DeSantis teacher shortage plan: 'Shortcutting the process' won't work, Florida union president says

[BigmanPigman]

6. I hated that so much!!!

Half the time the grade changes were made AFTER school started making teaching virtually impossible. I went through a zillion classes, meetings, tons of my own money spent on retraining and supplies and worked 40 hour weeks often and all for low, low pay and no respect from the district, the administrators and often the parents. There are no art, music, science classes or librarians, nurses, support staff, tech assistance, etc. Classroom teachers are now expected to do those jobs on top of our already impossible amount of work. We would buy whole series of books only to be told to trash them after 6 months. School districts are all about money. Schools are a business and when I realized that it all made sense. They don't care about teachers and even the kids. My fellow teacher friends have no pity on these districts who over worked and underpaid us throughout our careers. Their priorities are even more fucked up now than even a few years ago. People should never blame teachers for anything. Teachers are given strict limits and requirements by the district and state for problems like kids not learning Civics. I have written to the state and it did no good, our hands are tied and believe me when I say that teachers are well aware of the problems and are so frustrated we are leaving the profession in droves. What else would you expect?