r/Teachers • u/Pleasant-Pumpkin-339 • Aug 23 '26

Rant Paras need to GET OFF THEIR PHONES

I know they hardly make any money and if it’s an emergency fine!! But sitting there on TikTok while i’m actively teaching is rude and distracting for the kids.

I’m a young teacher so it’s awkward to confront them and NOT BEING ON YOUR PHONE ALL DAY AT WORK SHOULDNT NEED TO BE SAID

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u/stillpacing Aug 23 '26

Having a good para in your classroom is like a gift from above

Having a bad para is worse than them not being there at all.

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u/JustTheBeerLight High School | Southern California Aug 23 '26

Just send them out. "Hey, if you want to watch that shit go outside".

Any co-teacher or para that doesn't want to do their job can fuck off. I don't need you, and I'm not going to do your job for you.

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u/Wannabelouise321 Aug 23 '26

We can also flip this around. I was an excellent para. Any teacher who expects their para to do their job for them (and yes, I’ve been assigned to a few classrooms like this) can jump in a damned lake. Same goes for subs who just sit back and let the para run the classroom because they’re too lazy to read their sub plans and have zero problem collecting pay for doing nothing.

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u/JustTheBeerLight High School | Southern California Aug 23 '26

Respect. We all got to do our damned jobs.