#seventh graders were always intentionally difficult and liked to try and make me cry in their classes

[itstimeforstarwars]

There is an ad that keeps coming up on my dash that basically says “aren’t you tired of work sucking so much and being so difficult? You should try teaching!” and, uh, as someone who used to be a substitute teacher—

#chit chat #bites you bites you bites you #teaching isn’t hard??? teaching doesn’t suck??? teaching????? #in this economy? #under these conditions?? #give me a fucking break #yes i did enjoy teaching yes i did adore the kids but it did suck and it was very difficult #a student stabbed someone while i was on the clock at one of the high schools i taught at #seventh graders were always intentionally difficult and liked to try and make me cry in their classes #also there were two separate occasions that i showed up to work only to be informed that the class had gone on a field trip without me #like another teacher took them and the bus had left an hour ago #that was always exciting #also the fuckin hall monitors had it out for me #they were always yelling at me for wandering the halls and i always had to have my badge to prove i was not a student #but they never wanted to help me find the office or classroom I needed to get to #and this was all pre covid i imagine it’s far worse now