Those Who Can't Teach Anymore

This is the first time in 20+ year as an educator that I felt the NEED to actually reply to a podcast. To hear that I am not alone in my concerns, struggles, battles, observations, etc. in education was sobering. Prior to becoming an educator, I worked as a professional outside of education. The last few years have been a struggle being a teacher for numerous reasons and has had me questioning my role as a teacher. Whether my coworkers and I concerns were isolated in our district or if our observations of where education is headed was more far reaching than just our district has been a constant topic of discussion. Thank you for putting this series together. I sincerely hope this series starts to swing the pendulum in a different direction for education.

I wish every parent, politician, administrator, and person who sits on boards of education were required to listen to this. It voices so many concerns that most educators are afraid to communicate out of fear. As an elementary educator of 24 years, I am strongly considering this being my last year. I don’t feel good about being part of a system that I feel is harming students all in the name of standards. There is no joy left.

This pod cast is spot on how I feel being an educator for over 27 years. I have never felt so undervalued and unappreciated in all my years. I really felt “seen” by the people who shared their stories and somehow that really helped because I felt like I wasn’t the only one.

Just sums up my 30 years of teaching. A career you can be so consumed by that you don’t even understand how abusive it is. Four years after early retirement I am more bitter than ever about how educators are treated and the inhumane expectations. Thirty years of feeling like I was never good enough. It’s a crushing career. I just wanted to teach and episode 1 said so much about why I still feel pummeled.