Schools are open, the kids are back . . kinda. Some are still fine, but in many cases the kids are not okay. According to the NEA teachers' union, 55% of teachers are considering whether to quit teaching and do something else. There's more than one reason why. A Minnesota news anchor looked into it and interviewed some teachers.
One teacher (video) feels she is not helping students at the level she used to, and wonders if she has what it takes to finish the next 20 years of her career. She says students are disrespectful to teachers and equipment.
Four of the seven have experienced a student using the "f-bomb" toward them this year. One thinks of his students as almost family and the verbal abuse breaks his heart.
All say negative behavior is now worse than it was, including being late to class, late with assignments - negative behavior of all kinds.
One says our whole education model needs to be re-designed. He's probably right. That's what we've come to. When our schools took root in the early years of America, that model worked because we had a culture of personal virtue and responsibility. Today . . not so much.
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