Why are Texas teachers quitting in record numbers? This is what they said.

Parents need to be held accountable for their bratty kids. The amount of psycho level abuse kids put out then get a slap on the wrist for is insane.

"We wouldn't have doctors and lawyers if we didn't have teachers" YES MA'AM!

“If you’re complaining about the cashier who doesn’t understand how to count your change, you better be at that school supporting us and students” That. Is. Perfect.

My daughter has 7 disabled children in her 4th grade classroom. Screaming on the floor, running around the room disrupting the learning are just a few of the problems she deals with and has No Support! One boy tripped her and laughed, luckily she wasn’t hurt. Parents need to know!! She quit today.

We have forced teachers to “make bricks without straw” for several years now. Children come to school unprepared to learn, with complete and total disrespect and contempt for teachers. Not to mention children with parents more petulant than their demonic children. Our teachers deserve better.

My first job teaching was at an inner city school. Fourteen teachers quit the first two weeks. I was determined to make it work. After two years, I swore I would never teach again. A few years later, to help an orphan I met in China, I got a job there teaching English. I was the one who got an education. Respect, gifts from parents, a boss with encouraging things to say were all new to me. The problem is in our culture (or lack of it). No one in America thinks anyone else should be able to tell them what to do. We have some distorted idea of what freedom is. Every single teacher has gone into the profession with good intentions. The system wears them out.

My daughter just graduated Law school last summer. Her kindergarten teacher came to our home for her high school graduation party….that’s how important our teachers are at ALL levels, without exception and without distinction. Thank you!

I can’t imagine putting hands on a teacher. Unimaginable.

While all of the things they have cited are indeed major problems, it seems to me that children and parents are held to the absolute lowest standards of behavior now. I know several teachers that have quit because students throw stuff at them, curse constantly, and behave like animals while they’re at school. If you tell a parent, the parent gets mad at the school. Fix children and parent behavior and it won’t be a matter of “recruitment” anymore. Teachers that are passionate about what they do are passionate about educating, not baby sitting students that know better. Get better discipline in schools and hold students accountable when they do wrong THEN raise teacher pay (believe me, these teachers deserve that and much more). Teachers deserve respect, huge pay, and good working conditions. But to make that happen, you have to start with fixing parental entitlement. Everyone wants to dance around the uncomfortable topics instead of addressing them. 😑

No, no, no! Do NOT become a teacher in the US. It is the most stressful, unappreciated, even dangerous profession. If you were born to be a teacher, go teach elsewhere. Other countries value the teaching profession a TON more than the U. S.

I spent 30 years as Principal’s Secretary. I watched everything these teachers are saying. I fought for my teachers as much as I could. Unfortunately, the District Administration is where all the money goes. And in Texas, football. A HS Coach makes 2to 3 times what a teacher makes. Teachers are just a necessary expense and considered replaceable. It’s sad. I loved my teachers. These teachers are telling the truth.

Parents need to be held accountable for their own actions. Let teachers teach.

We lost our schools when the responsibility for learning was lifted from the students.

I have a niece that wanted to be a teacher for her whole life. She worked hard and went into debt to become a teacher. After 5 Years, she quit, she couldn't believe the behavior of 3rd graders, lack of discipline, lack of attention, and even worse the crazy parents, regardless what the kid it was her fault. She was threatened over failing grades, called a racist, etc etc.

We need to stop telling people it's okay to get paid less just because you're "doing what you love." That's exploitative manipulation. Where we spend our money shows our priorities, and if we're not paying educators then it's clearly not our priority. No matter what you're doing you deserve to be paid a living wage. You deserve to thrive. End this martyr complex BS.

This video segment was heart wrenching. Nobody deserves physical and emotional abuse.

My father is a retired teacher. He committed himself 100% to be the best that he could be. I remember him falling asleep at the kitchen table while grading homework and creating teaching plans after dinner. And up at 5 a.m. to prepare for the day and a long commute to work. He did a summer Master's Degree course to improve his skills and better support our family. God bless all of you teachers who are struggling with all of our current problems in society and education.

I am a retired engineer, before I was an engineer I enjoyed teaching math for 10 years. Now that I am retired I decided to substitute teach. It was terrible. When I follow school policy and make students put their phones away ,students would be very rude to me. Some students would tell the principal that they did not like the way I looked at them. I then would not be allowed to substitute teach. I was also attacked by a student because I picked up the students phone and nothing was done. Since I was an engineer, I have a good retirement, so not teaching does not hurt me. It is hard for regular teachers to quit. So they have to put up with the abuse and it hurts them emotionally. I was insulted by the students every time I made them follow the rules. Having no support from Principals a person is in a trap, they cannot get out of. So they get physically sick. Until school boards support the principals, principals will not support teachers. So the students rule the schools.

Former Oklahoma teacher here. 16 years in the classroom and I feel these people. I left for more pay, less stress and more time with family

I am a retired Texas teacher with 30 years of experience. I am so sorry qualified and caring teachers like yourselves felt forced to quit. Our students need teachers like you to care and educate them. It breaks my heart to hear these stories. I am also sorry you feel degraded by parents, the school districts, and politicians. They forget you are the back bone of their profession. I am worried about the future of education in our nation.