School Kids Are Out of Control, and Teachers Have My Sympathy
If they don’t do their homework, don’t threaten to sue the school. Take their electronic devices away until their performance improves.
I don’t see how teachers do it. The children are wild and out of control, and teachers aren’t allowed to discipline them.
My husband has been accepting substitute teaching jobs lately, because subs are earning “hazard” pay, and because he wants to do something useful.
Subs and teachers are so scarce that sometimes nobody is available and students are herded into the cafeteria to work on their lessons. With such a teacher shortage, my husband could have his pick of five or six teaching jobs a day, if he wanted them.
He was a high school teacher at one of the best-performing high schools in the country before he retired last year. Prior to that, he taught at a low-income, low-performing school, and loved it. He was voted Teacher of the Year twice. But it was a two-hour commute, so after a couple of years, he moved to the high-performing school close to our house.
Imagine his surprise when he found out how much parents coddled and enabled their children at this new, affluent school. Teachers were expected to pass students, regardless of how poorly they did or how disruptive they were.
