every night I did this. I was constantly behind, never quite caught up. The stress got higher and higher. I put up with it for three years and in the fourth year I was offered a job in a fire dept. I quit teaching then and there. More pay for less hours. Easier and earlier retirement. When I got off work, poof, nothing - empty time. No take-home work. Zero stress.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

It is a lot of stress.

@mmdmmj1

4 жыл бұрын

What a blessing!! Hope I'm blessed with opportunities to give me a way out.

@SaskatchewanICE

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment is the epitome of what I’m going through right now as a teacher. Sitting in a cubicle and just stapling papers all day sounds like heaven compared to this shit.

@watvid1

3 жыл бұрын

@@SaskatchewanICE considered working abroad?

@SaskatchewanICE

3 жыл бұрын

@@watvid1 I would yeah. It’s just the constantly having to take work home with me that gets old. I feel like I’ve outgrown doing homework

You know how they say in the real estate business that it's all about "location, location, location?"......Teachers quit because of "bad student behavior, bad student behavior, bad student behavior.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaWVsJiupqvWlLA.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXxsrsZ7m66rcZs.html Here are 2 videos abut that!

@yaelrar.4460

5 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@niac9568

5 жыл бұрын

Student behavior is a small fraction of the stress level of being a teacher. Fantastic teachers with great classroom management quit because they feel helpless with all these tiny tasks they must complete. It’s endless work .

@yaelrar.4460

5 жыл бұрын

@@niac9568 Yes! Truth! My school wants long drawn out lesson plans every single day for every single class. How am I supposed to accomplish that???

@niac9568

5 жыл бұрын

Yaelra R. Long detailed lesson plans, behavior plans, data meetings, PST, parent communication, door decorating, bulletin boards, what evidence do you have for tier 2 and tier 3 instruction, are you current in your grade book ........ I could go on and on . And all that work for 12 paychecks a year. It doesn’t add up lol

students are too entitled now, they have low attention spans and feel that it is the teacher's job to study for them.

@yaelrar.4460

5 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@inthevault9603

5 жыл бұрын

And Entertain them. News flash I’m not a KZreadr that signed up to be a clown up on a stage!

@whatever3041

4 жыл бұрын

As a college lecturer, unfortunately this has started happening in college as well smh. The students do not want to do anything but want an A.

@jjc6530

3 жыл бұрын

It’s all because of parents expectations and way of thinking of how schools should operate and what schools need to provide for their kid. Unrealistically in my opinion.

@krissiberry9087

3 жыл бұрын

@@jjc6530 156 likes! I need my own KZread channel. It is what it is. Gen Z.

I'm a first year teacher. I'm a little over a month in and I feel sick to my stomach every day from the anxiety and being overwhelmed.. I feel like I've wasted 4 years going to school for my degree and now I'm stuck.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Hang in there at least a few years to give it a chance...being able to retire at 51 or 52 like I did is a big benefit that you will not get in another profession!

@brennalill9093

4 жыл бұрын

Right there with you... I am looking at teaching in Japan - at least there is support there and the kids actually respect their teachers. I hope it is getting better for you at the very least!!! As another struggling first year teacher, I am so sorry... :(

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

loonee toones she has only been teaching a month. Once she gets through the first year it may be better. I would not throw away 4 years of education and effort after just one month. I could deal with it and lots of others can too so give it an effort before quitting.

@virginiaoflaherty2983

4 жыл бұрын

I am a retired teacher. It sounds like you are having a very tough time. Most teachers are idealists. Your college never prepares you for the real deal. If they told the truth their school of teacher prep would go out of business. Depending on where you live you might try teaching in a religious school. A private school. Tutoring. The kind of stress you are under can ruin your everyday life and your mental health. Do you have someone you can vent to? Someone who can help you make it through the first year? Does your school system have mentors for new teachers?

@skr8674

4 жыл бұрын

iluvpanda14 Go into social work. It has challenges too, but you get to help people. I’m going to substitute teach and get an online MSW.

What you say is SO TRUE!!!!! This video brought everything back!! I retired early after 24 years of teaching because I was assaulted by a student during class. In the months prior to that I was pushed, tripped, had things thrown at me, and was called horrible names and racial slurs. I got no support from from administration!!!!!!! My birthday is at the end of August, so for all the years I taught, I could never enjoy my birthday - I was sto stressed out by the start of school!

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

It is amazing you made it that long. What grade level?

@valerier4308

6 жыл бұрын

NICHOLS RETIREMENT EMPIRE I started in middle school and finished in middle school. The other 22 years was in elementary - grades k - 4th. I worked for 4 districts in 2 states searching for better working conditions.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Middle school is DEFINITELY the hardest!

@valerier4308

6 жыл бұрын

NICHOLS RETIREMENT EMPIRE And I taught Spanish, which was an elective - and supposed to be fun! Geez!

@jackier.9391

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear what happened to you. You are finally away from the big, wide, thick, hairy monster that the system is. I do not want to make you uncomfortable but you look to me like family I have in Adjuntas, PR and their last name is Robles too 😄.

Years ago my dear friend chose a career in law enforcement over teaching. I felt it was a dangerous decision and tried to dissuade her. She said as a cop at least she got to carry a gun, in the classroom you're on your own often against a very hostile environment. After twenty years, countless school shootings, accelerating violence and disrespect leveled toward teachers I totally understand her wise decision

its true the money's lousy but I quit because the kids were so disruptive. feel sorry for the kids who were behaving

Teachers and Admin are trying to do EVERYTHING for children and parents demanding it combined with crappy parenting -- this is why teaching sucks! Glad I left. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be!

@chekovcall2286

5 жыл бұрын

Helicopter parents struggle with children receiving consequences such as sentences for disruptive behavior.

@kayleegoff141

4 жыл бұрын

Chekov Call Sometimes helicopter parents will be rude to the other students.

Teaching academic lessons itself is not hard. Teaching values is!

That’s why all teachers salaries should start at $60,000 + etc. We do several jobs at one time.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the pay is a lot better than it used to be

@jeffcmo1957

3 жыл бұрын

Most jobs require multiple roles.

@jaydel3

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffcmo1957 not daily every hour

@SneakySalamander13

2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice not to stress about bills on top of my teaching responsibilities. It would also be nice to have savings so I felt I could quit without immediately being homeless.

It's not only "tough," but it's also unchecked. Many schools let students get away with far too much these days.

I can tell you what support they need, they need the same level of training that doctors and lawyers get. AND they need the power to tell parents what needs to be said and the parents need to sit and take it.

@JRobbySh

4 жыл бұрын

Teaching is not a profession like the law and medicine. The education colleges are not very selective and the classes are not rigorous. This reflects the kind of person that the schools are looking for. Retention is not really high on the school’s list. If a teacher fails, they just go looking for a replacement. In the worst schools it is like the “deeper-deeper” system in place in the US Army during World War II. In some of the urban schools, it is really like combat. Survival of the fittest, in the sense that the fittest are the survivors.These are not the best, just those who do what they have to do to survive.

One of the first reasons why teachers quit is: Bad Administrator behavior.

@ronaldsmith6161

4 жыл бұрын

Some of the best teachers stay in the classroom for 30 years or more. Many of the mediocre teachers know that the farther they are from the classroom, the more money they'll make. They become administrators in many cases.

First year teacher, jumped in mid year.. on a day I was having trouble with a problematic student, principal walks in and I let him know. He slaps me on the shoulder and says, “that’s why they pay you the big bucks”. Walks out. Sums up my experience so far.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

If you started in the middle of the year my hat is off to you. There is nothing more difficult to do. That is a test even for the most experienced teacher! Did you talk with him again after that?

@sheriff_daddy

5 жыл бұрын

I have on a few occasions but I’ve got the sense that this is probably the way it’s going to be around here. Also, thanks for the response. I truly enjoyed this video. Before getting into teaching I, just like many others, underestimated what teachers really do and I have a new found appreciation for them to say the least

@chekovcall2286

5 жыл бұрын

You know he was thinking, "Better you than me; suck it up!"

Super interesting! I feel badly for these new teachers because too many kids lack respect nowadays. It's sad! It takes a special teacher to balance authority with relatability.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

It is tougher than in the past that is for sure!

I can relate to everything you said. One thing administrators could help teachers with is to have a TA or a secretary on hand in the classroom (wishful thinking). They need a secretary for attendance, referrals when a kid is misbehaving, checking email so you're staying on top of everything that's going on in school, calling parents or the front office when a student is acting up, reading material one on one for a student with a learning disability, and dealing with children who don't have respect for their own parents and none also for their teachers, let's not forget restrooms breaks for kids that swear it's an emergency. Do all that in 45-50 minutes...but there's also block schedules which last 1hour and a half per class...it's life draining. Your day is not over when the bell rings because as a teacher you gotta go home and work some more..whether it's grading papers, laminating posters, buying school supplies for children who can obviously afford Jordans but not a pack of pencils, or planning tomorrow's lessons...did I mention teachers don't get paid enough..and if you get a master's degree in education you only make about $1000 on top of your salary, so teachers are not paid enough and under appreciated at times. Some parents treat teachers as if it's the teacher's responsibility to raise their children, teachers are babysitters to some parents , so to them it's free daycare. Lets not also forget how some teachers get bullied and assaulted by their students. Teaching by no means is an easy job. Teachers definitely deserve better pay and appreciation because they truly are raising America's youth.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

You can't see me...I am standing and clapping!

@chekovcall2286

5 жыл бұрын

I had to eat with the students (300) and monitor the halls in between classes. The kicker was implementing Common Core and not getting feedback from state testing. The last straw was unequal treatment of students. One kid had 15 interventions and did not get suspended for fighting but the other 3 involved in the same bathroom brawl, did. I taught middle school math and was a mentor teacher in my 3rd year. My MEd was a waste of time and money. I left and never looked back.

@jjc6530

3 жыл бұрын

Well said and very true.

@jjc6530

3 жыл бұрын

@@chekovcall2286 you would figure with so much problems and teachers just leaving like crazy, the government would wake up. Everyone says teachers deserve more pay, but nothing happens. It’s all just words.

Wow, you covered it all- no holds barred. Thank you. Sometimes I feel like I’m going crazy.

I do not know how anyone can teach kids anymore. It’s got to be one of the hardest jobs there is! I appreciate teachers, and feel for them and their sanity! The parents can be harder to deal with than their kids. God bless the teachers who give so much.

Holy cow, Chris I had no idea it was so tough. Bless the teachers.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Most people have no idea Nancy.

@jjc6530

3 жыл бұрын

Volunteer to be a teacher for a week. You will understand and be sympathetic of what teachers go through. It’s really horrible. What will our nation do when absolutely no one wants to be a teacher...teachers really deserve better pay, everyone says they do but nobody does anything, talk is cheap

This guy just gives a rundown of the responsibilities: tasks, teaching, operations, training and the massive workload that requires a monumental amount of preparation. Well, if you can do all that and learn to balance it all in a succinct manner, then more power to you. But there are numerous other factors and variables that impede your progress and well-being.

These education videos of yours should be a part of the curriculum of education programs at universities. On my first day teaching, fresh out of college, my head was stuffed full of educational theories. I had no idea about the realities of being in a classroom, even though I student taught for 8 weeks just before graduating. Maybe the topics you discuss here aren't included in the college curriculum because they would scare people out of teaching. I don't know. I wouldn't have changed my mind about becoming a teacher if I had known these things, but I would have been MUCH more prepared for what I was getting into on the first day of school!

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

There is theory and there is reality. Most people are afraid to say how things really are. I have always been super practical (probably because I am lazy at heart lol).

this is a tremendous video which captures the true work that teachers do which goes unoticed. Gone are the days when teaching just meant teaching. thank you for your insight sir - no job is worth your health

@justice77justice39

5 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@JRobbySh

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t idealize the past. Rent the movie “Black Board Jungle”. Set in the early ‘50s. Or. watch “The Dead End Kids” set back in the ‘30s. Mass education means that barbarians are enrolled in the schools. If their numbers can be kept low, then great. But there is a tipping point.

Main issues: kids with crappy behavior because of parents who don't know how to discipline, and the parents themselves are also a problem especially when they condone their children's behavior and allways tend to blame the teacher if their lazy child refuses to study. Then you have the school administration who would like their teachers to make extra effort to get kids achieve higher test scores and when they do, the admi takes all the credit without acknowleding the teachers that did a great job (its bad enough they are not paid enough and overworked, but worse that they don't get some recognition). The worse is the state/county who keeps implementing useless tests and policies hoping to make themselves look good on everyones's eyes and if their "programs" failed, they will blame it on the teachers for not doing a good job. I wonder, how many of these clowns in the school board actually have teaching or classroom experience? How would they even know what's good and what's not effective with students especially nowadays? Oh they will just try anything and use teacher's as their guinea pigs.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Yes the higher ups like to take the credit!

@edubwalter3179

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to respond in a more positive manner but teaching has become a farce! Society is unwilling to place the blame where it needs to be...PARENTS! This is my 24th year teaching and I am hoping I can make it to year 30 and then retire! Good luck to all of you in the trenches!

@footlooseunlimited8040

2 жыл бұрын

@@edubwalter3179 Aren't you in the trenches too like everyone else in the teaching professon?

@edubwalter3179

2 жыл бұрын

@@footlooseunlimited8040 Yes, I stated that I have been for 24 years!

@footlooseunlimited8040

2 жыл бұрын

@@edubwalter3179 Well I don't know. You could have got out of it and enjoying it like other teachers that's why I asked. I was born in a family of teachers and back then it wasnt' a ditch cause educators are well respected unlike today where politics messed it up. I don't know what your earlier experiences are.

Surprisingly, not one mention of the feral kids with bad parents who have no other objective than to destroy your lesson, and that most schools do very little to support you with them.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Bill Fox that’s a given in lots of schools now. That is one of the things that teachers face. Some teachers can handle that and some can’t. But it’s going to happen to some teachers more than others. You’re right they’re not going to be kicked out of school for “destroying lessons”. So fair or not teachers are stuck with them. If they haven’t been taught how to act at home schools have a hard time teaching them that. This was more about just the operational things the teachers face.

@KillerBill1953

6 жыл бұрын

I know from colleagues in the Primary educations sector (ages 5-7ish) that young children are starting school not even able to use the toilet without assistance. Regarding quitting, several young teachers I have met and worked with over t he past few years have all been told at their college or university, that 50% of them will have left the profession within 5 years, and quite a lot never actually go into teaching when they finished their training. There are several problems, besides behaviour, which make teaching worse than it needs to be in the UK: Ofsted, Target setting, and performance management. Insisting on standards and targets that can be easily measured now are getting the way of educating children. At 64 I sill feel the benefit of my own teachers, most of whom are probably dead. How does modern target setting take into account the long term benefit of teachers? It seems to have become irrelevant. The problem with targets is that they have to be SMART, but that does not mean the teacher is doing a good job educating, it just means they can meet targets. As a Head of Department I dread performance management each Autumn. I had excellent teachers who were at the top of their game yet I still had to create artificial goals for them to achieve, and wasted an hour with each member of staff setting them up. Time that I could have made much better use of. Ofsted recently gave an excellent school a "very good" grade because of the lack of diversity in the role of the school. This is a small school in an area where there are no ethnic minorities to enroll. Teachers are instructed to always look for the good in children, but the management and monitoring bodies such as Ofsted seem to be in the business of undermining teachers and working hard to find things to criticise them. I took early retirement not because I was a poor teacher, and not because of bad behaviour from some children, but because I was fed up with excessive monitoring, paper making, box-ticking and bullying senior management, people who had managed to get promoted out of the classroom, many of which seemed to hate children. BTW thanks for the reply.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

You are totally on target. It is the same here. We have tried every way we can to use data to show what "good teaching" is to justify government programs. I do not believe "good teaching" can always be measured. Teaching is (at least partially) an art. It cannot always be reduced to numbers as evidence of success. And you are right about the kids. I hate to say it but if a young teacher can't deal with kids that are unruly they will not be able to teach as a career. It's tougher than it ever has been. Students have short attention spans and need tons of individual attention today. It takes entertainment, technology and everything else to keep them with you.

You know. Per se i like teaching but kids nowadays are just entitled brats who doesn't care for nothing.

I can’t even cope with the attitude that some 12 year old kids have. I started at a school in September and I’m shocked.

@mmdmmj1

4 жыл бұрын

Totally know what you mean! That's why I majored in Early Childhood Education.

Great and truthful description of what it’s like for teachers!

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Now that I am retired I can be a little more frank. I want to continue to do some educational blogs. Maybe once or twice a month.

I haven't seen any videos where a teacher actually likes their job. Low pay; super-stressful; you have to bring work home; constant planning. I don't think the pay is worth it

Thank you. Im choosing this. this was sooo honest. thank you. just thank you

Wow. This is very, very authentic and realistic. Especially coming from a former administrator. Great video!

Districts really low ball new teachers and I think this is also a reason why many teachers quit.

I just completed my 18th year teaching. It's true it's a tough, tough, tough job.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

I did not know you taught. I am going to be making some more frank blogs after my retirement is "official" next week.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

What grade level?

@Melissa54321

6 жыл бұрын

Taught 1st grade for 10 years, 5th for 4 years and now 4 years in ESL.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Is the English as a Second Language?

@Melissa54321

6 жыл бұрын

NICHOLS RETIREMENT EMPIRE yes that's right.

This is why our education system will never produce the leaders that other nations do. A degree is suppose to be something earned through merit and represent the holders acquisition or mastery of a particular area of study. The degrees nowadays have become entitlements. We’re not just celebrating mediocrity as a nation, we are celebrating no genuine effort in academia and handing out graduation diplomas and university degrees like participation trophies. We still wonder why we get the politicians we do.

You're a hundred percent right I learned that the first day of teaching. After being a firefighter for 26 years in a major city I thought I could handle anything. teaching broke me it wasn't so much the kids it was Administration it wasn't that they didn't help me I know I was on my own like you said it was they had so many petty little Clicks in the school if you weren't part of one of the club's not only did you not get help but they a worked against and bully us. Everybody was just trying to keep their jobs and would throw you under the bus if need be. We had a 30-40 percent turnover per year. I was the 5th teacher in 4 years in my class.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

That is not an unusual story unfortunately.

@virginiaoflaherty2983

4 жыл бұрын

You must have been teaching in a middle school. I was told - middle school teachers act just like the students.

@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona

4 жыл бұрын

Virginia O'Flaherty and high school teachers and elementary teachers mirror their kids.

I wish any of my teaching jobs had given me that much training when I started. Its information overload for sure but at the same time I've almost always just been thrown in with a "good luck!"

Hi Nichols, thanks for your testimony.

I just resigned from my position this year. I taught high school for ten years with very few problems, mostly because both administrators and the majority of the school board were conservatives. I left that great job to move to Colorado thinking the classroom would be just as exciting. Boy was I wrong. No consequences for students, unless you call restorative justice a consequence, and no real leadership. Now I have to decide what to do with a Masters + 39 and twelve years experience. Maybe I could take up welding in the oil fields

@billyoung8118

5 жыл бұрын

I went through an interview process with Denver Public Schools to be a teacher for at risk schools. It was a special program where they were looking for people with a college degree and significant knowledge in their field (mine is advanced math, engineering level) but no actual teacher's education. The DPS was going to hire these people, put them through a few weeks of teacher training, then turn them loose in the high risk schools. I never made the cut. Honestly it was probably the best thing that has ever happened to me.

@chadwilson1865

5 жыл бұрын

@@billyoung8118 I think you are right. Hopefully you found something better using your math knowledge...a much desired skill in many careers.

@atiyarise4131

3 жыл бұрын

@Chad Wilson, Adult Education, Education Policy federal and local level, College Professor, Training and Development (any field). Just a few options.

I came here to look up to other people in order to somehow lessen my stress caused by high expectations . These days, I've been thinking a lot about quiting teaching but it is not appropriate for me as I just started (2 months to be more precise) .In this video I did see common problems of teachers , what makes teaching difficults and lots of people commented about the same problems . The thought that there millions of people just like me made me relax for a while.Afterwards, I'm gonna work even harder.I wish luck to all of aspiring teachers!

Hi....just love your thoughts. I bet you were a very accomplished educator! I wish you would start a teacher friendly and student responsible environment. I would be all game for that. You're right about Professional Development.

All that is spot on.

I enjoy your videos...I started teaching 5 years ago when oil crashed. The pay was difficult to adjust too...The most frustrating part of teaching is that you are not allowed to fix problems within the school itself.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

You are awesome! You get it!

I remember back in elementary I was put into this class where all the students would just bully the teacher & make her put on movies. I mean they’d be leaving class and not caring. Being a teacher can be mentally draining

Man this is true...I'm a student teacher now, 2nd year, I've been put on placement and it's crazy

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you do not REALLY find out until you get in the room teaching by yourself!

Real administrative help would be assigning a veteran teacher as a mentor for the new teachers. Ideal would be relieving of all teaching duties for a whole year and helping those newbies out, if they request it. I’m not talking about “Observation,” but working with them one by one or as a group. Student teaching is never more than a sketching intro to the real deal.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Judy S. They do the mentoring everywhere but no duties would be impossible. There are too many things that have to be done and documented.

WOW 😮 this was so informative

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Wow, thank you for the insight sir. I’m second guessing my career choice now.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

It is good with good benefits if you can do it, I could

@outdatedgear5036

3 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE I guess it’s a job that people go into anticipating a certain environment. I see it at work with new social workers and nurses, it’s not the job they were hoping for.

Talk about 100 percent truth on a KZread video. I’m a Behavior Intervention Aide, yet I basically teach 1 on 1 with the worst kids in be district. Special ED and general ED. I’m 29 and will quit before my 31st birthday.

Well, I must say, this was fairly thorough. #honesty

It could not be more clear!

I retired after 32 years because we were expected to more and more every year with less than zero administrative support. By less than zero I mean the administration actively worked against the teaching staff by *always* siding with parents and students when there was a conflict. Always. Can you imagine how demoralizing it is when a 15 year old figures out that HE makes the rules in YOUR classroom? That HE is in charge and not you? Today's schools are in chaos and it's because teachers have great responsibility and little to no power. It's.a recipe for disaster.

Quitting teaching is the best decision I ever made. It wasn't the ridiculous work hours. I know lawyers and doctors who don't work those hours. It wasn't the low pay. It was the stress. My stress levels were off the charts. No job is worth that. I strongly encourage everyone I can not to become a teacher. It is close to being the worst job in the world.

They have us analyzing so much data and jumping through so many hoops and juggling so many balls at once that it’s starting to effect my emotional well- being. I feel so sorry for teachers.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct!

I teach music at a performing arts school. There is a first year teacher at my school teaching orchestra. She was like a dinosaur. I hadn’t seen a first year teacher in years. However, she’s doing well overall except for administrative stuff from the county like not getting her first paycheck which is terrible. My point is to try magnet schools where students audition or must pass strict rules to get in the school. If students can’t cut the mustard so to speak, students return back to their home school. The magnet program has kept me in education. I’m year 29 and will retire next year. I finally have a good salary so I’ll consider another year but it’s time to go. Most days, I just loved music and helping kids. Everything else was nonsense. Best of everything to teachers. Teachers deserve the best of everything! Self care is important too.

It has become a tough job in UK because of the need for detailed planning, evidence in books-photographs, after each lesson marking 30 books, record keeping . some teachers in some schools are working 8-8pm sunday to friday

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

We are documenting ourselves out of a job!

@mimijaneemi7549

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously? They were able to take a day off? I always felt like my days off were only in summer, and they weren’t days off, rather they were catch-up for everything I wasn’t able to do during the school year.

A diabolical existence . I taught most grades for many years and loved it . I then decided to specialise in music which is hard work but I loved it . Our system was to keep our forecast and records upto date , the odd meetings to discuss educational methodology , parent consultations , school concerts / sporting events etc ...... AND........... Believe it or not , the rest was left to plain old common sense !!!!!....But then , I taught in Africa ( Private and public schools .) I am now retired and grieve every day to get back into teaching .

You are spot on I started 21 years ago & it is not the same 🤪

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Yes thee has been a drastic change!

Can you do a video speaking about TKES?

Every job laid out like this can seem difficult. The piece that I feel needs to be emphasized is that we do all that, and admin is unhappy, the SpEd department is unhappy, the other teachers are unhappy, the kids are unhappy and parents are unhappy. Fielding all of that unhappiness and frustration, even when you are good/great at your job can be unbearable (and it isn't just tough, I don't think I have ever successfully checked all the boxes, and I have been teaching 11 years).

Chanced upon your videos..not from US but I understand. Problem is worldwide..listening to you, situation here is similar.

What kind of lesson plans are taught now a days about History and Economics

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Agent_of_Chaos depends on where you are

I loved teaching high school math. When the students gave a firm foundation in math, it's a joy to challenge them. When the foundation is not there, it's a challenge to lay down the essential rubrics first, (a) purpose to learn, (b) make it meaningfully for daily living (c) initiate confidence that they can & will succeed (d) just love them daily for who they really are - students!!! In the process of becoming responsible citizens! 🙈 ! 🙊! 🙉 !

@margaretm.7079

4 жыл бұрын

"Have" instead of gave in the second sentence.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Yes there is nothing more satisfying than being a successful teacher!

LOL, its almost like you work in my district. I find that administration ALWAYS finds excuses for students and parents and NEVER accepts excuses (i'm overworked) from teachers. Everyone knows most issues begin at home but no one wants to make them responsible. I'm done.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

That horse has left the barn. The parents that refuse responsibility know they can lay it on the school. They do not even have to feed their children anymore.

Non teachers don't know anything about it but swear it's not difficult as we claim; try working at title 1 schools for over a decade

Yes, teaching is tough and it is approx 9 months per year. Many jobs do not have recoup time.

My son became a teacher and I am a little disappointed in that choice not because I think teaching is an ignoble profession but because the pay is extremely poor with little chance of improvement. Couple that with the high student loan debt and not to be crass it's quite alright to want to save the world but you better be sure you get compensated or you're in for a rough ride. I wanted my son follow in my footsteps and become a doctor or at least something in the health care professions but not a high school math teacher. I believe in education, heck, I taught resident doctors in my specialty for over 30 years but baby sitting and behavior issues were not part of the equation. I hope he chooses another career path. If you are in college and thinking about becoming a teacher think again and choose something that will allow you to provide for your family.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Albert M it does pay higher in certain states but you are correct the pay is not the best. Especially considering the amount of work and stress. Some people have no problem handling the street but the ones that cannot do not make it.

Two years retired, Still have PTSD. Student behavior was the number one issue. When students stole or purposely broke the equipment or materials I bought with my small paycheck, no support from admin. ( I spent a minimum of 5000 per year on books, supplies, and tools per year) Teacher Evaluation was a joke. Data driven evaluations in Art doesn’t work. My excellent teaching was hanging on the school walls and in news paper articles. I lived in my school buildings even spending nights in school without sleep many,many, many nights. The whole thing became degrading trying to prove you worth with numbers and statistics. We have lost the appreciation of our humanity and common sense. Do you know how many hundreds of meetings I was required to attend about reading and math training that did not even remotely apply to me and the art curriculum. I was treated as a second class teacher as a specialist. One administrator called me the coloring teacher. The technology director refused to let me have a computer and projector when every other teacher was supplied with them. I had to try to demonstrate techniques with 30 kids trying to see what I was doing by looking over my shoulder. I taught art through cultural thematic units that included the arts, architecture, music, dress, food and language of what the theme was that year. French, Old English, Italian, etc... I spoke early production of 15 languages at the time. I had a lot to offer my students and I loved teaching so much that I didn’t really care that the pay was bad. ( I left a couple million dollar corporation that I owned and operated to teach and have the same schedule as my school age child.) (Single mom) I taught in a one room school in the wilderness of Alaska in a logging camp. I taught in WA and Michigan also. I had 2 excellent administrators and the rest were awful. The last 18 years had yearly budget cuts. The last 9 years my Salary was cut by 5 percent. The work load and responsibilities only increased. My young, new colleagues had it even worse. Their pay was frozen at a starting salary for the same 8 years. They had to complete a 5 year degree and continue to earn a further 18 credits in order to be certified. Many of them had to work additional jobs to survive. I’ll never forget 2 of the most insulting professional events that I was exposed to... Erin Gruwell, the inspirational teacher from the book and film, “ Freedom Writers” was presenting in our High School Auditorium during the “3 days of inservice before school begins in September. Not all teachers were invited to attend her presentation!!! (Just some of the High School English teachers) The other insulting faux pas was when we did have to attend a “Poverty sensitivity training”, and A large number of the teachers and staff were “The working poor”, as identified by the chart presented to us by the speaker. So In other words we were training on how to be sensitive to the issues of students living below the poverty level. And just under a half of our population fit the presented parameters for poverty given their wage and number of children. It just crazy out there!

No mention of gangs, guns or drugs!!! Must have been an elementary teacher. Ever tried teaching in St. Louis, MO., Little Rock AR., or Memphis, TN? I haven't, but I have friends that did. I'm no teacher, a retired Engineer. Each of them lasted one year at these schools. Three years later ALL of them were out of teaching. Sad really. I feel your pain.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

rockbay79 I dealt with all of those things as a teacher and administrator in the Atlanta area. Most teacher's that quit do not list those things as the reason. It has more to do with general discipline in the classroom firm the vast majority of teachers.

If you're still responding to comments, I am curious to know if anything changes for teachers who teach physical education?

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

It is a lot different for them as well, many more administrative and legal hoops to jump through

@Ctano32

3 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE thank you for responding! Would you mind elaborating if you have a moment?

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ctano32 They have standards from the state and district and they have to do all of the lesson plans and professional deveolpment that may not apply to what they do. In my district they wanted them to teach and promote reading at one point, they have to do testing, etc

@Ctano32

3 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE thank you!

@Ctano32

3 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE thank you for the insight.

Did you read; the underground history of American Education by John Taylor gatto?

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

Santos Tesla I have not.

@nikolavanzettiteslasacco4991

5 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE read! the underground history of American Education by John Taylor. There an interview of him on the ultimate history lesson on KZread it free plus the DVD it too expensive but you will be very inform about what he uncovered

It’s too bad professionals that work with people are not paid better. This includes teachers. It used to be teachers may not have received much pay, but at least they were appreciated and respected, but now they don’t even get that. They wonder why there is such a teacher shortage in a profession that doesn’t pay what they are worth and doesn’t show them the respect they deserve. That is a message that not only teachers receive, but our kids too. The kids look at how society treats teachers and they follow that example. We should be ashamed of ourselves. We can do better.

This is my first year teaching and I want to leave this death trap. Someone please tell me what else I can do. I can't stand this anymore.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

You may be better suited to teaching in another location or a different grade level. That helps a lot of times.

@Megalodon64

7 ай бұрын

I am currently teaching Homebound or Homeschooling and it's WAAAAAAYYYY better. Thank god I am out of that miserable job.@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

Wow sounds like his school is high functioning, I want to work there I haven't planned with my two co teachers all year. My principal observed us at the end of the year. lol It's isolating no adult contact all day.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

Susan Emberley some states are a lot different than others.

My reasons for wanting to quit. 1. Classroom management 2. Student apathy. 3. Random/unnecessary paperwork. 4. Unpaid expected work time. 5. Low stipend. 6. Pay

Administration needs to support the teacher with discipline. "LET'S GET THOSE SCORES UP."

Teacher salaries often times is a joke. Teachers should not start salary less than 40,000. There is so much legal stuff and responsibility given to them.

Admin support means you either help me personally with all these requirements or take them away. Having a meeting about it wastes everyones time. Teaching is not one persons responsibility. Everyone that interacts with the child is responsible aka admin. It takes a team approach to teach but sadly district needs someome to blame when scores dont reflect what is needed to get funding.

I quit teaching years ago in the USA. I come from “the worst and most dangerous city in Mexico Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua” and students there act much more respectful than in the USA.

Why teacher must be a savant and servant for students its becoming the same problem in our area

Those damn meetings.

And this was before the pandemic. Throw that in and it makes the job of a teacher 1000 times more challenging.

The problem is simple. The state and U.S. Dept of education. Teaching is about making kids love learning, not following a million quidelines. #overit#flawedsystem

one of the most important jobs in the world and teachers don’t get paid enough

It's not the students, it's the BS that the admin throws on teachers that has destroyed the job. When I started I was given the respect of that of a professional, they trusted me to produce lesson plans and teach the lesson plan. 15 years later they treat you like a kid. They make you give them your lesson plans a week ahead, then you have to do them again, because over the week the class moves at its own pace.... ADMIN SUCKS

Mishandle with money? Did something happen about financial dishonesty?

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Something is always happening with financial dishonesty!

@christinab.2864

4 жыл бұрын

Ok that’s a better understanding of the problem. If I were on food stamps or needing health insurance than you wouldn’t hire me that understandable that’s like poor level of understanding of integrity needing that.

Didn’t sound that hard? 🤨

Sometimes parents will tech there kids the things that they sometimes will hear the rude tones at home and use them at school because they think it's ok to use at home. Sometimes they will hear bad words at home and think it's ok to say at school.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

True!

Nobody in the right mind should go into education and teaching anymore...every year it gets worse...Even if doing it with no pay, from the heart, it’s still hard, because kids have no respect for teachers to learn anything. Safety is a concern too, kids may bring guns to school. So even doing it for free is not worth it, could get killed, when your doing it for the love of kids. Parents don’t know how to be parents, and don’t hold their kid accountable to anything.

You need to get on the ball cleaning out your office or they may make you come back next school season.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

Worked on it some today.

You for got to mention that the administration will throw your ass under the bus every time a parent complains. You for got to mention that the kids aren't held accountable for their actions. You for got to mention that most school board members have no back ground in education thus have no clue what a teacher goes through. You for got to mention that the number one reason teachers quit is due to lack of support by their administration. You forgot to mention all the bullshit teachers are forced to do that takes them away from teaching or preparing for teaching so that administration can use the numbers to lie to tax payers. You forgot to mention although teachers have a planning time they rarely receive it due to commitments forced on them. You for got to mention the threatening environment for teachers with low test scores. You forgot to mention all the hours spent outside of the classroom grading, doing lesson plans, talking to parents, and collecting data for administration. None of which you get paid for! Now add on the poor pay, poor benefits, increased stress, increased time consumption, and many teachers have to take on a second job to pay bills and college loans. Teachers are not valued in this country because education is not valued. It will get a lot worse before someone actually tackles this problem.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

You might need to watch some more of my videos. And re-watch and listen to this one. I mention a lot of that stuff.

It’s the law. Special education law is the problem . Higher ups hide the money issue with special ed law. Need more money . Raise 3% public education tax for 25 years. Step to save education system.

No one told me anything. Nothing about my email. Nothing about drills. Nothing about safety. Nothing about anything.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

2 жыл бұрын

That is worse than what I described

@alanparedes2034

2 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE The first drill where we had to take the kids outside, I was supposed to have a clipboard with the kids names that were present in school. I didn't have it. I wasn't approached like an adult and told I should have it. I was scolded and told to get a clipboard. That's what is was like for everything. I could go on......but I think you get the picture.

Lack of administrative support AKA: I have misbehaving students and it’s against policy to discipline them.

@nokiot9

2 жыл бұрын

Aka: the kid is from a fatherless home and doesn’t even know what letter “discipline” starts with.

Looks like u teach in Georgia

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

I did before retiring!

@TheOnetimeshawty

5 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE what system

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

Kick N Alcoholz Ass ChuckToews Lumpkin, then Polk then Dade then Paulding.

So what do administrators plan on doing when nobody is taking teaching jobs at all? That's what's coming.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

3 жыл бұрын

dragon in winter I guess everybody will be homeschooling

Yes, teaching is a tough job. I'm glad they make you do 45 hours of work experience, paid or unpaid, before throwing away 9,000 dollars into a teaching credential.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa Bayardo Back in my day you spent about 10 hours total before student teaching. That was just observing (and 5 were in your Senior year).

@vanessabayardo9788

4 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE haha the first week is the honeymoon face. Sorry but it's true.

@vanessabayardo9788

4 жыл бұрын

@@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE for us it can also be observation only but I firmly believe it should be actually teaching, so that you know if you have what it takes for students to listen to YOU specifically.

if you enjoy teaching then have your own classes at your house. Chose your students. American need teachers not the system.

@NICHOLSRETIREMENTEMPIRE

6 жыл бұрын

blu4x5 that’s not a bad idea I could teach some home school students now that I am retired.

@blu4x5

6 жыл бұрын

Every teacher is the nation needs to revolt. The schools will have no chose but to rent out classrooms. Fan of the voucher idea (more of fan of abolishing our enslaver the federal reserve bank.) You will be able to pick a teacher with your belief system, whatever that is and pay that teacher directly. The state/system will only manage a building. Child is disruptive you will be able to permanently get rid of them putting that child's behavior and education in the hands of the parent where it belongs. I know change takes time unless you really want it when you want it will happen in an instant.