Current Events > Never be a teacher, worst job ever.

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pistachio12 posted...

I had to look up YAG as we call them curriculum maps. I teach high school math. The course overview was determined by the department before I got there. We were never required to write lesson plans. (This is all from my first school.)

I struggled with discipline for the first two years. We also had different vice principals for each high school grade. Some were great with dealing with their students, others made secret background deals without the teachers. That certainly is an example of shitty politics.

But for those that we could make a difference, I would follow a certain set of steps. Set few but clear expectations at the beginning of the year. Hold the students accountable from the very beginning with no exceptions. When you see a transgression in class, stop class until it is fixed. If a student repeats behavior and won't correct themselves, pull them out and have a conversation. If they continue more, kick them out.

We had to log our parent contact with the vice principals office. This was mostly for meetings but could also be done for emails if you wanted to log them.

I had a mix of classes. I would teach 2 lower level math classes that was either 50% English language learners or 50% students on an IEP. My other three classes were higher level classes which usually had about 1 or 2 students on IEPs for each.

I don't know who that is and I'm not going to look him up.

Wow, never required to write lesson plans? Must have been nice. Can't tell you how many hours and hours I spent on those.

If principals making "secret background deals" was your biggest problem, you were in a great district because it means your staff was good. Also, lol at holding kids accountable and kicking them out... that's a cute idea, I wish my admins would have allowed that, especially the kicking out part.

Lol and he claims to be a teacher but doesn't know who one of the most influential and well known teachers of all time is. You shouldn't have to look him up, he is very famous and you should have heard about him at SOME point, especially if you did it for 10 years.

All I needed to know. We're done.

Lmao the fucking melty

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Rypt posted...

All I needed to know. We're done.

How are you going to gate keep a job you know nothing about and want nothing to do with anymore?

ASithLord7 posted...

Lmao the fucking melty

Really makes you wonder how he was fired huh.

pistachio12 posted...

I would maybe say you're the main problem in teaching if this is how you continue to respond to criticism. For nay potential future teachers looking at this, teaching is a job that requires you be able to deal with criticism. People will be in and out of your classroom all the time watching what you're doing. Some will know what good teaching is, others will be clueless. Get ready to hear people's opinions on what you could be doing better.

And I got my first job because I met three different teachers from that school in one of my classes. It is still the best teaching job I have had. I worked 5 years with 20 other math teachers that were bright, young and driven by their work. We all collaborated with each other and worked towards a positive goal. Is my situation universal? Definitely not. Anyone who is telling you that it's impossible is lying though.

Just saw this.

Oh ok, so you got your first job because you knew someone? Or like you said, 3 different people. So like I said, politics.

But there's a difference between criticism and people blatantly trying to throw you under the bus and saying you are "attacking" them. I actually accepted criticism pretty well and bent over backwards to do everything I was asked. But when a teacher who works right across the hall from you is constantly accusing you of trying to pick fights with her after you've told her you don't want drama and just want to do your job, then yeah that's a problem. It doesn't matter how you respond to criticism, you can try and try to correct whatever it is they say is wrong, but if they don't like you, they will just come up with something else.

Heh, and for any potential teachers reading this, watch out. People like this are liars. They only talk about the positive aspects of teaching so that it can sound glamorous, but they won't talk about the dirty parts or how corrupt it really is. Maybe my words aren't the most popular, but it's the truth. It's a popularity contest.

I'm not going to listen to this any more. I know what I saw and I know I'm a hell of a worker.

ASithLord7 posted...

Live in a better state

Sure, I agree with that. But say that about someone elses different job and living situation, and all of a sudden people rage and say you hate poor people.

TC is right. Dont go into teaching. Its common for a lot of people to dismiss teachers concerns and complaints because they do not respect teachers. I often hear someone say oh, teaching is easy, even though that person has zero experience doing it. Its certainly not the worst job or anything like that, but its the only field where every teacher I personally know goes out of their way to advise students not to pursue that career.

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