TheAshley11189 girl you must be a substitute or something cause I’m not believing that you have a whole bachelors degree and teacher certification and is making minimum wage
I taught high school 30 years, in a rural district. Not only did I teach a full load, I was NHS advisor, Senior Sponsor, Homecoming Parade Committee, Department Chair, Academic Team Director, Coached 3 to 7 academic teams a year, broken up fights between students, counseled a kid who was dying, sponsored a group therapy for friends of a kid who took their life. etc....etc......People don't get it....
People get it. They just don't want the job. Whenever a parent complain about teachers, I tell him or her that learning does not begin at school or end when school is over, and it is important for him or her to work with their child at home. There is where you hear crickets. Parents just want to blame teachers to justify their poor parenting.
It's really tough finding a teaching job here in Ireland though in post-primary school unless you are a maths or language teacher. Permanent contracts don't exist in teaching anymore .The pay is good though especially if you are subbing.
Pay is a downfall...but I'd stay teaching if it wasn't so strenuous. Micromanagement, working way over the contracted hours, being observed on the spot by administrators and others from the state. Having students with a wide range of academic abilities and students who have behavior issues. LESSON PLANNING!!! Ugh! 20 - 30 hours a week is about right. Except when the district adopts a new math and reading curriculum. These new adoptions are taught in 2 hours and expected to be implemented. .... Etcccc. It's the toughest job I've ever had. I've been teaching for 11 years. I'm done!
Yup. I'm an elementary school music teacher. It's so annoying; people don't understand - as a teacher, your brain has to do a million things while you're teaching. You're watching the kids to see engagement, behavior, pacing, while following your lesson plan. AND be able to adjust your plan on the fly if needed.
@@bdq131 Oh wow. My daughter is about to enter student teaching in the Health and PE classroom. A few of her classmates have already decided they will not be pursuing teaching! Just finishing out to get a free in hand, now. East Carolina University requires them to go into their projected student teaching classroom once per week before entering fully blown student teaching the semester after. Additionally, she has taught twice weekly at a school for students with disabilities, once weekly at an elementary. School, and once at middle school. Most was actual teaching- not observing. How much teaching were you required to do before earning your degree? Also, fo you teach at several schools or one school that actually has K-12?
3ShadesofK when I was studying for my PE degree I did a lot more lesson planning and observing than actual teaching. We had schools to observe at almost every semester, but we only had to prepare one or two lessons for each school. Beyond that, we taught multiple lessons for our peers in all classes. I had one semester of student teaching where I taught the whole time. I spent the first half teaching for K-5th, and the second half teaching for 6-12th. I work for a homeschool enrichment program called Silver SPRUCE Academy. We see K-12th grade students. It's a unique program as I only teach PE one day a week, for two hours, with all grades combined. All students also come for a full day where they are separated into K-3, 3-6, and 6-12. There are 3 teachers including myself on staff. We have a lot of freedom regarding what we teach and how we teach it. The main thing is to teach the students about subjects they don't learn about at home. The oldest group gets to teach their own classes.
@@bdq131 I subbed in a PE class once and a teacher had had some type of emergency and they couldn't get a sub fast enough so they just doubled my class. I had 27 kindergarteners. One adult. 27 kindergarteners. Who can't tie their shoes and constantly have to go potty.
We ARE actors and actresses!!! Thursday, my friend had a terrible car accident (he's ok) but I had to teach, I had to be happy for my students, I had to pretend everything was ok
I don't think so... I think it's good for the students to know that you're not having a good day, that people doesn't have to be always happy, that it's okay to express emotions. And even if you're the best actor or actress they'll notice that something is wrong with u that day, so... it's better to explain what happened that day, and then keep going with the class.
I hope he’s okay! I understand what you mean. When I was hospitalized my aid just told them I was on vacation bc they are so young they don’t have the ability to cope properly without stressing themselves out
What??? That has nothing to do with going to work. If you are really a teacher, why don't you know that you use a period at the end of a sentence? Your second sentence has too many commas, and you do not begin a sentence that way.
@van wray Why would you need to let the kids know??? They don't need to know about your personal problems. You still have to do your job as well as possible, regardless of the profession.
The hours spent outside of the classroom were outrageous! Lesson plans, grading, creating shit because provided materials sucked, researching online, OMG!!!
@Design Academy i don't know about that. Schools are an epicentre for children and young people's social development. I think better pay and less weight would do more to help the profession.
@Design Academy no absolutely home schooled and distance learning children wouldn't lose out. The fact they are being home schooled is often a testament that the parents wont accept any less. The children who's parents don't think this way though. They may suffer. Anyway, i'm no expert.
@Design Academy well that i agree with and yeah i completely, completely get that. Forgive me, academy. If you are saying online schooling for those pupils. That I would absolutely get behind. Listen i'm just a t.a. and a relatively new one. There is still a plethora of things for me to learn
Design Academy I read your comment before listening to the video and I too am a substitute. I graduate this August but I am hesitant to take the job I was offered because of the reasons you list. As a substitute I decide when, where, and with whom I work. I have seen parents come to school angry at teachers for something their child did. The parents are the worst! I love subbing and I think I’ll stick with that for now.
I think it's OK to tell your students you're having a bad day, without Going into detail, because it teaches them to be empathetic and that adult have feelings too (and that their teacher isn't a robot). I think regulating and catering to one's emotions is an important life lesson
Not gonna lie. This is why I teach Kindergarten. Same amount of work with lesson plans and prep, definitely more tying shoes, runny noses, and "accidents," but students are always excited, appreciative and loving. In 15 years, I've never been told a lesson is bad. That would kill me. As long as there is a puppet involved, they are thrilled!
Wondering if you still feel this way now, because I teach kinder, and it’s definitely not sunshine and rainbows anymore. MANY behavior issues across the board.
We do get summers off. Yes, we take the occasional workshop or conference. But it's nowhere near 40hrs a week every week from June to August. No other profession gets the amount of time off as teachers do.
@Lotus Sutra SGI-USA1930 and recuperating from the year you just had. Takes me about 3 weeks to decompress from the intensity and you know May is always SO relaxing in this profession.....and get into summer mode.
@@coryCuc wow you must teach somewhere super Cush..this isn't most teachers reality. Teachers work harder in 9 months than anyone...at least most of us do...that time is well earned and needed to then rev up again in August. Good teachers never really turn their mind off their jobs..always thinking how to be better, coming up with ideas, self-educating and tons of prep for the next school year.
@@coryCuc Did you ever figure out how many hours are spent working during the school year? Teachers working 50 hrs a week for 40 weeks put in just as much worktime as someone working 40 hrs a week for 50 weeks. For five years I coached two sports a year with consecutive seasons (winter and spring). My winter work weeks were 70-75 hrs and my spring were 60-65 hrs. My year usually ran from 2300-2500 hrs, far in excess of a normal work year for the average worker.
Retired June 2018 after 32 years teaching in the 2nd largest district in the country. Everything she says is true. Teaching is not a j-o-b; it is a vocation, a way of life. Personal life? During summer, unless you are teaching summer school, in which case you have no personal life. Every single day is different. You may have the same schedule every day, the same students, but no two days will ever be the same. Best years of my life!
I would add: 1. Feeling like you can't be honest with parents about what they should ask for in terms of special ed testing and at IEP meetings. It's hard knowing what your student needs but feeling like you can't tell the parents because you'll get in trouble. 2. Having to implement curriculum that you don't think is developmentally appropriate or in a way that you disagree with.
You just nailed the two worst aspects. You can't fix what the parents have broken at home. So many stressed out, tuned out, failing parents -- and teachers are supposed to inspire and educate kids who are tired, grumpy, worried, functionally illiterate, and eating junk food all day after being on screens all night.
The little ones in elementary are so excited to see you once school starts again. I found it funny that high schoolers will just be like nope! LOL. Teaching is definitely a career that is under appreciated. Thank you for teaching our youth.
Well, in the case of teenagers, most are apathetic towards their education because they know that, due to the way it's set up, it won't actually benefit them and act as just a year long waste of time. They aren't going to remember anything by the time the year ends and anything that might be useful in the real world is never touched on. This isn't helped by the fact that how painful a class may be highly depends on the teacher you get stuck with. Both my math and science teachers are very lazy and don't put any effort in making classes interesting or engaging. One's ruined any passion I've ever had for science, a subject I used to enjoy, due to the fact they entirely rely on power points and fill in the blank notes to teach and has as much enthusiasm as a dead carp.
I teach upper elementary, so my kiddos go off to be middle schoolers. Usually they are excited to see me... but then become embarrassed and awkward as soon as they say hi
@@frostrose8222 preach. I’m doing my field hours at the moment since I want to teach high school. I can tell you rn the kids in the class I observe are angels compared to how they act in other classes and this is because the teacher actually respects them, makes learning fun and understands each of them. I also had to warm up to them. It’s true that come kids are assholes for no reason, but there are many good kids who are misunderstood and put on the naughty list for trying to have a say in their education
That ignoring you part! 😂 It is SO real! Working with middle schoolers for the first time this year has definitely taught me even more now not to take anything personal.
I only wish I'd known one thing before finishing my English degree and ed minor: Choose another path. After spending all that time and money, I taught for one shockingly miserable and depressing year. The hours were long, the kids apathetic and rude, and the administrators were politically ambitious and untrustworthy. I walked away with my kids in tow to spend the next 12 years educating my kids in a homeschool community. Best decision we ever made. I always told them you can be anything you want except become a public school teacher. One is majoring in forestry and the other is majoring in fashion (our kids were able to spend a lot of their childhood traveling and being outside). I've loved being their teacher.
Denelle Bratcher I wanted to go back to school to get my Masters in Ed but decided to first question some friends of mine who were already teaching. They all said “don’t do it.” They’re miserable and hate it but have school debt and can’t quit. I decided to stay home and teach my kids myself. I love it.
Seriously if the government doesn’t start paying teachers more, they will start dropping like flies! They need to be compensated for the hardships they will endure, an all the work they have to do!
@@sapphiresushi3437 We shouldn't be treated this way, but when we don't take a stand....we are 100% complicit in keeping the current system in place! I'm no victim.
Same, I'm an environmental consultant and was considering becoming a HS English teacher. You don't see dozens of TH-cam videos titled "why I left HR/consulting/etc." 😨
I’m crying!!! The same thought came across my mind!!! I’m in HR too, and I swear y’all deserve much higher pays. Not even funny. I wonder if private schools pay a high enough difference in pay to make it worth it?
I started researching the topics in the policy document and drew up my own content and activities for each topic. A school in my area saw my work and said they would buy it of I published a book. I found a printer and that was my first customer. Now I print books in India. Have been in business for 15 years. My two grown sons work with me in the family business x my learning area is EMS which is a combination of Economics, entrepreneurship, accounting, financial literacy for grade 7-9. The workbooks are translated into Afrikaans. We have ebooks as well. I also design resource material such as games and posters for the learning area. I am a self published author and have full control over marketing and sales. I get 100% of the profit. We sell directly to the schools by making appointments with the educators.
Flower sorry this is a late comment but I was wondering how your business is going? I have been interested in doing something similar as I would love to teach but am not so sure about teaching at a school. I think having your own business is amazing :)
It's not right how teachers are done, I tell ya....from being overworked, underpaid, disrespectful youth, unrealistic expectations of being a miracle worker for 25 to 30 students, afterschool duties after standing on your feet all day, pouring out your soul, parents in denial of in cahoots with their child's Unacceptable behavior, unnecessary meetings......and the list goes on. God please help us.
Cynthia Wingo..You forgot to add, coming in an hour before school to a "staff development" meeting once a week to listen to someone yap on and on about a whole lot of nothing! Also, working in special ed, unpaid hours spent writing IEP's only to have your Facilitator rip each one apart and make corrections, writing your own evaluation, lesson planning, entering data into a database (a lot of times at home on my "free time"..insert eye roll), and so on, and so on, and so on!!!! It's entirely too much!!!
My teachers didn't stand on their feet all day. They all had a desk they sat at often. They stood on their feet to write on the board. There were a few teachers in HS that almost never even wrote on the board.
I’m in my junior year of my program right now, a year from now I’ll be a full fledged high school educator. Thanks so much for your advice, I have so much anxiety about being having my own classroom
I absolutely love teaching. You will learn so much your first two years and remember it's okay to fail as long as you learn from it. Make sure you have a mentor teacher that can help you through the rough patches and plan procedures for everything! I'm finishing up my fourth year of teaching and I'm loving being able to experiment with new lesson plans, classroom management, and other things! You can do it Ryan!
They piled new tasks on daily. It was outrageous the number of things and extra hours teachers were expected to take on in addition to the actual planning and teaching. One of the many reasons I walked away and never looked back. Thank goodness I had options.
You put it so nicely the harsh reality of what teachers endure. I know that it takes a lot to be able to put in constructive words that others will be willing to listen to all the way through the sad truth.
I think it depends on the students. I’m observing a call and never has a student spoke up about a lesson being “boring”. Even when I was in elementary and high school, and even college, no one has ever told a teacher that their lesson sucks. I think it depends on the students.
If I had you for a teacher entering high school I probably wouldn't have been forced to drop out from overpiling anxiety that took a toll on my bad heart and caused a domino effect on my health. You know this already but for the kids that have issues they don't show or tell you, you're making the greatest difference in the world by being more patient than most. So many people go by their days not vocalizing the help they need because they just want to feel like they can make it just as easily as everyone else but we never really know what limit our body holds.
This just came up on my feed and am so glad it did. As an educator for seven years, I agree with everything you listed. Especially number 10! Without that passion, burnout would've taken me down long long ago. Also, people stay poopooing on high school, but I think they're the best to work with. Do good & be well
I went to college for elementary ed and I learned about the time involved with the job like when I was in my last year. That played a huge part on my decision to not go into teaching.
You must be a great teacher. Coming from Mexico, I don’t remember any teacher giving a crap about my personal life. The moment the class was over it was: See you tomorrow!
Love this! So true. Wish I’d seen a video like this before I chose this path. I’ve worked in corporate America, for non profits, and the service industry and teaching was hands-down the hardest, most complex, most emotionally and intellectually rigorous job on every level. And yet people who have never been teachers love to comment something brilliant like “every job is hard, stop whining.” Only proves the point that people have such little respect for this profession they’re not willing to keep quiet and LISTEN to the people in the teaching profession - who aren’t whining for fun or pity but are saying: “For the benefit of our kids, ourselves and our societies, this needs to change!”
If you want to take a movie teacher as a role model, my favorite has always been Mr. Hand from fast times at ridgemont high. He took absolutely zero nonsense from his students, and showing up unexpectedly at Spicoli's house on a saturday night before graduation so he could help pass him was a stroke of sadistic genius.
Jr. high teacher here, I agree! The only thing this video doesn’t address is that state standards (particularly in social studies) are very full of indoctrination and there are sometimes serious ethical issues with what you’re required to teach and how. Like Celebrate Freedom Week is federally mandated to teach students that specifically American Democracy is the best type of government system. Or how our text books are often very Eurocentric and gloss over important issues simply because they’re controversial. I try to get around it as best as I can but I constantly question the ethics of being part of a system that is set up to stunt critical thinking and growth.
Truth spoken here! It's hard to be an awake and aware person and be a teacher when you see all the BS. I'm constantly at war with myself about it and may call this last year my last year of teaching. Love the kids, I'm really good at it, and it's ashame but I have to put my health and my kids first. Being a single parent and a teacher is quite the combo to manage...I do it, but it's wearing me down. I'm actually glad there's no room in the day to teach social studies in elementary anymore for the reasons you state here....common core shoved that out of the way...Social Emotional Learning is important but now that's taken over because we have to be parents now as well as teachers and also psychologists and sociologists. I have a background in psych so that helps, but it's STILL to much. Too many hats to wear. Check out the channel Really Graceful and look for her recent vid on Public Education. I've known this for years due to my own research and all I could do was my best in this broken and corrupt system. But I"m pretty much done. It's heartbreaking.
If you get a chance, there's some really good writing about "creative insubordination" that I take to heart on a regular basis. It's worth checking out!
@@OkayestChemist I teach HS but these responses are why we home educate. I don't need another adult attempting to destroy the values we instill in our kids.
I love your video! I would add something though. As a teacher of twenty years I have yet to meet principal , vice principal, or administrator, that was not ultimately one, or all the following: Incompetent, unnecessary, and power hungry. Simply put- Incompetent- they don't know, or understand the job of teaching (much less the subjects that we teach) and believe they do. That's personally where I believe the incompetence begins- their belief that they know what I do- it would be another thing if they were humble enough to ask and learn. Unnecessary- There is nothing that they do, that ultimately could not be done, and is more often that is being done, by a good head secretary. Power hungry- This is bigger problem than most want to admit. With corporate reform and the business ethos imbuing itself into school systems across the country, principals have come to think of themselves as little CEO's. There is great book: "Somebodies vs, Nobodies," by Robert Fuller. Though he doesn't cite principals directly, he illustrates the abuse of rank and privilege that people in leadership roles engage in as their right. When I read it, I couldn't stop seeing every principal I have ever had through this lens. Your thoughts?
Amazing administrators do exist. I currently have 2 administrators who empower us as teachers and allow us to help make big school decisions while also encouraging us to tailor our work to our passions. I've been in a situation where administrators were breathing down our backs all the time but at the school I'm at currently, I've just been overjoyed. While you need passion for teaching for sure, having great administration makes your school year so much better.
@@KellyRainer I appreciate what you are saying for sure, however I might like to complicate that narrative a bit... If I may? First that idea that I need to be allowed to do anything... Most teachers who have more than ten years experience (some even say five) seem to be operating with a sense of moral leadership.* I shouldn't be "allowed" to make big school decisions- I should consulted with, and in the driver's seat on what big school decisions are to be made. Not just out of professional respect, or some kind of arrogance, but because I probably know more what the school and students need. Much more than a principal. Also, I don't need an administrator encouraging me to do anything. I need them to leave me alone. I'll handle my own inspiration. Every administrator I have ever met say they want teachers that are inspired that passionate... Right up until they inspire students to re-think the power structure that they are part and parcel to.They want you to have passion within parameters. If we are educating students well the first they start to think there way out of is the traditional bureaucratic architecture that is ever-present. FYI- I am middle school teacher- I know what a delicate dance power can be in the classroom and in the school. I have never seen an administrator do anything but undermine that for teachers- even the nice ones. * I mean moral in the Thomas Sergiovani sense- teachers are doing what works and they know it works because they are professionals and have practiced the art of teaching for many years.
I can relate to the ignoring part, and also those students and parents who give thanks, and sometimes even apologize for their behavior. As a teacher of 19 years, I am done in the public school system. Thanks for sharing your story!
having summer and weekends off is needed to recover from the insane amount of work and stress that comes with teaching. people don't get it and won't get it unless they actually become a teacher.
Gosh...this is really relatable, the bad thing of this is that I don't really have a passion or something that I like about teaching...so t is really hard to get through all of this stuff.
My main concern about lesson plans have to do with teacher evals vs. optimum student learning. From experience. When a class is much further ahead of the weekly lesson plans , that is not the class a teacher would receive a decent evaluation grade for teaching and no matter how high the standard of expectations on the lesson plan for that day.
Oh my goodness!! All of this is so true! The only thing I would add is you also think/worry about the kids a lot during your off hours! So for me, it was/is very hard to turn my teacher mind off until summer break!
For me it was emotionally draining to teach since I was dealing with depression an anxiety it was extremely challenging to stand up in front of a class and think about classroom management, engagement, effective classes, etc. It became nearly impossible to deal with dumb things such as eye rolling, students yawning, etc.
I am in my 3rd year of obtaining Bachelor in education and all the things you have just mentioned we are actually doing in our program, which is a plus for me as a future teacher. Thanks for this video.
This video is awesome. I'm currently in my 3rd year of undergrad and I've been volunteer teaching with my high school physics teacher. I've definitely started to notice 7 or 8 of those points within a few weeks. Of course I won't deal with admin stuff or parents until I become a teacher. But all of this is very true.
This gives a really explicit description of what a teacher needs to go through it’s so sad how much stress that teachers go through and in fact I have a close relationship with one of mine and she suffers from anxiety bad not sure how she handles it but xx
my favourite teacher was my science teacher in middle school. he was already retired and you could tell he was at that stage where he was doing the bare minimum until he could retire. but he was so fun and he taught science in a way that made me truly want to learn. he’s the reason why i decided to go into stem
Thank you for addressing these mistakes head-on. It's refreshing to see someone discussing the challenges teachers face when transitioning careers. Your video provides valuable guidance and encouragement. Keep up the excellent work!
I remember as a student teacher one of the teachers commented that “ we need summer - not as a holiday but as a literal break from wearing all hats we had to wear during the school year”. It didn’t ring so true until last summer.
I strongly encourage all educators and those in the helping fields to start a business. With the information age, you can make money in digital marketing, creating online courses, and life coaching just to name a few.
You seem like an amazing teacher!! Thank you for doing such a good job representing our profession! I love don’t take it personally! It is so important!
i remember lesson planning. as a 13 yr old i remember clearly a teacher saying every week when she sat at her desk every sunday and did her lesson plans for the week (!) it would take her a good two hours. She was an experienced teacher at the time, excellent class management, inspiring. She hadn't even reached the halfway mark in her career.
Been doing informal education for 2 years now and am thinking about going back to school to get my Masters. And even though I don't have a classroom or a certificate yet. I could relate to all the pointers on this video in some shape or form. I may not have parent teacher conference, but i sure has hell have to call parents all the time to make sure they know what is the next outdoor lesson is and their kid is prepared for it and for the love of god finish the paper work for the summer program they want their kid to be in with me. Parents you had since March. Why is it not done yet?
No ma'am! I work by my contract. I don't do any overtime because the district does not pay me past 2:30. I will have a personal like. If you died tonight, your replacement will be there tomorrow...... Sooooooo, nope. I only get paid to teach and that's all I'm gonna do!!!!!
And do not allow the principal to make you feel guilty about it. I came early to prep and stayed late one day but my last school had meetings EVERY single day...grade level, testing/data, subject related, PBIS/behavior. I quit to study for testing for my certification in order to pass. No one gets it. 7 am to 7 PM everyday. I just couldn't...
The problem is lesson planning. The schools shod buy the curriculum and lesson plans from an education company instead of demanding teachers to create this from scratch. Teaching here in Thailand I rarely ever have a textbook or curriculum to go off of. This is the main thing that leaves me burnt out as a teacher. Grading I do a little cheat and get the kids to grade each other's work ;)
I literally am working on my teaching license out of boredom because of the pandemic. I have substitute taught occasionally for many years for extra money however so far so good however I love high school but it just isn’t my passion. I am trying to find a job at a career center alternative school etc because I can’t oh no I will be complete July 2021. I don’t have the patience for all those lesson plans 🙄🙄🙄. I know I have gotten in over my head but I’m in it now so..... pray God places me somewhere else besides a school. I’m not trying to work that HARD. We or wearing all these hats and I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️ if I want that for my life. Everything u said I keep hearing smh 🤦🏽♀️ I have to figure this out 😳🤬😡 I see all the flack I’ve gotten for years subbing high school. Yeah idk about this the pandemic made me just do something a lot of stuff 🤣🤣🤣
Thinking on about teacher movies, I totally copied the debate scene from "The Freedom Writers" in my 5th-grade classroom in my first year of teaching and it totally worked!! I was so excited about that. Btw, love your content!!
I bet they'd much prefet to make money off their stories than be in the classroom doing the grunt work. Who wouldn't? That teachet from Freedom Writers lost her marriage because the job consumed her. Terrible price to pay for a thankless job that pays peanuts.
I was in high school in the late 90s. If we told a teacher the lesson sucked, we would be told to leave the classroom and go to the principal's office. Then if we were lucky we would get detention, or maybe suspension for being so disrespectful.
Thank you for your service! You look like my niece Imani who is also a new teacher! Thanks Imani. All the best this school year! Make the most of your “winter holidays”. And remember: “I love my job, I love my job, I love my job💙💙💙
Hate lesson planning. I know what I want to achieve but, you have to record this. I literally have to prepare during the summer for the school year! You can't be a human.
Odarris Dhaiti I like to lesson plan how I want to lesson plan, but my district has an electronic format and you have to turn them in every week. I mostly hate it their way because it’s too complicated and basically it’s a waste of time.
Here in Toronto, Canada, teachers make $100,000 within 3 years or so. They get every benefit known to mankind. Very strong union. I couldn’t do it. Kids are so entitled and disrespectful. I give teachers huge credit. (A detached house in Toronto starts at $750k & a tiny condo from $400k. A 1 bdrm rental apt from $1,500 if you can find one). It pays big to work for the government. 100% benefits. Poverty line here is around $22k for a single and $40k for a family of 4. If you’re not making $50k you’re seriously scraping. I’m a scraping artist🙄. God bless teachers.
I'm almost done with my Elementary Education degree, but I have been an assistant for 3 years. It has been the most eye opening experience and I feel like it is the best form of "student teaching" there is. 10/10 recommend becoming an aide/assistant prior to getting your teaching license. Not only do you get to experience different grades, but you also get to experience all kinds of different teachers/management etc etc.
I am currently Student Teaching and I’ll be done in June. I thought that I wanted to Teach before, I do not want to be a Teacher anymore 🥴 After experiencing Parents lying on me and students not wanting to listen, I’m not dealing with that shit. 🤷🏿♀️ I’m so content with my decision. I’ll find something else to do 🥴🤣😂
irene cuevas which grade do you teach? I’m a teacher in Georgia but I’m from Peru, 😊 I’ve always wondered what it was like to teach in my home country.
As a middle schooler, the shit I have seen. I would say middle school is the hardest. The kids, they are just pure evil, and strictly wrong. I mean they smack talk the teachers, throw around shit. Some of them just don’t care. It’s fucking annoying.
@@sapphiresushi3437 i agree! I used to assist in schools (as a community liaison) from elementary to high school and middle school was the worst ever!!!
Everyone do not know! I have friends who think teachers make a lot of money. They just don't understand those hours, how much out of pocket is put back into the class room, etc...
NUMBER 1 should have been ---- BLADDER CONTROL -- for your whole career!!! #2 ---- SUMMER vacation is a JOKE -- I WORKED MOST of the SUMMER --- for SO many YEARS--- to make ends meet financially --- because WE ALL KNOW--- the salaries are BAD!!
Yakkyuu, my mind has to rest during the summer. I try to save money and not spend a lot during the summer. Teaching for 20 years has been rough and challenging.
No offense but I am making 22,000 before I made 17,000 and it's the most I've ever made. Everyone says teachers don't get paid and there was a comment about an empty bank account and I just don't understand. I was a VPK teacher and had to leave bx of the low pay at least higher grade teachers make a living wage.I would love to make 30,000 how is that being poor? Live inside your means always. But look I'm NOT taking a bunch of my work home and dehydrating myself so I don't really have to go to the bathroom and then drink water once kids are gone. In daycares going to the bathroom is not that hard to come by.
I’m a 20 hour a week teacher and I have 3 jobs. I have to. I live and work in CT. It’s crazy that a teacher can be as impoverished as the community she serves.
You’ll wear all those hats when you’re a good teacher. And you’re on point about all of these things. Become a public speaker and share this on a speaking circuit. And if you want to team up with a school psychologist, call me🥳
You are cracking me up. Honestly speaking your facial expressions are priceless. Yes all you are saying is true but sincerely speaking I think you would make a very good actress.
#10 hit home. I'm a teacher overseas, so I make $1400 a month. It's liveable, but not much. To add onto that, you frequently hear criticism from parents, administration, sometimes other teachers. Then you go home and see parents in other schools(or countries in my case) posting articles about how teachers are failing us or complaining about their child's teacher. It's a non stop circle of criticism. I have to remind myself why I chose to teach. One of my students chose to give me an award for teaching him, and my students give me daily hugs. That's rewarding :) .
Those tests are mainly reading tests. Even the science and math sections require strong reading skills. Getting kids used to the format (practice exams) is key. The best prep though is to work hard in your core subjects which build up those reading and math skills.
We as teachers, if we shift our career to others who are working in other professions; then they might appreciate what we're going through each and everyday in classrooms! The weird thing Ms. is that everywhere in this world teachers are envied for their Summer vacations or weekends, though few people know how hard to be a Teacher and how noble message these folks hold. People, imagine you're just stuck ONLY one time with 10 kids in one room and you are supposed to get them quiet only??! you wouldn't and can't do it... How about us, TEACHERS, we got doubles of that number in one room for a whole year and have a curriculum and lesson plans to be DONE and followed/!
You are so funny thanks for telling the truth. The whole system is evil administrators parents and other teachers were not supportive either. I enjoyed coaching and eventually that was ruined also because you can't coach them either. They either dont try or care to learn and dont listen to instruction as well as behave properly which makes you look bad. Parents are generally worse than the kids
@@SharronV Hell, they breed the bad seeds, and then pretend their monster can't do any wrong. It's disturbing and as a sub teacher makes me question if teaching is for me.
@Jolly Dayz a lot of the parents don’t care to realize that their children act like angels at home, and when they get to school they act completely different because they’re in a different environment and get to show off amongst their peers. Unfortunately, the parents don’t see what educators see. The sad thing is that these parents will take their children’s side rather than the adults who are working with them all day long and have to put up with it; the kids think it’s ok to act up because there are no real consequences. The very first thing I hear being said is that the teachers don’t have control over their classrooms. How can they if there is no support coming from parents or administration? The students know it, too. I’m getting out of education completely real soon. It’s just not worth putting up with the nonsense.
In my 7th year... 1 year high school 9th-12th, the other 6 and presently middle school. I would add... Figure out a way to say what you NEED to say without being fired... to admin AND students. Also, don't assume that every child has or lives with a mom and dad... Ever.
Omg!!!! Snapping all the way to my empty bank account! I love teaching! I love my students but...teaching is NOT for everyone. Salute from a fellow 7-12 teacher.
After scrolling through the comments I was thinking that all teachers hate kids, but then I saw this. Thank you! Thank you for setting this parent's heart at ease. I have never expected all the teachers to like all the kids, but reading some of these comments hurt my heart. It sounds as though they see every teenager in the same light. I hate that teachers do not get the pay they deserve and that they do have to deal with so many problem kids with little support from admin, but I'm left to wonder if the well behaved kids are getting completely overlooked. I know there HAS to be some great kids out there!
@@rhondadaniels2780 it's not that teachers don't like the students...I absolutely love my students...it's just that working 10 hrs a day and weekends is hard and you STILL struggle to keep up the paperwork, deadlines, mandates, and fighting for your students! All of this with no overtime pay! I get up 4:30 and am at school until after 5! These things will drive me out of teaching...the children keep me coming back!
@@Ladycrafty6 Teachers are truly under appreciated! I was just feeling discouraged reading so many comments calling kids evil and the like. It does make me feel good to know that there are teachers who still love their students. I have to deal with a lot of unnecessary things in my career as well so I totally understand the burn out. It's just that so many of the comments I was reading were so negative in regards to the students. I pray for each one of you tho, you have a thankless job but one that is so very important.
Telling me my lesson sucks gets a "Thanks for taking the time to express your opinion about my lesson. I will expect a 1,000 word essay on my desk Monday morning on the aspects of my lesson you disagreed with and why. Remember to cite your references. Your final grade depends on it."
lmao or just ask them to explain constructively. it's fine if a student doesn't like the lesson you planned; it may be because it wasn't engaging for them, it may be because they lack motivation, it may be because they were struggling to understand, it may be because they've been having an awful day... who knows? if you ask them to write an essay, you never will, that's for sure. as a teacher, you're responsible to nurture the social/emotional wellbeing component of your students' development too; a 1000 word essay just tells them to "not complain" and essentially is a tool you're using to ignore them. personally i don't like this idea.
Your speaking my language. When I taught if anyone challenged me on my lesson, I would make them teach the class on a whim & gave a graded quiz immediately following. Worked like a charm every time. And when parents started complaining, I would offer for them to come sub or volunteer to prove me wrong. Again...worked like a charm.
Retiring after 32 years of high school teaching. Prefer senior students. A great career but is now changing and I don't like 😞 the changes. Time for to exit. Careful you don't get burnt out!!!
We need to hire at least twice as many teachers and teacher's aids. And they deserve to be paid like 3 times more money than they make.
I agree, but I don't see that happening!
Class sizes should be smaller but the pay is decent enough
We should teach kids through games and art and music
I'm a Teacher, work 10hr days and get paid minimum wage.
@@TheAshley11189 what kind of teacher?
TheAshley11189 girl you must be a substitute or something cause I’m not believing that you have a whole bachelors degree and teacher certification and is making minimum wage
I taught high school 30 years, in a rural district. Not only did I teach a full load, I was NHS advisor, Senior Sponsor, Homecoming Parade Committee, Department Chair, Academic Team Director, Coached 3 to 7 academic teams a year, broken up fights between students, counseled a kid who was dying, sponsored a group therapy for friends of a kid who took their life. etc....etc......People don't get it....
@ Kerry Thomas- You forgot to add HERO!!👍😄👍❤👌❤😄🎶
@@m.b.1702 Nah, just a teacher.
Kerry Thomas true.
People get it. They just don't want the job. Whenever a parent complain about teachers, I tell him or her that learning does not begin at school or end when school is over, and it is important for him or her to work with their child at home. There is where you hear crickets. Parents just want to blame teachers to justify their poor parenting.
Wow god bless you .. frfr
Definitely Teachers in the USA need to be paid more. It is the most important job there is. In Ireland they get paid a lot more.
Gurl, this is not just USA, this happen mostly to Every teacher around the world, the payment is actually really bad
It's really tough finding a teaching job here in Ireland though in post-primary school unless you are a maths or language teacher. Permanent contracts don't exist in teaching anymore .The pay is good though especially if you are subbing.
@@jesusvelueta3683 Right. Even in places like Sweden, the pay for teachers are horrible.
You think USA is bad? You should see what teachers in Mexico get paid
Pay is a downfall...but I'd stay teaching if it wasn't so strenuous. Micromanagement, working way over the contracted hours, being observed on the spot by administrators and others from the state. Having students with a wide range of academic abilities and students who have behavior issues. LESSON PLANNING!!! Ugh! 20 - 30 hours a week is about right. Except when the district adopts a new math and reading curriculum. These new adoptions are taught in 2 hours and expected to be implemented. .... Etcccc. It's the toughest job I've ever had. I've been teaching for 11 years. I'm done!
Yup. I'm an elementary school music teacher. It's so annoying; people don't understand - as a teacher, your brain has to do a million things while you're teaching. You're watching the kids to see engagement, behavior, pacing, while following your lesson plan. AND be able to adjust your plan on the fly if needed.
I teach K-12pm PE. I agree %100 with what you said. It's exhausting trying to be on top of everything at once.
@@bdq131 Oh wow. My daughter is about to enter student teaching in the Health and PE classroom. A few of her classmates have already decided they will not be pursuing teaching! Just finishing out to get a free in hand, now. East Carolina University requires them to go into their projected student teaching classroom once per week before entering fully blown student teaching the semester after. Additionally, she has taught twice weekly at a school for students with disabilities, once weekly at an elementary. School, and once at middle school. Most was actual teaching- not observing. How much teaching were you required to do before earning your degree? Also, fo you teach at several schools or one school that actually has K-12?
3ShadesofK when I was studying for my PE degree I did a lot more lesson planning and observing than actual teaching. We had schools to observe at almost every semester, but we only had to prepare one or two lessons for each school. Beyond that, we taught multiple lessons for our peers in all classes. I had one semester of student teaching where I taught the whole time. I spent the first half teaching for K-5th, and the second half teaching for 6-12th.
I work for a homeschool enrichment program called Silver SPRUCE Academy. We see K-12th grade students. It's a unique program as I only teach PE one day a week, for two hours, with all grades combined. All students also come for a full day where they are separated into K-3, 3-6, and 6-12. There are 3 teachers including myself on staff. We have a lot of freedom regarding what we teach and how we teach it. The main thing is to teach the students about subjects they don't learn about at home. The oldest group gets to teach their own classes.
@@bdq131 Sounds like a great work environment!
@@bdq131 I subbed in a PE class once and a teacher had had some type of emergency and they couldn't get a sub fast enough so they just doubled my class. I had 27 kindergarteners. One adult. 27 kindergarteners. Who can't tie their shoes and constantly have to go potty.
We ARE actors and actresses!!! Thursday, my friend had a terrible car accident (he's ok) but I had to teach, I had to be happy for my students, I had to pretend everything was ok
I don't think so... I think it's good for the students to know that you're not having a good day, that people doesn't have to be always happy, that it's okay to express emotions. And even if you're the best actor or actress they'll notice that something is wrong with u that day, so... it's better to explain what happened that day, and then keep going with the class.
I hope he’s okay! I understand what you mean. When I was hospitalized my aid just told them I was on vacation bc they are so young they don’t have the ability to cope properly without stressing themselves out
What grade do you teach?
What??? That has nothing to do with going to work. If you are really a teacher, why don't you know that you use a period at the end of a sentence? Your second sentence has too many commas, and you do not begin a sentence that way.
@van wray Why would you need to let the kids know??? They don't need to know about your personal problems. You still have to do your job as well as possible, regardless of the profession.
The hours spent outside of the classroom were outrageous! Lesson plans, grading, creating shit because provided materials sucked, researching online, OMG!!!
Yes. It seems that improving the provided materials would be the easiest problem to solve.
@Design Academy i don't know about that. Schools are an epicentre for children and young people's social development. I think better pay and less weight would do more to help the profession.
@Design Academy no absolutely home schooled and distance learning children wouldn't lose out. The fact they are being home schooled is often a testament that the parents wont accept any less. The children who's parents don't think this way though. They may suffer. Anyway, i'm no expert.
@Design Academy well that i agree with and yeah i completely, completely get that. Forgive me, academy. If you are saying online schooling for those pupils. That I would absolutely get behind.
Listen i'm just a t.a. and a relatively new one. There is still a plethora of things for me to learn
Design Academy I read your comment before listening to the video and I too am a substitute. I graduate this August but I am hesitant to take the job I was offered because of the reasons you list. As a substitute I decide when, where, and with whom I work. I have seen parents come to school angry at teachers for something their child did. The parents are the worst! I love subbing and I think I’ll stick with that for now.
I think it's OK to tell your students you're having a bad day, without Going into detail, because it teaches them to be empathetic and that adult have feelings too (and that their teacher isn't a robot). I think regulating and catering to one's emotions is an important life lesson
Not gonna lie. This is why I teach Kindergarten. Same amount of work with lesson plans and prep, definitely more tying shoes, runny noses, and "accidents," but students are always excited, appreciative and loving. In 15 years, I've never been told a lesson is bad. That would kill me. As long as there is a puppet involved, they are thrilled!
Wondering if you still feel this way now, because I teach kinder, and it’s definitely not sunshine and rainbows anymore. MANY behavior issues across the board.
I can understand that. I'm leaning towards high school because my best teachers that impacted me were in high school.
Way less pay tho
Them: "You get summers and weekends off, how niiice!"
Me: ....ahHAHAHAHA....No we don't. We don't sleep.
@Jason Eric and they are not paid, right?
We do get summers off. Yes, we take the occasional workshop or conference. But it's nowhere near 40hrs a week every week from June to August. No other profession gets the amount of time off as teachers do.
@Lotus Sutra SGI-USA1930 and recuperating from the year you just had. Takes me about 3 weeks to decompress from the intensity and you know May is always SO relaxing in this profession.....and get into summer mode.
@@coryCuc wow you must teach somewhere super Cush..this isn't most teachers reality. Teachers work harder in 9 months than anyone...at least most of us do...that time is well earned and needed to then rev up again in August. Good teachers never really turn their mind off their jobs..always thinking how to be better, coming up with ideas, self-educating and tons of prep for the next school year.
@@coryCuc Did you ever figure out how many hours are spent working during the school year? Teachers working 50 hrs a week for 40 weeks put in just as much worktime as someone working 40 hrs a week for 50 weeks. For five years I coached two sports a year with consecutive seasons (winter and spring). My winter work weeks were 70-75 hrs and my spring were 60-65 hrs. My year usually ran from 2300-2500 hrs, far in excess of a normal work year for the average worker.
Retired June 2018 after 32 years teaching in the 2nd largest district in the country.
Everything she says is true. Teaching is not a j-o-b; it is a vocation, a way of life.
Personal life? During summer, unless you are teaching summer school, in which case you have no personal life.
Every single day is different. You may have the same schedule every day, the same students, but no two days will ever be the same.
Best years of my life!
I liked your class in 11th grade
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This is beautiful!
aw
I would add: 1. Feeling like you can't be honest with parents about what they should ask for in terms of special ed testing and at IEP meetings. It's hard knowing what your student needs but feeling like you can't tell the parents because you'll get in trouble. 2. Having to implement curriculum that you don't think is developmentally appropriate or in a way that you disagree with.
I'm assuming the school doesn't want the teachers telling the parents. But why? Do you care to share why? I'm curious.
It all boils down to $. State testing /standards and federal funding.
Yesssss 😩
You just nailed the two worst aspects. You can't fix what the parents have broken at home. So many stressed out, tuned out, failing parents -- and teachers are supposed to inspire and educate kids who are tired, grumpy, worried, functionally illiterate, and eating junk food all day after being on screens all night.
@@cassitout Because when parents don't get their way they go to admin, the board, and the news! Not telling the million thing their child has done!
Your hair is gorgeous! And so are you! Way to teach, fellow teacher!
Yesssssss. Can we call her bomb.com?!!!
this is real talk and she is only brushing the surface of this profession
The little ones in elementary are so excited to see you once school starts again. I found it funny that high schoolers will just be like nope! LOL. Teaching is definitely a career that is under appreciated. Thank you for teaching our youth.
Well, in the case of teenagers, most are apathetic towards their education because they know that, due to the way it's set up, it won't actually benefit them and act as just a year long waste of time. They aren't going to remember anything by the time the year ends and anything that might be useful in the real world is never touched on. This isn't helped by the fact that how painful a class may be highly depends on the teacher you get stuck with. Both my math and science teachers are very lazy and don't put any effort in making classes interesting or engaging. One's ruined any passion I've ever had for science, a subject I used to enjoy, due to the fact they entirely rely on power points and fill in the blank notes to teach and has as much enthusiasm as a dead carp.
I teach upper elementary, so my kiddos go off to be middle schoolers. Usually they are excited to see me... but then become embarrassed and awkward as soon as they say hi
@@frostrose8222 preach. I’m doing my field hours at the moment since I want to teach high school. I can tell you rn the kids in the class I observe are angels compared to how they act in other classes and this is because the teacher actually respects them, makes learning fun and understands each of them. I also had to warm up to them. It’s true that come kids are assholes for no reason, but there are many good kids who are misunderstood and put on the naughty list for trying to have a say in their education
That ignoring you part! 😂 It is SO real! Working with middle schoolers for the first time this year has definitely taught me even more now not to take anything personal.
Wow I really need to be grateful for and appreciate my teachers more! Btw you seem like an amazing teacher.
I only wish I'd known one thing before finishing my English degree and ed minor: Choose another path.
After spending all that time and money, I taught for one shockingly miserable and depressing year. The hours were long, the kids apathetic and rude, and the administrators were politically ambitious and untrustworthy. I walked away with my kids in tow to spend the next 12 years educating my kids in a homeschool community. Best decision we ever made. I always told them you can be anything you want except become a public school teacher. One is majoring in forestry and the other is majoring in fashion (our kids were able to spend a lot of their childhood traveling and being outside). I've loved being their teacher.
Denelle Bratcher I wanted to go back to school to get my Masters in Ed but decided to first question some friends of mine who were already teaching. They all said “don’t do it.” They’re miserable and hate it but have school debt and can’t quit. I decided to stay home and teach my kids myself. I love it.
Seriously if the government doesn’t start paying teachers more, they will start dropping like flies! They need to be compensated for the hardships they will endure, an all the work they have to do!
@@sapphiresushi3437 We shouldn't be treated this way, but when we don't take a stand....we are 100% complicit in keeping the current system in place! I'm no victim.
This helps me in deciding not to get into teaching . I’ll stick with my HR career. Too much work for low pay. Teachers deserve more.
Same, I'm an environmental consultant and was considering becoming a HS English teacher. You don't see dozens of TH-cam videos titled "why I left HR/consulting/etc." 😨
Wow! I'm a teacher and I am preparing to go into HR.
Don't do it!!! Lol
I am a teacher in my class with 15 to 16 kids and from 9am to 6pm and $13 per hour too much job and low pay
I’m crying!!! The same thought came across my mind!!! I’m in HR too, and I swear y’all deserve much higher pays. Not even funny.
I wonder if private schools pay a high enough difference in pay to make it worth it?
I burnt out within four years of teaching. I became an author for the learning area I taught and haven't looked back x
Yvette Gietl can you elaborate on became an author for the learning area you taught. Thanks!
I agree! Can you give more info about how you did that?
I started researching the topics in the policy document and drew up my own content and activities for each topic. A school in my area saw my work and said they would buy it of I published a book. I found a printer and that was my first customer. Now I print books in India. Have been in business for 15 years. My two grown sons work with me in the family business x my learning area is EMS which is a combination of Economics, entrepreneurship, accounting, financial literacy for grade 7-9. The workbooks are translated into Afrikaans. We have ebooks as well. I also design resource material such as games and posters for the learning area. I am a self published author and have full control over marketing and sales. I get 100% of the profit. We sell directly to the schools by making appointments with the educators.
Flower sorry this is a late comment but I was wondering how your business is going? I have been interested in doing something similar as I would love to teach but am not so sure about teaching at a school. I think having your own business is amazing :)
@@yvettegietl1759 thank you for sharing your experience!
It's not right how teachers are done, I tell ya....from being overworked, underpaid, disrespectful youth, unrealistic expectations of being a miracle worker for 25 to 30 students, afterschool duties after standing on your feet all day, pouring out your soul, parents in denial of in cahoots with their child's Unacceptable behavior, unnecessary meetings......and the list goes on. God please help us.
Cynthia Wingo..You forgot to add, coming in an hour before school to a "staff development" meeting once a week to listen to someone yap on and on about a whole lot of nothing! Also, working in special ed, unpaid hours spent writing IEP's only to have your Facilitator rip each one apart and make corrections, writing your own evaluation, lesson planning, entering data into a database (a lot of times at home on my "free time"..insert eye roll), and so on, and so on, and so on!!!! It's entirely too much!!!
how teachers are done.....
My teachers didn't stand on their feet all day. They all had a desk they sat at often. They stood on their feet to write on the board. There were a few teachers in HS that almost never even wrote on the board.
I’m in my junior year of my program right now, a year from now I’ll be a full fledged high school educator. Thanks so much for your advice, I have so much anxiety about being having my own classroom
I absolutely love teaching. You will learn so much your first two years and remember it's okay to fail as long as you learn from it. Make sure you have a mentor teacher that can help you through the rough patches and plan procedures for everything! I'm finishing up my fourth year of teaching and I'm loving being able to experiment with new lesson plans, classroom management, and other things! You can do it Ryan!
I would add to #1: unpaid duties. We have bus duty, lunch duty, unpaid committee work...
They piled new tasks on daily. It was outrageous the number of things and extra hours teachers were expected to take on in addition to the actual planning and teaching. One of the many reasons I walked away and never looked back. Thank goodness I had options.
Woah! At the school where I teach they pay for all of that.
You put it so nicely the harsh reality of what teachers endure. I know that it takes a lot to be able to put in constructive words that others will be willing to listen to all the way through the sad truth.
I think it depends on the students. I’m observing a call and never has a student spoke up about a lesson being “boring”. Even when I was in elementary and high school, and even college, no one has ever told a teacher that their lesson sucks. I think it depends on the students.
Hearing your vocal cords ..yes, i can guess you are a teacher!! 😂
I am a teacher my voice sounded like this until I found a product called "Throat Coat". This product restored my voice.
@@lovelyeeee3792 wow!! Thx for the info!! 🖒
If I had you for a teacher entering high school I probably wouldn't have been forced to drop out from overpiling anxiety that took a toll on my bad heart and caused a domino effect on my health. You know this already but for the kids that have issues they don't show or tell you, you're making the greatest difference in the world by being more patient than most. So many people go by their days not vocalizing the help they need because they just want to feel like they can make it just as easily as everyone else but we never really know what limit our body holds.
My daughter is in school to become a HS teacher...sharing with her. Thanks for your honest views!!
This just came up on my feed and am so glad it did.
As an educator for seven years, I agree with everything you listed. Especially number 10! Without that passion, burnout would've taken me down long long ago.
Also, people stay poopooing on high school, but I think they're the best to work with.
Do good & be well
I went to college for elementary ed and I learned about the time involved with the job like when I was in my last year. That played a huge part on my decision to not go into teaching.
Thank you for making this video, I have so much more compassion for teachers
I wish more people had compassion.
This all is so true! It’s good you are putting this out there for the new teachers.
You must be a great teacher. Coming from Mexico, I don’t remember any teacher giving a crap about my personal life. The moment the class was over it was: See you tomorrow!
Angela Spychalski I felt the same thing when I used to go to school in Mexico
Nunca tuve una buena relación con mis maestros en Mexico
The most realistic description of day to day life as a teacher. Thank you.
Love this! So true. Wish I’d seen a video like this before I chose this path. I’ve worked in corporate America, for non profits, and the service industry and teaching was hands-down the hardest, most complex, most emotionally and intellectually rigorous job on every level. And yet people who have never been teachers love to comment something brilliant like “every job is hard, stop whining.” Only proves the point that people have such little respect for this profession they’re not willing to keep quiet and LISTEN to the people in the teaching profession - who aren’t whining for fun or pity but are saying: “For the benefit of our kids, ourselves and our societies, this needs to change!”
If you want to take a movie teacher as a role model, my favorite has always been Mr. Hand from fast times at ridgemont high. He took absolutely zero nonsense from his students, and showing up unexpectedly at Spicoli's house on a saturday night before graduation so he could help pass him was a stroke of sadistic genius.
Jr. high teacher here, I agree! The only thing this video doesn’t address is that state standards (particularly in social studies) are very full of indoctrination and there are sometimes serious ethical issues with what you’re required to teach and how. Like Celebrate Freedom Week is federally mandated to teach students that specifically American Democracy is the best type of government system. Or how our text books are often very Eurocentric and gloss over important issues simply because they’re controversial. I try to get around it as best as I can but I constantly question the ethics of being part of a system that is set up to stunt critical thinking and growth.
American Democracy is the best!
Truth spoken here! It's hard to be an awake and aware person and be a teacher when you see all the BS. I'm constantly at war with myself about it and may call this last year my last year of teaching. Love the kids, I'm really good at it, and it's ashame but I have to put my health and my kids first. Being a single parent and a teacher is quite the combo to manage...I do it, but it's wearing me down. I'm actually glad there's no room in the day to teach social studies in elementary anymore for the reasons you state here....common core shoved that out of the way...Social Emotional Learning is important but now that's taken over because we have to be parents now as well as teachers and also psychologists and sociologists. I have a background in psych so that helps, but it's STILL to much. Too many hats to wear. Check out the channel Really Graceful and look for her recent vid on Public Education. I've known this for years due to my own research and all I could do was my best in this broken and corrupt system. But I"m pretty much done. It's heartbreaking.
If you get a chance, there's some really good writing about "creative insubordination" that I take to heart on a regular basis. It's worth checking out!
This must be a liberal progressive white female writing this...hence the problem with education in America
@@OkayestChemist I teach HS but these responses are why we home educate. I don't need another adult attempting to destroy the values we instill in our kids.
I love your video!
I would add something though. As a teacher of twenty years I have yet to meet principal , vice principal, or administrator, that was not ultimately one, or all the following: Incompetent, unnecessary, and power hungry.
Simply put-
Incompetent- they don't know, or understand the job of teaching (much less the subjects that we teach) and believe they do. That's personally where I believe the incompetence begins- their belief that they know what I do- it would be another thing if they were humble enough to ask and learn.
Unnecessary- There is nothing that they do, that ultimately could not be done, and is more often that is being done, by a good head secretary.
Power hungry- This is bigger problem than most want to admit. With corporate reform and the business ethos imbuing itself into school systems across the country, principals have come to think of themselves as little CEO's. There is great book: "Somebodies vs, Nobodies," by Robert Fuller. Though he doesn't cite principals directly, he illustrates the abuse of rank and privilege that people in leadership roles engage in as their right. When I read it, I couldn't stop seeing every principal I have ever had through this lens.
Your thoughts?
James Clark yes, yes, yes and I sooooo resent that they observe me!
Amazing administrators do exist. I currently have 2 administrators who empower us as teachers and allow us to help make big school decisions while also encouraging us to tailor our work to our passions. I've been in a situation where administrators were breathing down our backs all the time but at the school I'm at currently, I've just been overjoyed. While you need passion for teaching for sure, having great administration makes your school year so much better.
@@KellyRainer I appreciate what you are saying for sure, however I might like to complicate that narrative a bit... If I may?
First that idea that I need to be allowed to do anything... Most teachers who have more than ten years experience (some even say five) seem to be operating with a sense of moral leadership.* I shouldn't be "allowed" to make big school decisions- I should consulted with, and in the driver's seat on what big school decisions are to be made. Not just out of professional respect, or some kind of arrogance, but because I probably know more what the school and students need. Much more than a principal.
Also, I don't need an administrator encouraging me to do anything. I need them to leave me alone. I'll handle my own inspiration. Every administrator I have ever met say they want teachers that are inspired that passionate... Right up until they inspire students to re-think the power structure that they are part and parcel to.They want you to have passion within parameters. If we are educating students well the first they start to think there way out of is the traditional bureaucratic architecture that is ever-present. FYI- I am middle school teacher- I know what a delicate dance power can be in the classroom and in the school. I have never seen an administrator do anything but undermine that for teachers- even the nice ones.
* I mean moral in the Thomas Sergiovani sense- teachers are doing what works and they know it works because they are professionals and have practiced the art of teaching for many years.
They are not hired to teach, and they are needed!
@@KellyRainer Of course, they exist. The other person is simply being silly.
I can relate to the ignoring part, and also those students and parents who give thanks, and sometimes even apologize for their behavior. As a teacher of 19 years, I am done in the public school system. Thanks for sharing your story!
having summer and weekends off is needed to recover from the insane amount of work and stress that comes with teaching. people don't get it and won't get it unless they actually become a teacher.
Gosh...this is really relatable, the bad thing of this is that I don't really have a passion or something that I like about teaching...so t is really hard to get through all of this stuff.
teaching is hard enough as it is...for me that would be hell to be a teacher and not feel inspired or passionate about it.
Despite watching this and seeing the realness of being a teacher I still wanna be a history teacher but I’m glad I watched this video thank you sm
Thank You
My main concern about lesson plans have to do with teacher evals vs. optimum student learning. From experience. When a class is much further ahead of the weekly lesson plans , that is not the class a teacher would receive a decent evaluation grade for teaching and no matter how high the standard of expectations on the lesson plan for that day.
You said that your day is over at 2:40 but you didn’t tell everyone that you arrive before 7:00. Which I am sure you do.
and the work she takes home
Teacher in the Philippines here! These things are so relatable.
Thank you for your honesty and transparency! Your students are blessed to have you! 30 year plus retired teacher talking here. Kudos!
Oh my goodness!! All of this is so true! The only thing I would add is you also think/worry about the kids a lot during your off hours! So for me, it was/is very hard to turn my teacher mind off until summer break!
For me it was emotionally draining to teach since I was dealing with depression an anxiety it was extremely challenging to stand up in front of a class and think about classroom management, engagement, effective classes, etc. It became nearly impossible to deal with dumb things such as eye rolling, students yawning, etc.
I am in my 3rd year of obtaining Bachelor in education and all the things you have just mentioned we are actually doing in our program, which is a plus for me as a future teacher. Thanks for this video.
This video is awesome. I'm currently in my 3rd year of undergrad and I've been volunteer teaching with my high school physics teacher. I've definitely started to notice 7 or 8 of those points within a few weeks. Of course I won't deal with admin stuff or parents until I become a teacher. But all of this is very true.
This gives a really explicit description of what a teacher needs to go through it’s so sad how much stress that teachers go through and in fact I have a close relationship with one of mine and she suffers from anxiety bad not sure how she handles it but xx
Such a good video! Love the part where you said not to take things personal... so important!!
my favourite teacher was my science teacher in middle school. he was already retired and you could tell he was at that stage where he was doing the bare minimum until he could retire. but he was so fun and he taught science in a way that made me truly want to learn. he’s the reason why i decided to go into stem
I can definitely be sure of one thing when it comes to becoming a teacher: being a teacher is never boring and never uneventful. Good video btw.
Thank you for addressing these mistakes head-on. It's refreshing to see someone discussing the challenges teachers face when transitioning careers. Your video provides valuable guidance and encouragement. Keep up the excellent work!
I remember as a student teacher one of the teachers commented that “ we need summer - not as a holiday but as a literal break from wearing all hats we had to wear during the school year”. It didn’t ring so true until last summer.
I strongly encourage all educators and those in the helping fields to start a business. With the information age, you can make money in digital marketing, creating online courses, and life coaching just to name a few.
Inspired me
How?
@@KV-mz8ro The internet is your research tool... First do some introspection on what you really want and find innovative ideas to do it.
You seem like an amazing teacher!! Thank you for doing such a good job representing our profession!
I love don’t take it personally! It is so important!
i remember lesson planning. as a 13 yr old i remember clearly a teacher saying every week when she sat at her desk every sunday and did her lesson plans for the week (!) it would take her a good two hours. She was an experienced teacher at the time, excellent class management, inspiring. She hadn't even reached the halfway mark in her career.
Been doing informal education for 2 years now and am thinking about going back to school to get my Masters. And even though I don't have a classroom or a certificate yet. I could relate to all the pointers on this video in some shape or form. I may not have parent teacher conference, but i sure has hell have to call parents all the time to make sure they know what is the next outdoor lesson is and their kid is prepared for it and for the love of god finish the paper work for the summer program they want their kid to be in with me. Parents you had since March. Why is it not done yet?
No ma'am! I work by my contract. I don't do any overtime because the district does not pay me past 2:30. I will have a personal like. If you died tonight, your replacement will be there tomorrow...... Sooooooo, nope. I only get paid to teach and that's all I'm gonna do!!!!!
Maximizing time at work during work hours helps to do that. I agree with you. The mandatory tutoring and after school games are enough for me.
Monique Woods Amen!!!!!!
And do not allow the principal to make you feel guilty about it. I came early to prep and stayed late one day but my last school had meetings EVERY single day...grade level, testing/data, subject related, PBIS/behavior. I quit to study for testing for my certification in order to pass. No one gets it. 7 am to 7 PM everyday. I just couldn't...
I do the same. I don't work pass my work day.
I sub and the district want us to change diapers - without compensation! No thanks!
I'm leaving the classroom to take a break. I'm burnt out.
The problem is lesson planning. The schools shod buy the curriculum and lesson plans from an education company instead of demanding teachers to create this from scratch. Teaching here in Thailand I rarely ever have a textbook or curriculum to go off of. This is the main thing that leaves me burnt out as a teacher. Grading I do a little cheat and get the kids to grade each other's work ;)
This was SOOO helpful! Thank you so much for making this and sharing your knowledge!!
This was such a helpful video, I want to become a music theory teacher and I am so glad that this video popped up on my feed!
I literally am working on my teaching license out of boredom because of the pandemic. I have substitute taught occasionally for many years for extra money however so far so good however I love high school but it just isn’t my passion. I am trying to find a job at a career center alternative school etc because I can’t oh no I will be complete July 2021. I don’t have the patience for all those lesson plans 🙄🙄🙄. I know I have gotten in over my head but I’m in it now so..... pray God places me somewhere else besides a school. I’m not trying to work that HARD. We or wearing all these hats and I don’t know 🤷🏽♀️ if I want that for my life. Everything u said I keep hearing smh 🤦🏽♀️ I have to figure this out 😳🤬😡 I see all the flack I’ve gotten for years subbing high school. Yeah idk about this the pandemic made me just do something a lot of stuff 🤣🤣🤣
Thinking on about teacher movies, I totally copied the debate scene from "The Freedom Writers" in my 5th-grade classroom in my first year of teaching and it totally worked!! I was so excited about that. Btw, love your content!!
The teachers from Dangerous Minds snd Freedom Writers burned out in 3 years.
We had the Freedom Writer teacher speak at our district. She wouldn't give a clear answer to if she was still teaching.
@@reneesmith2516 I believe she burned out.
Wow. They were great, too. Burn out can easily occur.
I bet they'd much prefet to make money off their stories than be in the classroom doing the grunt work. Who wouldn't? That teachet from Freedom Writers lost her marriage because the job consumed her. Terrible price to pay for a thankless job that pays peanuts.
If I spoke to my students that way, admin and Social work would say I am traumatizing children.
I was in high school in the late 90s. If we told a teacher the lesson sucked, we would be told to leave the classroom and go to the principal's office. Then if we were lucky we would get detention, or maybe suspension for being so disrespectful.
That's not better.
Thank you for all that you do for the future. 💫
Thank you for your service!
You look like my niece Imani who is also a new teacher! Thanks Imani. All the best this school year! Make the most of your “winter holidays”. And remember: “I love my job, I love my job, I love my job💙💙💙
Hate lesson planning. I know what I want to achieve but, you have to record this.
I literally have to prepare during the summer for the school year! You can't be a human.
Odarris Dhaiti I like to lesson plan how I want to lesson plan, but my district has an electronic format and you have to turn them in every week. I mostly hate it their way because it’s too complicated and basically it’s a waste of time.
Here in Toronto, Canada, teachers make $100,000 within 3 years or so. They get every benefit known to mankind. Very strong union. I couldn’t do it. Kids are so entitled and disrespectful. I give teachers huge credit. (A detached house in Toronto starts at $750k & a tiny condo from $400k. A 1 bdrm rental apt from $1,500 if you can find one). It pays big to work for the government. 100% benefits. Poverty line here is around $22k for a single and $40k for a family of 4. If you’re not making $50k you’re seriously scraping. I’m a scraping artist🙄. God bless teachers.
Your soul dying feeling about them not saying hi... is everything. You are my soul sister
I'm almost done with my Elementary Education degree, but I have been an assistant for 3 years. It has been the most eye opening experience and I feel like it is the best form of "student teaching" there is. 10/10 recommend becoming an aide/assistant prior to getting your teaching license. Not only do you get to experience different grades, but you also get to experience all kinds of different teachers/management etc etc.
I am currently Student Teaching and I’ll be done in June. I thought that I wanted to Teach before, I do not want to be a Teacher anymore 🥴 After experiencing Parents lying on me and students not wanting to listen, I’m not dealing with that shit. 🤷🏿♀️ I’m so content with my decision. I’ll find something else to do 🥴🤣😂
lol man it takes a load of patience to be a teacher and for some reason I still want to become one
@@sethshepherd3221 there are worst jobs out there... cleaning toilets, binmen, minimum wage, emergency services, prison guard
You are a great teacher. The kids are in good hands.
I am from Peru i am completely agree with you. believe me being a teacher in Peru is the most difficult job
irene cuevas which grade do you teach?
I’m a teacher in Georgia but I’m from Peru, 😊
I’ve always wondered what it was like to teach in my home country.
Wait till you become a elementary shool teacher! The moment you enter the door is the start of a new war everyday 😂😂😂😂
Yep!!!!!!
@Elizabeth Castanon it depends on us but for me elem is the hardest 😂
As a middle schooler, the shit I have seen. I would say middle school is the hardest. The kids, they are just pure evil, and strictly wrong. I mean they smack talk the teachers, throw around shit. Some of them just don’t care. It’s fucking annoying.
@@sapphiresushi3437 i agree! I used to assist in schools (as a community liaison) from elementary to high school and middle school was the worst ever!!!
I taught MS its much worse
#11 - you learn to INHALE your food. My husband makes fun of how fast I eat. I don't know how NOT TO now!
Thank you so much for this video. Loved it. I am just getting started on my adventure to becoming a teacher.
Everyone do not know! I have friends who think teachers make a lot of money. They just don't understand those hours, how much out of pocket is put back into the class room, etc...
NUMBER 1 should have been ---- BLADDER CONTROL -- for your whole career!!! #2 ---- SUMMER vacation is a JOKE -- I WORKED MOST of the SUMMER --- for SO many YEARS--- to make ends meet financially --- because WE ALL KNOW--- the salaries are BAD!!
Yakkyuu, my mind has to rest during the summer. I try to save money and not spend a lot during the summer. Teaching for 20 years has been rough and challenging.
Also..during weeks off I'm catching up with paperwork!!
No offense but I am making 22,000 before I made 17,000 and it's the most I've ever made. Everyone says teachers don't get paid and there was a comment about an empty bank account and I just don't understand. I was a VPK teacher and had to leave bx of the low pay at least higher grade teachers make a living wage.I would love to make 30,000 how is that being poor? Live inside your means always. But look I'm NOT taking a bunch of my work home and dehydrating myself so I don't really have to go to the bathroom and then drink water once kids are gone. In daycares going to the bathroom is not that hard to come by.
The salaries are not that bad! Some people do not work during the summer.
I’m a 20 hour a week teacher and I have 3 jobs. I have to. I live and work in CT. It’s crazy that a teacher can be as impoverished as the community she serves.
You’ll wear all those hats when you’re a good teacher. And you’re on point about all of these things. Become a public speaker and share this on a speaking circuit. And if you want to team up with a school psychologist, call me🥳
You are cracking me up. Honestly speaking your facial expressions are priceless. Yes all you are saying is true but sincerely speaking I think you would make a very good actress.
#10 hit home. I'm a teacher overseas, so I make $1400 a month. It's liveable, but not much. To add onto that, you frequently hear criticism from parents, administration, sometimes other teachers. Then you go home and see parents in other schools(or countries in my case) posting articles about how teachers are failing us or complaining about their child's teacher. It's a non stop circle of criticism. I have to remind myself why I chose to teach. One of my students chose to give me an award for teaching him, and my students give me daily hugs. That's rewarding :) .
What are the best practices you have noticed to help students achieve high scores on their standardized tests to enter college. SAT/ACT?
Those tests are mainly reading tests. Even the science and math sections require strong reading skills. Getting kids used to the format (practice exams) is key. The best prep though is to work hard in your core subjects which build up those reading and math skills.
We as teachers, if we shift our career to others who are working in other professions; then they might appreciate what we're going through each and everyday in classrooms! The weird thing Ms. is that everywhere in this world teachers are envied for their Summer vacations or weekends, though few people know how hard to be a Teacher and how noble message these folks hold.
People, imagine you're just stuck ONLY one time with 10 kids in one room and you are supposed to get them quiet only??! you wouldn't and can't do it... How about us, TEACHERS, we got doubles of that number in one room for a whole year and have a curriculum and lesson plans to be DONE and followed/!
Most people wouldn’t last a single day and they know it 🙄 let alone a whole 10 months!
I try not to take anything personal, but the kids today are evil! I pray everyday that, they reap what they sow!
You are so funny thanks for telling the truth.
The whole system is evil administrators parents and other teachers
were not supportive either.
I enjoyed coaching and eventually that was ruined also because you can't coach them either. They either dont try or care to learn and
dont listen to instruction as well as behave properly which makes you look bad.
Parents are generally worse than the kids
@Walter Romanoff you are so right about the parents being worse than the students.
@@SharronV Hell, they breed the bad seeds, and then pretend their monster can't do any wrong. It's disturbing and as a sub teacher makes me question if teaching is for me.
@Jolly Dayz a lot of the parents don’t care to realize that their children act like angels at home, and when they get to school they act completely different because they’re in a different environment and get to show off amongst their peers. Unfortunately, the parents don’t see what educators see. The sad thing is that these parents will take their children’s side rather than the adults who are working with them all day long and have to put up with it; the kids think it’s ok to act up because there are no real consequences. The very first thing I hear being said is that the teachers don’t have control over their classrooms. How can they if there is no support coming from parents or administration? The students know it, too. I’m getting out of education completely real soon. It’s just not worth putting up with the nonsense.
I understand what you're saying. It's hard to teach when you have as little as 2-5 students disrupting the entire classroom while egging them on.
In my 7th year... 1 year high school 9th-12th, the other 6 and presently middle school. I would add... Figure out a way to say what you NEED to say without being fired... to admin AND students. Also, don't assume that every child has or lives with a mom and dad... Ever.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm not a teacher yet but it's a plan. I'm a teaching assistant working sub. This is great though, thank you again.
Omg!!!! Snapping all the way to my empty bank account! I love teaching! I love my students but...teaching is NOT for everyone. Salute from a fellow 7-12 teacher.
m a teachers aide and i love it to. but the pay cannot pay my Bill's. its soo ridiculous
After scrolling through the comments I was thinking that all teachers hate kids, but then I saw this. Thank you! Thank you for setting this parent's heart at ease. I have never expected all the teachers to like all the kids, but reading some of these comments hurt my heart. It sounds as though they see every teenager in the same light. I hate that teachers do not get the pay they deserve and that they do have to deal with so many problem kids with little support from admin, but I'm left to wonder if the well behaved kids are getting completely overlooked. I know there HAS to be some great kids out there!
@@rhondadaniels2780 it's not that teachers don't like the students...I absolutely love my students...it's just that working 10 hrs a day and weekends is hard and you STILL struggle to keep up the paperwork, deadlines, mandates, and fighting for your students! All of this with no overtime pay! I get up 4:30 and am at school until after 5! These things will drive me out of teaching...the children keep me coming back!
@@Ladycrafty6 Teachers are truly under appreciated! I was just feeling discouraged reading so many comments calling kids evil and the like. It does make me feel good to know that there are teachers who still love their students. I have to deal with a lot of unnecessary things in my career as well so I totally understand the burn out. It's just that so many of the comments I was reading were so negative in regards to the students. I pray for each one of you tho, you have a thankless job but one that is so very important.
Why do you have an empty bank account?
Telling me my lesson sucks gets a "Thanks for taking the time to express your opinion about my lesson. I will expect a 1,000 word essay on my desk Monday morning on the aspects of my lesson you disagreed with and why. Remember to cite your references. Your final grade depends on it."
Ooo, nice idea! I'm going to have extra copies of a lesson plan template to hand out in moments like this. lol.
lmao or just ask them to explain constructively. it's fine if a student doesn't like the lesson you planned; it may be because it wasn't engaging for them, it may be because they lack motivation, it may be because they were struggling to understand, it may be because they've been having an awful day... who knows? if you ask them to write an essay, you never will, that's for sure. as a teacher, you're responsible to nurture the social/emotional wellbeing component of your students' development too; a 1000 word essay just tells them to "not complain" and essentially is a tool you're using to ignore them. personally i don't like this idea.
Your speaking my language. When I taught if anyone challenged me on my lesson, I would make them teach the class on a whim & gave a graded quiz immediately following. Worked like a charm every time. And when parents started complaining, I would offer for them to come sub or volunteer to prove me wrong. Again...worked like a charm.
Retiring after 32 years of high school teaching. Prefer senior students. A great career but is now changing and I don't like 😞 the changes. Time for to exit. Careful you don't get burnt out!!!
Going into the field. Thanks for the field!
Hi there. I’ve been teaching Science for 22years , 17 in a HS and you NAILED IT! So over it!❤️
I love teaching but it is so not what it used to be. Thank you for this video!
Thank you for this video. I'm playing this out loud for my husband to hear because evidently I can't explain myself well.
I love it! You are an inspiration!!! :) God Bless!!!
Every thing you said... I agree! Teaching is so hard and no one gets it!