My mom went to grad school later in her life so she could be a teacher and have a pension in her waning years. Well she had high ideals,thought she could go in and make a difference getting the kids eager and exciting to learn,you know,make a big difference to the kids. I suppose i should mention she landed a job at an inner city school in downtown dayton. She bought books galore and i mean A TON of books and all kinds of other things for her classroom. The kids started stealing them,they thought they were making a sucker out of the new old white teacher. Problem was,thats exactly what she intnded.,hoping they would take them and read 'em. Well they didn't read them,and they quit stealing them.
She told me stories of how she was treated,which was like shit,and the principal and VP,nobody would help or discipline them. F*CK YOU Ms. C_____! was pretty much a daily occurrence and there where many other sinilar happenings,all the while just letting it slide off her back. Oh.and when she would give the kids an "F" theier parents would come in and raise holy hell saying "why aren't you teaching my kid properly?". When she told them they never did anything in class nor any homework it would escalate until it just got to the point she'd pass them and count another year down.
My Mother is not a cursing person or a name caller,but some of the stuff she would say would floor me.
She quit the day her 20 years was up. She never made much money but she has a decent pension and same with insurance.
Teachers are an undervalued breed IMHO.
J