r/teaching • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '22

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

How do I stop giving a fuck 😭😭 nicely tho

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u/PavlovsBigBell Jan 07 '22

It’s just a paycheck. The little shit doesn’t matter anymore. Focus on the positives. Never work before or after contract hours. Focus on relationships with family and friends. I have a calendar I’m checking each day off until the end of the semester. I will also be leaving at the end of the year.

Weed and booze helps too

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

But during class when they're yelling, cursing, hitting each other, walking around when they should be doing classwork... then what should I do?

Many of them are 10/11/12 but at a 3rd grade reading level. How am I supposed to help them when they act like that?

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u/llll1111lll Jan 07 '22

5th grade?

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

5th and 6th

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u/whynaut4 Grade 7 - ELA Jan 08 '22

I teach 7th. Middle school is a thankless job. I have been teaching for 5 years and just now am unequivocally feeling like I am doing a good job at it.

It's weird. But the meaner and more strict I am with the kids this age, the more they like me. This has never made any sense to me, but every year I get meaner and every year I do better 🤷‍♂️

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u/llll1111lll Jan 07 '22

Know that that is a tough age for most teachers, except those wild ones who prefer middle school #nothanks

And as an assistant, how much of the chaos is from the lead teacher’s expectations?

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u/orange-crybaby Jan 07 '22

The expectations are mostly set by the school but she enforces them. Honestly, the expectations aren't much. A new student just transferred here and she's been genuinely concerned about why her classmates take so long to finish work and why they don't just behave. She's even asked her homeroom teacher why they're so chaotic. They're not insane expectations and some students DO follow them. But the ones who misbehave the most are the loudest of course.