Teachers do the job most of us are incapable or unwilling to do. Thrust into classrooms with children with a a range of needs and capabilities from all levels of society, they are expected to meet the individual needs of each. Parents, students, and school administrators alike hold them accountable without considering the magnitude of their job. They’d have to be superhuman to take the tender feelings and complex needs of each student.
Worst of all, the salaries of the teacher’s demanding job is in no way commensurate with other professionals. We expect so much from them and treat them so poorly.
Nutsrok 
I would not have been a successful teacher.
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Itried it. I was terrible.
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Why the powers that be don’t understand why they can’t hire teachers or keep them is beyond me. They have a dagerious job everyday, kids on their cell phones ignoring the teacher, using social media during class, no respect is shown to the majority of teachers. If they increased their salary by at least half, maybe double is the right number, lock the cells phones up during class and let the teachers teach how they know to reach the kids instead of a board approved plan, maybe students grades would improve, student scores increase bebause they are being held accountable and the overall moral of the school improves. You have all the teacher issues on top of BS issues like what books can we have in the library, racism at the highest degree and influential parents having a strong say in how the school operates. All that needs to shut down and told to shut up! Yes, this is a long term issue of mine and it only gets worse.
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Whenever a teacher called me about my kid’s behavior, I took them very seriously. I knew they had more to do than waste their precious planning time just to annoy me. I knew my kids acted up at home. Of course, they acted up at school.
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Our local school system wanted me to take our son to his doctor as they felt he would need to be medicated for school. I get it. Their job IS hard, and our son and his ADHD was going to be a problem. I solved the problem by becoming the teacher. I homeschooled him from preschool all the way through high school. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done. We had a ball.
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More parents need to be realistic about their children. It sounds like you did the right thing. I don’t think I’d ever gotten my boy to work. Congratulations to the two of you. Did you work?
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My son and I had a little business. We traveled to libraries all over NE Ohio and bought discarded children’s books. We then sold them online to homeschoolers all over the country. Buy a book for 50 cents – sell it for $1.50-$2.00. The collectible items we found went on eBay. The money helped with bills but also funded our school curriculum, supplies, and field trips.
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Now that was a true education! I am impressed. Good job.
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What does he do now?
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He had a management job in retail, but unfortunately, he is not able to work right now. For the past year, he has been plagued with broken ribs (4) and torn cartilage (at least three times) just from coughing! Bone density tests don’t show any problems. His doctors are stumped. He has tried to do simple work, but with every rib incident, he is off again for several weeks. He has other health issues as well. I moved him in with me a year ago so I could help him. We are roommates. :)
Thanks for asking!
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Oh my gosh. I hope he recovers his health.
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I’m “doctoring” him. He’ll get there. :)
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That’s good.
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I could never be a teacher, I don’t have patience, which is also why I could never home school. They do for most part do a damn good job and like most professions are underpaid
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I tried teaching high school English. I was a terrible teacher. I went into nursing afterwards. Teaching is a hard, hard job. I am grateful to teachers.
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I always try and help Chloe’s teachers when I’m able. I wanted to be a teacher, but was unable to finish college. I did teach preschool in a Christian school
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I know they are grateful. Parents certainly can’t expect teachers to do it all. We need to be a team.
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Yes we do
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You said what needed to be said, and you did it brilliantly.
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As a former teacher, you certainly know. It’s a hard, hard job. I wasn’t up to it.
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I totally agree with you.
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