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I'm getting tired of teaching

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Medellon

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Though I have been only teaching 10 years I really feel it taking its toll this year. My classes are full of students who don't know English, students with very poor or low skills, students with all different kinds of modifications due to supossed mental problems such as ADD, ADHD, etc. I'm tired of the crappy parents who can't get their kids to school on time, check to see if they did their homework, come to parent night at school, or even bother to check a report card. These problems seem to be getting worse over the years and I'm not sure why this is the year it is getting to me. I won't even go into the disrespect these kids have for teachers and the poor attitude they have towards school as I would be writing forever. Any other teachers feel the same way?
 
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
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Well, in the parents defense... there are a lot of very very bad teachers.
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
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That's a gross over-simplification. Many parents do care about their child's education, but they also have to work 2 or more jobs just to feed their household. It's difficult to get involved with your kid's schoolwork when you barely have time to eat and sleep.
 
Write letters to your state congressmen, representatives, senators and thank them for the good job they're doing w/ the education budget.
 
I agree with you 100%. Their parents might be in jail and being raised by their grandparents, etc. Public school teachers in the 5th grade and below are being forced into parenting these animal children.
 
The ADD thing has really become a crutch for so many parents. When I was diagnosed it was a last-ditch "God I hope this isn't it" effort by my parents. Unfortunately, most parents don't exhaust all their other options before hopping on the Ritalin bandwagon. It's easy, it's covered by insurance, and it shuts the kid up 80% of the time. That's because it's meth, idiots. Before giving little Billy the little white pills, why don't you keep the f%$#ing Mountain Dew away from him for a week or so and see what happens?
 
Parents don't take enough responsibility for their kids. My parents made sure to look and review all my report cards with me, they would come to the parent-teacher meetings everytime they were held, they'd keep tabs on my attendance (if you skipped, you got a phone call home) and actually make sure I wasn't being an idiot in school. As long as my marks were good, I had all the freedom I could ask for (with the obvious restrictions of course). It worked for me and I plan on doing the same when I have kids.
 
How the hell are you supposed to deal with kids who can't even speak English? Are you supposed to teach them along with your regular lessons as well?

Pfff, and NC wonders why they can't keep teachers for more than a year or two MAX and have to recruit from outside of the state. I can remember when I was a kid growing up in the 80's and early 90's. Kids were decent. They listened (for the most part) and they did their work. Sure, you had a few that liked to cut up every once in a while, but they were generally good kids. None of this ADD ADHD bullcrap cop-out sh!t either. Then again, we all spoke English back then too and parents seemed generally interested in the well-being of their children...
 
Originally posted by: Medellon
Though I have been only teaching 10 years I really feel it taking its toll this year. My classes are full of students who don't know English, students with very poor or low skills, students with all different kinds of modifications due to supossed mental problems such as ADD, ADHD, etc. I'm tired of the crappy parents who can't get their kids to school on time, check to see if they did their homework, come to parent night at school, or even bother to check a report card. These problems seem to be getting worse over the years and I'm not sure why this is the year it is getting to me. I won't even go into the disrespect these kids have for teachers and the poor attitude they have towards school as I would be writing forever. Any other teachers feel the same way?
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My wife will be starting her second year of teaching 9th grade math in the Bronx here in NYC. She has many of the same frustrations that you do.

I think the biggest trouble for teachers in these kinds of situations is to stay positive and optimistic. When teachers become cynical and lose hope in their kids and their school, education suffers. If you can stay positive and get through to just one kid, you are still making a difference.
 
I do teach a demanding grade, 7th. Still, there is no excuse for raising your kids improperly even if you have to work 2 jobs.
 
Jump to private or Catholic schools. The pay is usually lower but they have a self selecting set of parents and can rid themselves of problem students.
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
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That's a gross over-simplification. Many parents do care about their child's education, but they also have to work 2 or more jobs just to feed their household. It's difficult to get involved with your kid's schoolwork when you barely have time to eat and sleep.
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Did you notice that I said crappy parents, not most parents?
 
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
Click to expand...

That's a gross over-simplification. Many parents do care about their child's education, but they also have to work 2 or more jobs just to feed their household. It's difficult to get involved with your kid's schoolwork when you barely have time to eat and sleep.
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Then you have no business having kids if you have to work two jobs. Get an EDUCATION before you start pumping out kids so you DON'T have to work at Taco Hell and Walmart.
 
I agreem, and you should be able to beat the snot out of em.

Isn't it your job to inspire the students though? The best teachers I ever had made me want to do my homework well.
 
Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
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Well, in the parents defense... there are a lot of very very bad teachers.
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I woiuldn't say that. Most teachers care alot about teaching and care about their students, but they just get no help from either the students or the parents in getting their jobs done. Nobody gives a sh!t anymore.

Hell, back when I was in 3rd grade and my dad worked the late shift, he would come in ON HIS FREE TIME and help teach math to the kids in the class. And he was very actives in the PTA along with my cub scout and boy scout troops. Parents don't give a sh!t about that kinda stuff anymore.
 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
What's really sad is that crappy Parents blame the teachers for their little snot gobblers academic failings when the problem is them!
Click to expand...

That's a gross over-simplification. Many parents do care about their child's education, but they also have to work 2 or more jobs just to feed their household. It's difficult to get involved with your kid's schoolwork when you barely have time to eat and sleep.
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Did you notice that I said crappy parents, not most parents?
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True, you did.

Many people (not you) are quick to point the finger at parental involvement without fully understanding the circumstances these families are dealing with.
 
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