👩🏻🏫 WHY I QUIT TEACHING … my story
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Hello, it is Andrea Michelle with The Longest Video of All Time!
No, but seriously. Sorry this is so long and I sound like I'm running out of breath by the end! You try talking for 30+ minutes straight!
Today I am telling you the somewhat sad story of how I decided to quit teaching elementary after only 3 years. There is a mass exodus of teachers right now and I know the "Great Resignation" has been going on for a couple years. I respect teachers SO much. They do so much more than anyone really thinks about or knows. It is such a taxing and emotional job. I wish I could have stayed in without sacrificing my mental well-being but it wasn't really an option. Maybe one day the profession will improve for all those who so greatly deserve it.
I am so happy to be in design now and get to do something I LOVE with better work/life balance. I miss my former students constantly but I know that being in a job that was unsustainable for me wasn't fair to them or myself. Please; thank a teacher. They are probably more tired/overwhelmed than you think and they are almost certainly struggling to pour from an empty cup in an effort to give all they can to their students. I know I was.
Thanks for listening! And teachers are heroes... amen!
Twitter: / hithereimandrea
LINK TO PART 2 - Elementary Teacher to Product Designer (All about my new career / How I made the transition) : ua-cam.com/video/ID8sd1rwv54/v-deo.htmlsi=f8uR6fp5eMSF5Z3x
I just want everyone to take a good look at the comments here... these comments are EXACTLY why we are quitting teaching. That lack of empathy and horrid disrespect is exactly how all of your kids act.
As a father of the 6 year old daughter in a charter school kindergarten, I am also appalled by some of the suggestions in this comments section.
We actually live in a predominantly Latino neighborhood, so I do think most of the kids do have some concept of respect.
I’m cried a lot from the serious disrespect everyday
I am a first year teacher and I am trying to get out. I’ve been interviewing and have been exploring different career options. I don’t understand how anyone can be in this career for multiple years, especially with how messed up the public education system is now. Absolutely no accountability for students and everything is somehow the teachers fault.
I feel for you, the first year is the hardest! Wishing you luck in your job hunt!
It's always always been the teacher's fault. I started teaching in 1979, retired in 2011. I tried to get out, took two breaks and tried other lines of work. Both times I went back to the classroom. At times it was sheer he _ _.
It is sad that so many take an expencive education and then do not like the work. Does nobody know about all the struggles?
When most Americans think of public schools, they think of the nationally popular radio show “Our Miss Brooks”. How well does that show compare to conditions in the schools today?
I want out so badly. I’m a sub, and I can’t get a job outside of education.
I hate it.
I have been teaching for 16 years and living from pay check to pay check, and You can feel how hard it is. The work never ends. I think you made a good decision. Wish you all the best.
Thank you- it is so challenging! Teachers deserve far better pay!
Thank you for what you do. Teachers are the real heroes of America - treated like disposable bodies while raising our future.
You’re on point with everything!!!
No breaks, during my lunch I’m making copies, calling parents, teacher meetings. Students need accommodations that are not getting the services they need. Exhausted!!! Emotionally draining, cried my first days of kindergarten, then did it again 2 years later, cried the second week.
"Students need accommodations (...) services they need."
Which *services* could *accommodations* need?
@@knrdvmmlbkkn kindergarten it’s the first time going to school for some students, some students might need evaluations, for example be autistic, adhd, self contained behavior. Some Parents are not aware of their children needed a special service because they’ve never been in a school environment or interacting with other children
@@5mireya5"kindergarten it’s the (...) with other children
That's not what I asked about. And my question was rhetorical. Services don't need any accomodations. I wanted to point out your ridiculous phrasing.
"it’s the first time " - no; "is the first time".
"Some Parents" - no; "Some parents".
"children needed" - no; "children needing".
I resonated with this video so much. I am currently a 2nd grade teacher and am struggling with burnout and overall anxiety from the work load. I actually just put in my two weeks. I realize I need to put my mental health first. Thanks for sharing❤️
I hope your mental health improves! Best of luck on your new journey! 😊
I'm a teacher from Spain, I've taught for 7 years now( In Spain). Last school year I went to the US to teach as a part of a teacher exchange program. That year got me question my whole career too. Never happened to me before
I’ve heard teaching abroad is SO different from the US! Mainly that abroad is much better, so sadly this doesn’t surprise me. 😞
I am getting out of student teaching today. I’m so unhappy and don’t like where education is going.
I was very unhappy during student teaching also. Now, 11 years later, I'm considering leaving the profession. I only lasted this long, because I taught part time for 10 years.
I just finished my student teaching and graduated with my master's and credentials. I knew coming into this career that the system was broken. I knew what problems and issues I would face in this field. However, once I got to dip my feet into the water. The reality hits you differently.
I’m still going for it, no matter what. One thing I learned is that there are going to be dark times when you will have to rely on yourself and maybe your kiddos 😮
Reasons for leaving: horrible principal, horrible admin, racism, anti military, told I had to pay for everything I needed, which of course was EVERYTHING, being locked out of main offices because principal brought grandchildren to work (that’s where copy machine and supplies were), no support, constant criticism, no lunch break, misbehaving kids forced on me during my planning period, no time to even pee. Final straw: being downgraded on my observations because I didn’t have enough room. Seriously. Most horrible job on the planet.
The state of education is pretty sad nowadays, I don’t fault anyone for seeking other options! I personally am much happier since leaving!
If America's government run schools are in fact this bad then it's time to try privatization. Treat public education as they do in Asia, like a business; not as they do in the US, as just another government racket. Under a privatized system, good teachers would make more money and get bonuses, while the rest would be shown the door. America would finally get the better teachers and smarter students it so desperately needs. I'm betting that won't happen since teachers unions are the most powerful and most feared public sector unions the world has ever known. Besides, any politician with two brain cells to rub together knows that their political futures rest entirely upon doing whatever the teachers unions tell them to do. So it's damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead until the money runs out. And then they'll just print more. The federal government is now taxing people who've yet to be born, as Americans just aren't having kids at the same rate as they once did. This is why our government will allow immigration, both legal and illegal, to continue.
It’s a very tough job that only teachers and their immediate family can see. I’m sure you feel so much healthier.
So much better! My ocular migraines, brain fog, and episodes of aphasia have entirely gone away. 😌
Being treated like a child ...wow girl thanks for saying that. You really nailed it...sad truth
Smart to get out at the three year mark. Teaching never gets any better. I made it 24 years and retired. Admin beats loving teachers to death and they enjoy doing it!
Yep- sadly three years was enough for me! Kudos for 24!! I’m so much happier/healthier now, hope you are as well!
Thank you for making this video. There is so much I want to say. I quit teaching a few months ago, mid-year because it was destroying my soul and I was no longer taking care of myself. Just...thank you for this video. Thank you. Truly.
I’m glad this video helped you to feel heard & understood. I am even more glad you got out of a situation that was causing you emotional distress! I felt the exact same way, and I hope you find happiness in whatever you decide to do next! The sky is the limit now!
Great info....all student teachers should have to watch your video...I've been at it for 28 yrs. I wish I could have seen this video when I first started.
I wish I’d have had a deeper understanding of what the profession was really like before I was in my final year of college! Thanks for watching my video! 😊
Just happen to come across your video and I am glad I did. In fall of 2019 I graduated for elementary Ed. However I have yet to start in the career field. I was even an EA just to make sure I wanted to be in the schools. I love it, but I don’t think I can mentally handle the stress. Or even physically because I have a lot of medical issues. Although, I am sort of struggling to find another profession. I am hopeful I can find something, because I am unsure teaching is for me. It is definitely a lot! I admire teachers, but it is so tough. And I had no idea how hard this job is. I admire your story tho. You stuck through a lot of major changes! Thank you for your real story.
Thank you for watching! It was an extremely turbulent 3 years for me. I learned a lot and grew a lot from the experience for sure!
I’m so tired of this. A student threw up all over her desk and the floor yesterday. I told administration and they just told me to push her desk to the back. We had to stay in the room the rest of the day. The vomit was still there when I got in today and it smelled sooooo bad. Luckily I finally convinced them to get the janitor in….. ugh I hate it here
Oh no! That sounds unsanitary for all the students and you… I’m so sorry you had to work in those conditions! Hope your student is feeling better and no one else caught the bug!
@@MeowCatTrio I ended up quitting. I realized it wasn’t worth it
After being sick, sending a doctor’s notes, and literally forgetting to finish writing and submitting my lesson plans for the two weeks, my principal comes up to me to submit a 40 page lesson plan immediately by noon and if I don’t I 4:09 am fired. Thank God he didn’t check on me. I don’t have an assistant. I’m the only one working in the classroom. That’s fine. I wrote the 40noage lesson plan, submitted it last night and wrote my resignation letter and submitting it at the end of the day. I’m sick. My life is sick. Enough is enough.
Started subbing back in March to test the waters and I see what you mean!! Besides the disrespectful students, teachers are so unsupported and overworked it’s ridiculous. When I go in to sub, it’s the teachers with full classes and no time to themselves, not the admin, that offer me support and advice.
Teaching is definitely an under appreciated/paid field for sure, I have a few teacher friends in similar positions and from what I've heard from them, the challenges are pretty consistent to what you mentioned in this video. Glad you found something that gives you a little more flexibility and less chaos though! 🙌
Let your teacher friends know I am thinking of them! It’s really rough out there, especially the past few years. 🥲 Sad that it seems like the choices are to sacrifice your sanity, your quality of teaching (and just leaving work undone to get back an ounce of free time), or just leaving the profession. I don’t blame anyone for wanting to leave, I’m so much happier! It’s just sad the kids are ultimately the ones who will suffer. 😕
Great video, I have been teaching for over 20 years and year it hasn’t been easy so I feel your pain, how old are you? and congratulations on finding something that you enjoy.
I’m 25! I started teaching right after I graduated college and turned 22.
@@AndreaMichelleYT wow, that is young, you still have your whole life ahead of you to explore different avenues, do whatever makes you happy, don’t bring your self into the ground when it comes to doing a job that you hate.
I retired last year after 21 years of teaching. My life is blissful right now without undisciplined students, entitled parents, and fake “I understand what you’re going through” administrators.
Happy retirement! I hope you are soaking up all the peace and quiet these days. 😂😄
1, Efficiency: Lack of EFFICIENCY is a major problem. Give teachers time to improve the actual learning opportunities. Allow teachers time to tweak learning opportunities to make them better, time to find/make entirely better learning opportunities, to present learning opportunities that fit the teaching style of the teacher and learning style of the students, etc. Do not waste time with lesson plan submissions, too many grades in the gradebook, giving teachers too many preps, giving teachers too many students, giving teachers too many forms, etc. Give the teachers their time/freedom to grow and get better on their own. That is very important if not the most important!
2, Passing along students: Many are PASSING ALONG STUDENTS if you will and not standing their ground with grades. Because of this and for the most part, students know they are likely going to pass, so they hardly try in class, which leads to bad conduct. An extreme amount of students are lacking in key measures of college and career readiness, but yet, they are still walking across that stage their senior year.
3, Egos: A variety of people voice major concerns (bullying, violence, safety, bad choices, toxicity, etc.) to others, but others have unnecessary EGOS directed to those people, which leads to a large amount of major concerns being ignored and what not.
‘Teachers see the children more than they see their parents on a given weekday.’
And we wonder what the problem is?
Trust me, seeing the parents more often doesn't make this situation any better. If they ever show up, they just come to fight with you, the teacher, about their kids' grades. If parents actually stepped up, did the parenting and enforced some consequences if their children act up, teachers wouldn't have to see them all year.
Hope you are still doing well - IT is an amazing world - there is sooooo much under the hood that you can get into (and if you have the drive, desire, and aptitude it can be extremely rewarding - my passion was databases and back-end servers (including middle tier servers) - even the buzzword "Cloud" is still just a different front-end to the "real" back-end). Word of warning though, IT can consume you if you let it (and, if you move into management, be sure you understand what that means in the long run - some love it, some hate it).
I'm so sorry you went through this, Andrea, it must be terrible to invest so much time and effort into what you think at the time is your passion, only for it to fall through. I can't imagine the stress you must have gone through, it really seems like teaching demands so much of you but barely gives anything in return, the whole school system is so screwed up. I hope your career as a UI and UX designer works out for you, honestly, you seem like you're so smart and talented and I think you would excel at whatever you choose to do. I've really been enjoying your channel so far, I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to make these videos.
Thank you for your kindness! I do miss my former students dearly, they were the best. I’m sad things didn’t go the way I’d hoped or planned but I’m thankful to be in the industry I am now! I feel like there’s lots of potential! I hope to make some new videos soon!
@@AndreaMichelleYT You're welcome, at least you're a lot happier now, and less stressed, I hope everything goes well for you. Nice! Glad to hear it, I'll be looking forward to them, I've been checking out some of your older ones, too.
Congratulations on your new journey!!! Can you make a video with advice on transitioning to tech? ❤
Sure! I’d be happy to do that!
I see so many vids of teachers who quit, and most are very young. I assume that older teachers hang in for retirement.
In my experience, a lot of older teachers I knew got into the profession when it is was a much different time (back when it was fun, they say) but sadly either feel stuck or like you said, are hanging in for retirement. Where younger teachers who have only been in a handful of years see it being unsustainable long term so they leave. 😔
Watching the whole entire video now. Thank you so much for sharing your story and experience here.
Thanks for watching! :)
@@AndreaMichelleYT no problem 😌
I quit teaching last month as well.. . I just could NOT get my juniors to pay attention! The phone's, the disrespect etc.
I can’t imagine the cell phones! I taught kindergarten so didn’t have to deal with that but I’m sure that’s just yet another difficult thing to manage day in and day out
Same happened to me. I just quit🥹
What the hell are these comments asking if she has only fans. Leave her alone and only comment if you are showing support.
I completely understand how you feel and I wish you the best. I’ve seen teachers get into recruiting and onboarding after they leave teaching. Easy field to switch over into!
because she's a 7/10 and she needs someone strong and fierce like u to save her from the internet
She's crazy hot tho 😂😂
@@eyeThink11 so that means she should have an onlyfans? tf is wrong with you?
I was asking for a friend. 😅
As someone quitting real estate this year after 7 years - a real estate major is NOT necessary. I swear some successful realtors are practically illiterate. They delegate everything.
I quit two years ago after teaching for 15. I now have a podcast where I interview current and former teachers and get their perspective on burnout and what is fueling it. Let me know if you're interested in doing an interview!
I quit being a sub. I know why teaching is so hard - teachers are given too much workload, not paid enough, and the creme de la creme of it all is the kids are all a bunch of entitled bratty shitheads because the parents let them do whatever. Sure the kids are fine one on one, but as a group it’s a nightmare. I genuinely think I have PTSD.
I’m interested! Second year Special Education teacher.
I think the future of teaching might be teacher teams in one class. Although there is pride and a feeling of success to have your very own classroom, I think things have changed today and a team of 3-4 people maximum could teach a class and they could all communicate when one is going to be out sick or take turns working from home to grade ect. A team could help with the overwhelming amount of duties for one person. (Emails, adapting for iep’s, lesson planning, classroom mgmt ect.)
I think I would have stayed in teaching (for longer than I did, at least) if I could have had the ability to co-teach! 🤍 Being in a classroom with only children and being the sole adult responsible for all of it is very isolating and draining! I think a co-teacher would have completely transformed my experience!
After 40+ years of teaching, I’m becoming increasingly convinced college is a huge waste of time and money for most people. Go only if you have a specific goal that requires it, and work at least a quarter time while doing so. Do not take out humongous loans you’ll regret.
What does that have to with anything she said? She went to school for teaching and got a teaching job, and then due to class behavior and excessive paperwork, plus the lack of support from admin, she quit.
Could you make a video about your new career ? I am very interested to know more about it.
I definitely need to! Now that I’ve been at my new job for almost six months I feel like I’m well equipped enough to speak on how it’s been for me! I will plan on making a video talking all about it soon! 💕
@@AndreaMichelleYT Thank you for answering me. I am looking forward to watch your next video. I am thinking to take some courses to learn about that profession.
What’s the job?
@@user-fy3nf3lg2j UX Designer!
“Stress related illnesses” .. and I subscribed
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How long did it take you to feel comfortable enough to do UI / UX full time?
I spent an entire school year preparing mentally for the transition! I did my first super part time job in between my 2nd and 3rd year so by the end of year 3 I was confident and more than ready to leave!
Hi Andrea.
I have a degree in computer science with a concentration in software engineering (recent graduate). I haven't been able to find a job. I would love to do what you're doing as a UI/UX designer.
Do you have any tips or suggestions for what I could do to get into that field?
Thank you,
Aaron
Are you serious?! I’m pursuing a degree in computer science right now. It’s that hard to get a job in this field? Wow
@@lovingme6896 Yes, the CS field is SUPER oversaturated right now and getting worse (at least in USA). People are leaving other industries (restaurant, teaching, retail) to go into tech. The competition is huge right now, but you have a MAJOR advantage with a degree. People are transitioning to tech right now because of covid and with the major cons of working in other fields, CS is the way to go. The complaints of other fields are the same: low pay, shitty hours, rude customers/students/parents/admin/managers. Who wants to be a server for $2? Or deal with an angry, irate customer yelling personal insults for minimum wage? Many people are realizing IT is ideal for themselves bc of the excellent pay, self reliance, work benefits (health insurance, parental leave, medical leave, etc), and most IT jobs are not terribly difficult (as long as youre qualified)
Edit: @lovingme6896 And with inflation, rising housing costs, along with minimum wage not matching a REASONABLE amount to live off of (not to mention most places refuse to hire full time. they only hire part time), retail, restaurants, and other "entry" jobs are simply not worth it for many people right now
@@lovingme6896 Yeah, it can be tough. If you are fortunate enough to build connections with people in the industry then you can get in or if you are very skilled and have impressive projects you can show, but for someone who has a degree and not much else, it is hard. Even "entry level" positions want years of experience.
I got my current job through a recruiter finding me on LinkedIn! It was sort of a right place at the right time scenario because I was brand new and my company was looking to build up a new team from scratch. Their main goal was to find people who were good collaborators rather than relying solely on experience. I think being really honest about where you’re at in a job interview will be important- a company that cares about having a strong team of people who are willing to learn will appreciate that!
@@lovingme6896 I know people with computer science degrees who also have a hard time finding jobs, even when they have years of experience. They are laying a lot of people off from the tech industry.
There are also problems with being overworked and so forth in the tech industry.
wow, never realized it was so emotionally stressful. What percentage of you leaving was due to low pay and what percentage was due to stress?
That’s a great question! I’d say the strong majority was due to stress. Probably 80-90% of the decision. Although the pay wasn’t great, I was living at home with my parents while I was teaching so I was still able to save a lot and didn’t feel the same pressures people who are supporting themselves feel with the lower salary. However, I knew in the long term I could have so much more earning potential if I switched to another career while I was young and built up experience. And now that I successfully made the switch and got a big pay raise for doing so (even in an entry level role) I don’t think I could ever look back! It’s nice to know that even though my fiancé and I both work, either of us could take time off in the future (to raise kids, find another job, follow a dream etc.) and the other could comfortably support us. Whereas if I’d still been teaching, ever going down to my single income would have been tough.
It’s also hard as parents when it comes to special need child. I know that you had to document everything and we thank you for that. The doctors wants the school to deal with the situation and vice versa for the teachers. When my son went to preschool, I knew something was up. Teachers are afraid to diagnose and doctors were just giving us the runaround. Even though we keep going back to the doctors. He was not properly diagnose until he was in 5th grade. He went to kindergarten and by first grade we decided to homeschool him until 5th grade. Even though I homeschooled my child, he also had in person classes twice a week. I stayed with him in class for a couple of months, stayed in the lobby of the school so he can still see me and eventually I would leave him and do my errands.
It can definitely be challenging to advocate for the kids who really need support! I documented for an entire year, and finally got IEP meetings at the very end of the year. I imagine getting smaller class size/placements for the students who need it would take several more years. It’s a shame. 🙁
I love being a teacher but yeah, it's not an easy career path.
Worse so, teachers are not given the treatment they deserve.
It's still the most taxing job I have ever done/still doing and love too.
Teaching is a job people must be passionate about to be able to stay/give what it takes to be successful! 🤍 I’m so glad your students have someone like you teaching them!
I don't mind high school science. I got tenure, a decent salary, and so many lovely vacation days. Once you have your lessons designed for the year it becomes easy. It is just a job.
I’m happy you’ve gotten into a good groove with it!!
That is why you always have to go for your passion. It doesnt matter how many oportunities about it there are of its a good idea from somebody elses eyes.. you will make it work because you love.
When you setle for something else then what happens is that even if you can find plenty of jobs you will eventually quit and its not worth it
I miss the students but not the job! I’m so happy for anyone who can find joy in the profession though!
@@AndreaMichelleYT no no, I was saying we should all choose what we feel passionated about, because when you truly love a job it will go well for you.
I was not saying you should find joy in teaching, I totally understand why you left.
I was saying society encourages people to go for the more aparently save and secure options , when it should encourage us to go for our passions.
I also think in America probably being a teacher is specially hard because of the harsh competitive culture there.
If you had the discipline to study all this time, that means you can do so well in anyhing you truly like
Yea, the gender difference between whos involved in what major is insane. I was getting a certificate in early childhood education, and only women were in there.
I did not enjoy the curriculum because I kept needing to put all my energy into being the most friendliest cordial person ever. I also felt looming doom over the future when my paycheck will be way too small and i'll be living paycheck to paycheck.
I switched over to Computer Science, and the classrooms are 80 percent men and 20 percent women. I get to explore technology and actually feel like im learning things. I get my space to myself and dont have to deal with people.
Although, I do wish I could be a teacher that helps and understands kids when they feel alone or like a blacksheep. Help kids that feel useless or stupid, and encourage them to do better by showing them how smart they can be.
@@Crayolapup I totally relate, I miss trying to make a difference in the kids’ lives but on a personal level I am so much healthier and happier now!
How much is it young teachers leaving vs older teachers teaching?
Because we’re beyond the point that someone will hire most of us. Anyone want a 61 y/o woman?
@@mariekatherine5238 I was actually wondering if its because the generation of young teachers were not particularly raised with the same work ethic as older teachers. Not to excuse any cons of teaching, but it's definitely a different generation of teachers in addition to the kids. Its like the perfect storm.
The one idea I got from this was the intersection between teaching and real estate which would be getting a degree in industrial education for building trades, which would give you the option of either flipping houses or teaching industrial arts. But then that would be considered eccentric perhaps for a woman. Getting your real estate license without being able to rehab houses strikes me as being like getting your Coast Guard captain’s license but not knowing how to fix the engine in your fishing boat. Simply teaching elementary school or a subject in high school is a total disaster today owing to nonexistent standards for promotion in conjunction with all of this psychological bullshit rationalizing abandonment of disciplinary enforcement. And then of course since no child left behind classroom sizes have not been reduced to accommodate the heavily increased tutoring load which was caused by massive mainstreaming of misfits, simpletons, and miscreants of all types. So you did the right thing. Pretty much everybody should quit, as indeed, their not your kids. Let the school boards automate remote learning and then stick the parents with doing their own babysitting while the kids homeschool online. This national fiasco is not going to be fixed until the entire system collapses. My home town can no longer find either substitutes or bus drivers. To substitute they are only asking for a GED if you can believe that. I taught for seven years during the ‘80s then quit to become first a seaman and then a barber. No paperwork!
Correction: they’re not your kids. Duh!
I am a first year part time art teacher….my classroom was pretty bad…like it was so gross. I had less than a week to start and completely no time. I’ve had to stay late so much just to catch up on lessons and cleaning. I LOVE my position…but I work with every student in the entire school. I teach k-8th grade all week long. I only get 40 minutes per day with each class. I have no space for projects!! It’s straight up exhausting. I wish that teachers had extra help like someone who could come in and clean/ sanitize materials. Help cut up things and make copies. It’s crazy to me that we are expected to do pretty much everything make sure 500 or 800 students have art to do daily….but it’s just one person??? I have NEVER understood why? Also the most embarrassing part of my day is asking a teacher to wait with their students so I can go to the bathroom…..:/
I was a preschool teacher assistant for two years. We had 3 people in a room with 25 students. It was crazy and just as exhausting! But my team was amazing!!!! We helped each other out and had each other’s backs. We all had a different “position” in the room but our team rocked it out. I really really miss working with other people. I loved teaching with them. Teaching is no joke!! I’m considered part time but let’s be real here there is no way that’s possible especially when it’s your first year.
I think co-teaching would have completely changed my experience/opinion on teaching!! You NEED to have another adult to have your back/allow you to use the restroom etc 🥲😅 teaching can be so isolating! Yeah the idea of a “part time” teacher is a myth!
Congrats on your career change to UX UI design. It really inspires me to wanna study UX UI because I work at Sherwin Williams and they do not offer a legit 1 hour lunch. You can still eat lunch but it doesn't matter if 1 customer comes in or 100 customers come, you're forced to stop eating and help them out. It is stressful, especially during the summer because everyone and their mother wanna paint their house. Color blind karens are the worst, always seeing yellow color cards as brown for some reason.
Anyway, bottom line, I want a career change too, just like you and your story is very inspiring.
I’m glad this video inspired you and I hope you find success pursuing UI/ UX!
Knew a woman 40 years ago who had the same story as this. 1st grade, etc. etc. Teaching is not for everyone, she moved to another career and did fine.
Yep! I am loving my new career! 👍🏼 different strokes for different folks!
@@AndreaMichelleYT Glad you're doing well. What career are you doing now? ( Didn't get a chsnce to watch your video)
I have done voluntary teaching assistant experience in my country in the UK and in a Chicago Christian heritage academy yes ago. I applied for teaching assistant jobs but never got interviews because I'm not a parent yet and they prioritise taking parents on as teaching assistants. I loved volunteering as a teaching assistant but I don't have the time now if it's not earning me anything.
Really where? Let me guess, the US. This is a country where there are stupid requirements just to have a below the minimum wage job. Hence, why the high homeless and unemployment rate and the recessions in the US, land of broken dreams.
"I walk this lonely road down the boulevard of broken dreams."
My younger sister got the chance to go to uni because she beat me to talking to our parents about help to go to uni financially. I worked from the age of 13 but didn't have enough money at the right time to get to uni. My sister is favoured by my parents so she knew they would say yes for financial help. My parents would probably have said no to me assuming I wouldn't be good enough to get through uni, even though my grades were pretty good and were almost as good as hers. She completed a primary school teaching degree but almost quit in the last year. I convinced her to finish her degree. I never got the chance to get to uni as after helping my sister they couldn't afford to help me as well, my sister knew that would happen. She struggled with uni she found staying up late doing course work and lesson planning then doing teaching practice early in the mornings. She found the paper work and planning difficult. She would have been a brilliant teacher. She promised that after qualifying she would take a year off to do temp admin work and move to a different city with her friend. She was going to do her nqt 1st teaching year after that, but she was paid so much working as a pa for a CEO that she never went on to use her teaching degree. She did admin jobs ever since that job after uni. So she took my chance to go to uni passed then squandered it. I never got to go to uni as my parents were broke after helping her at uni. In my final term at college I was getting my portfolio ready for university interviews and I heard that she asked my parents to help with money for uni. I wasn't allowed to go to further education after college as they couldn't help me. I was gutted and there was no way I could afford to do so alone or to go into debt. I was heartbroken that I couldn't get the help from them and I wasn't able to get to uni. She leapfrogged me as I was preparing for interviews and I never even got interviews. I wanted to do a primary school degree like she did. She lives in Australia now and if she wants to get a teaching job she will have to go to uni again which she can afford to do. I don't think she will ever use her teaching degree. I'm sad that she didn't use it, she would have been a good teacher and I never got to do what she had the chance to do. She didn't think she could cope with lesson planning, early mornings staying up late to finish planning and marking and the politics of the extra paperwork. Fair enough she realised it would be too much for her. I wish I could have gotten the chance instead as she didn't use it. Well done for using your degree. I can understand from hearing about teachers different stories about how difficult teaching jobs are. So don't feel bad for quitting teaching it was the right thing for you even though it sounded like you were a good teacher.
3rd year teacher here. Having a lot of the same experiences, but I think I'm going to ride it out due to my district being very high paying. What state was this in?
Edit: this sounds so much like Ohio lmaoo
This is my 19th year and I feel stuck.
I’m so sorry- that is not a good feeling! The good thing is teaching does equip you with sooo many great transferable skills if you decide to explore other career paths!
Do you think teaching for an online school might be a better option for you? I've met a couple teachers who actually prefer that, because it removes some of the most annoying aspects of teaching.
It would of been my 19th year too, but I left teaching after 11 years in 2013.
15:33 in Spain the ask they students to do that and they’re more than willing to
That is nice of them! The students I taught were much too young to help in that way! Plus, it’s a liability.
Business Administration is a broader major. Then you can enter any field. School advisors are not the most informative. I questioned people in the field for my information.
That was actually my mom’s college major! Should have followed in her footsteps lol!
Your story is more tame than most I hear. Some of the schools are zoos the behaviour from the admin and kids are so disrespectful. That just shows how bad the profession is that even when the administration isn't that bad, they still are toxic and unsustainable. This should be a national emergency.
It is such a shame, I knew I had to leave before things got even worse :( so sad it came to that point!
@@AndreaMichelleYT It really is. One of the greatest things the human species ever created was world-wide public education. It's gifted most of the world with literacy. And it's being destroyed by overworked teachers and behaviour issues. So sad. It sounds like your school really was above average and it still isn't manageable. I'm glad you are happy now, and I hope this starts getting the attention it deserves so we can do better.
It is.
teachers have to call the office to go to the bathroom? hmmm sounds like a hassle...
Yep! Can’t leave the kids alone in the room 🫤
Wtf ur telling me u just learnt how to code and design like that? Rofl how good are these boot camps.
No! I stated my initial idea was to code but I never ended up doing that, I went into UX Design instead! 😊 I do not know how to code lol
@@AndreaMichelleYT Dude that's dope. UX designers make good money.
@@AndreaMichelleYT I've worked in childcare and kinder it's fling hectic. Not sustainable.
aww keyooooot
damn, you're are very beautiful!
Thank you!!
When most Americans think of public schools, they think of the nationally popular radio show “Our Miss Brooks”. How well does that show compare to conditions in the schools today?
I'm in love with you 😘
Hahah thanks!!
@@AndreaMichelleYT we should go on a date! 😍
How much do these people spend in student loans before realizing within one year they don't want the position? They will have to pay for these loans for the next 20 years
Why should anyone have any loans to be a teacher? It’s paid so little, training should be taxpayer funded.
I was fortunate to have college fully funded by scholarships. I also lived at home with my parents through college and when I made my career transition, so I am very conscientious of the fact that I had an easier path to transition than a lot of people (more of a safety net, less sunk-cost etc.)
@@AndreaMichelleYTI currently live at home with my parents
Clearly never heard how Truck Drivers, flight attendants,lawyers,contractors get paid lol were you do some work without getting paid or not get paid until the end of the job and worse case scenario some of those jobs you don't get paid at all (lawyers didnt win case and contractors did a "really bad job") not saying it's right though. It's kind of "you chose it deal with it" type of thing with these careers.
Those other professionals deserve better as well!
don't accept wage theft like it's normal
Whaaa! Work is hard. Try being a nurse.
A Nurse? Ha, that's easy. Try working in Oil.
@@EcoFustionTVoil field sucks majorly, i been trying to get out of it for years. But, nothing will payme the same 😂
@@EcoFustionTV Oil field? Ha, thats easy. Try digging out minerals with a stick in the congo.
Digging out minerals that’s easy. Try being a brick man in Pakistan
@@laraantipova389 Being a brick man in Pakistan - that's easy. Try being an elementary school teacher for 7 year old kids!
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trying to send you some suggestions for the channel and content
if you don't have insta, i recommend you make one
and if you can send me your gmail
G-mail randomly suspended my email account and I can’t figure out why! My twitter is @hithereimandrea feel free to message me there!
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I think it’s pretty crazy that you turn 18 and you’re expected to choose a major. You’re 18. You don’t even know who you really are. I blame the high school counselors for aggressively pushing college right after hs instead of taking an active year off where you work/travel and figure it out.
I definitely wish I’d have thought the decision of changing my major through a bit more!
Or better yet, high schools should offer more vocational courses that are geared toward high schoolers figuring out where they want to go in life rather than requiring the typical, boring English, Math, Social Studies, etc
@@mmdmmj1 agreed. Parents too busy to guide Thor kids and rely on schools
Yep. College isn't for everyone. Trade schools set people up for good jobs. Military is also an option and you start getting hands on training after 10 weeks of basic training (boot camp)
"Everyone needs to go to college" is a babyboomer meme. I know guys that work for Raytheon fixing air defense systems making $100K that never went to college, let alone too the SAT or ACT
School counselor do a piss poor job of utilizing interest inventories and test scores to facilitate students planning for higher education and vocation. Just a simple Myers-Brigs and an ASVAB would save graduating students tens of thousands of dollars on useless college degrees.
More than 20 years in and it NEVER gets easier. I'm still putting in late hours. The stress is horrible.
stress is even worse I think sometimes. 20 years and teaching in three different states.same problems different states
I'm in my second year teaching.
I'm still struggling with not being able to "shut my brain off"
I feel like I'm always working
I was the exact same way ❤️🩹 I hope things improve for you soon!
@@AndreaMichelleYT thanks
I’m so glad you have found a career you enjoy. Life is to short to “stick it out.”
Thank you! I feel truly blessed. And I totally agree, no regrets from me on leaving!
I'm in year 15 (and with one foot out the door). What I don't understand is how parents can't handle their 1-2 kids, but get frustrated that we can't handle 150 (high school, up to 33 kids at a time) kids!!
Amen!!!
My wife is an awesome 2nd grade teacher, she loves her job. BUT, student behavior is out of control. And there are no consequences and little support from Admin. I’m not sure how much longer she can continue. Teacher morale at her school is in the toilet.
I’m glad she loves her job. I understand the lack of student consequences completely. I hope things improve for her. 😔
Lord Jesus I pray I get blessed with an at home job so I can be a mom and wife 😭
I’m on year 3 of teaching and it’s too much.
Praying this happens for you! 🙌🏼 you could perhaps consider teaching some type of virtual school to give you that work from home flexibility while still staying in the field! Just one option of many!
It is too much. I worked 81 hours a week in 3rd grade. It's a testing year for students and I was also grade chair. I needed work-life-balance and don't get me started about student behavior....
Apparently third year itch is a real thing in teaching. This is my 2nd year teaching and I'm most definitely not working as hard as I did last year.
I'm not staying behind. I'm not going above and beyond or volunteering for extra things. I only do things unless I'm told or the deadline is near. I don't have school email on my phone and never reply unless it's specifically directed at me with my name on the email. I've not be printing anything this year, it's all on Google classroom to save printing everything and it also saves precious planning time. I phone for help if behaviour gets out of hand. I do spreadsheets within my own time and don't rush things. I feel so much more relaxed. I leave about 20 minutes after students leave and only do a little bit of work at home (e.g. open all tabs and powerpoints on my computer for next day or a little bit of marking).
I don't care what anyone else says, but if teacher wellbeing and mental health in isn't prioritised, the teaching quality will be poor. Seriously. Students push the boundaries to see how much they can get away with and how little work they can do.
As staff, try the same. Stop going OTT and working so hard and see what happens. Because the way education is going, just being in the building with lessons prepared is enough. This doesn't mean you don't care about your students. It means you care about your health and your wellbeing that is vital for teaching good lessons, and this will rub off on your students education and wellbeing. There is nothing wrong with this!
Good luck and I'm sure you have made a good decision.
Taking my work email notifications off of my phone was game changing! 🙌🏼
American society has devolved to a point where teaching school is no longer possible.
What can we do? That’s what I want to scream out in the world.
We all don’t believe each-other, we’re all so divided now. It’s almost like it’s on purpose .
We’re all in this together.
You couldn’t pay me enough to put up with other people’s kids.
I quit teaching 34 years ago. It was already unbearable even then, but since the bastard offspring of Dubya Bush’s dim mind, “no child left behind” was introduced, the public schools have been reduced to custodial daycare institutions where it is virtually impossible to segregate, much less get rid of, chronic disciplinary offenders because once they’ve been diagnosed with any sort of psychiatric disorder they become members of a privileged class of persons known as “special needs” who are on an “IEP” and who cannot be suspended more than nine days per year, or so I’ve been told. By way of contrast, back in the dim recesses of the early to mid twentieth century big city school districts in particular had institutions casually referred to as “bad boys’ schools” where the real dirt-bags where kept isolated lest they spoil every last school building with their obnoxious behavior. But apparently such measures are now considered reactionary and unenlightened. With this in mind it should come as no surprise that no one wants to teach school anymore.
Very accurate post
What people fail to appreciate is that it is simply not possible to guarantee that everyone will succeed in school. Perhaps only the top third of the school population could be considered “college material”. The other kids need trades training not incomprehensible to persons with low IQs liberal arts.@@robertcuba5947
I'm close to retirement but would not have stuck it out if I was 20 years younger. Lack of support for students with diverse needs is the biggest challenge in my experience. It's not that we don't care. We do!! It's just not a hill we are willing to die (literally) on.
100%!!! A lot of my former coworkers (included my admin) said the same thing. That they were happy I was exploring while I was young and I was always welcome to come back if needed but they’d probably be retired by then. 😅
I can’t see the new generation of teachers lasting 30 years I just can’t. Those days are done!
I feel the same. I love my kids and admin was supportive but the amount of money I had to spend to fund my classroom all while being paid so little plus working 60 hour weeks. It's just not worth it. If they pay teachers more I would go back but until then I found a job that pays way more for doing less work.
They need to have a separate secretary for teachers to help with decorating and contacting parents and the other minor stuff
I definitely agree with you on your comment
That would be so helpful! I thought about that, if every teacher had an assistant to do all the administrative work (grading, making copies, sending out communication to parents, planning field trips, managing absences and make up work) it would be sooo different
the problem is that public schools are tax funded and from all the other things that are tax funded (cough cough the police cough) education is the least of priorities for states so they would never fund the education work sector to add assistants and looking at how well funded the police are and how well paid and the benefits officers have, it makes one wonder why teachers and schools can't have the same benefits
This video made me realize as a kid I should have told a classmate to stop bothering the teacher. The kid was a real jerk.
Hahaha epiphanies!
Teaching is tough when you have bad unruly kids
Behaviors can be difficult to navigate! Especially when there are students who cannot easily assimilate into the classroom norms because of special circumstances. They deserve better support! It’s so sad!
Even as a full-time student teacher, you don't get the whole picture of what the job involves. I kind of wonder if they do that on purpose...
That’s an interesting point! I think at the end of the day it would be almost impossible to replicate because as a student teacher you aren’t there the entire year, and the student’s parents also know you are not the actual teacher so the vibe is very different.
I'm a school social worker. I have much empathy for teachers, especially the amount of work that's expected of them paired with any degree of behavior issues. I seriously think teachers should get a decent stipend for decorations every year, and any classroom where behavior needs to be documented for possible SPED intervention should have an aide, para or BCBA come in and document that one or two students. Documentation is a pain in the ass and oddly enough those that advocate for such extreme documentation aren't the ones doing the documentation.
Teachers quit mid-year so they don’t have to wait until the completion of the school year. I did it twice. In fact the first time I quit I walked out immediately without even waiting until the end of the day because the principal, a nun, burst into my room to scream at me in front of the kids. I simply put my coat on and walked out right then and there, then drove away in my car leaving my desk in the room. The second time I quit I told the principal that I would finish the day and promised to not tell any of my remaining classes that I had quit. That was the most pleasant afternoon I ever spent in that inner-city hell hole. Ideally everyone should quit right now and force the schools to immediately convert to brick and mortar online academy. Since nobody wants to pay teachers a living wage that is all the asshole free-loading parents deserve. The reason the parents are freeloaders is because they’re sponging off of the taxpayers while driving all of the teachers nuts.
I had a good relationship with my principal and assistant principal, and so for that reason I decided to stick it out until the end of the school year. Plus, by the time I got my other job fully lined up (contract signed etc) there was only about a month left in the school year. But I get that it doesn’t work that way for lots of people!
Many teaching jobs are so marginal in terms of pay and working conditions and then you get administrators who are walking encyclopedias of personality disorders. I quit a parochial school because the crazy nuns were going off on parents and teachers literally screaming at us in front of the kids. Then at the ghetto high school we had a principal who’d been a WWII MP who liked to chase the kids around the building handcuffing them to the railings to collect them on the way back to the office and if you defended yourself against a student assault by punching out some teenager who’d punched you in the head several times they’d ask for you resignation as if this was all your fault. To me teaching is actually worse than simply an extremely ridiculous job that’s not worth bothering with. I’m convinced it’s gotten to the point where teachers really need to be automated out of existence and all of secondary school be reorganized into GED style composer labs with tutors instead of teachers.@@AndreaMichelleYT
Correction: computer labs not composer labs.
Thank you for sharing your story. I’ve been trying to leave teaching since my 2nd year and now I’m on my 6th. I’m terrified of making another terrible decision. I moved into high school, which is so much better than elementary (I can use the bathroom!!) but I still need to get out. The problem is when? The past two weeks I’ve been running on less than 4 hours of sleep due to this job. It’s so hard to start something new. I know I’ll get out, though!
Having the courage to try something new is more than half the battle! 🤍 one thing that really helped me was speaking to colleagues and reminding myself that if something went awry I could always go back! But now I don’t foresee that ever happening.
This is my 15th school year. My first 7 or so were great years- then I started getting classes from hell with seriously disturbed students (some of which are currently in prison for serious crimes). It broke my teaching soul. I started seeing all of these issues a few years before the pandemic so as much as people like to blame Covid, that just isn't true. Apathy, overbearing parents, and unrealistic district expectations are pushing many of us away and out. I feel sad because I dedicated my life to this profession, and don't want to leave, but this has become unsustainable.
How do You think the future is? Teacher shortage? Problems getting new?
Here in scandinavia There is also issues but pay is getting better. . Kids with problems here too. One kod did bite my brother. My sister in law was so tired that she cried .
When I was growing up,m (2000 - 2012) none of my teachers seemed as stressed as my colleagues and I seem now. They certainly weren’t leaving left and right.
Totally- many of my own elementary teachers have been in the profession for around 30 years and they’ve said that it’s never been as bad as it has the past 5-ish years.
Middle school teacher here ... I went back to teaching last year after a really long hiatus of being a SAHM. Teaching is a whole different world since I left. Covid really changed things dramatically. However, it's also just dealing with constant BS either from admin, co-workers that are hard to work with, difficult parents, students with significant educational needs or emotional problems, not to mention the insane workload. Let's not forget the ridiculous meetings that are pointless, or the lack of planning periods. I will give another year a shot, but honestly I'm not sure I can stick it out beyond that. I'm looking for a new job in a new school, so I guess I'll see how it goes.
Yes! I never really got to experience teaching “pre-COVID” (other than internships) but I heard from many of my more experienced co-workers that things shifted drastically for the worse. 😞
@@AndreaMichelleYT just started teaching after a military career. Middle school students don't understand they need to do homework and lack any work ethic.
They got accustomed to school being "sitting at home and playing on phone while on Zoom" and figure if they drag their feet it will eventually go back to that.
It will take 4-5 years for the new cohort of students to come about that will be back to somewhat normal. However current batch of students are ruined and need tons of repair
I've decided to give teaching another try except this time through an agency. I'm going in with the attitude that I have needs and not wants.
If you want to teach, do it at the university level. Better pay, more autonomy and you don't have to deal with parents.
Interesting idea!
Half of all university instructors are part time adjuncts with no benefits.
not better pay, and still more pressure
apparently now parents are contacting professors even though legally the professors can't tell them anything about their kids. so bad behavior is definitely creeping into college as well
Teaching WAS DEFINITELY my calling. And yet, still, I got burnt out. -In the very real sense of the term. I tried to hang in there for the kids; but then, when they weren’t doing well academically, I had to admit that “it was time”; and that I really had no other choice. And had to resign (due to health issues and all things related to burn out) during my fourth year of teaching.
What costs are needed (/do you recommend) to have a successful career oi web design?
@@lwontherez7927 if you have the opportunity/time/ means to do a bootcamp that is probably very helpful for learning the fundamentals and building up portfolio projects. I didn’t go that route but I found doing online courses about UI/UX and Figma (design software) were helpful in building me up enough to feel comfortable in job interviews
She should not have to do all the paperwork and communication for new students .It is the job of administration to communicate with parents about all policies, so teachers have time to do teaching
Agreed. Unfortunately every teacher I know has had to take on all of that. I will say, I worked at large schools with around 1,000 students or more so that probably makes a difference.
They just keep giving teachers more and more.
I’m on that’s same boat. I’ve been teaching for 5 years. I’m about ready to leave the profession.
Thank you so much for sharing. I am a 27 year veteran teacher and feel stuck. I have made the decision to transition from the teaching profession for my own mental and physical health. Some of us stay way too long reminiscing of the good times. I’m so glad that you got out when you did.
Thank you! I definitely heard from my more experienced coworkers that it used to be completely different (see also: better) than it is today. Which is unfortunate!
Love this story.
This thing of "It's my calling"... like some mysterious force that says, "You are meant to teach." To me it's nonsense.
and it plays a role into educators allowing themselves to get abused financially and even physically.
I’ve met people who have said they can’t imagine themselves doing anything else but teaching which is fine and I’m happy for them! But I agree- so many people resign to the fact that they will be overwhelmed and underpaid in their jobs, and it’s so sad!! It doesn’t have to be that way!
Great video! As a former teacher myself, I can totally relate to these mistakes. It's so important for educators transitioning into new careers to be aware of these pitfalls. Thanks for sharing!
I respect your decision completely. I was in a similar boat. Teaching took a toll on my health.
Society will no longer allow teaching......it is sad
I 100% relate, my health has improved significantly since leaving. At one point I had 13 ocular migraines in a month and now I can’t remember the last time I had one!
Wow, congratulations 🎉 so many teachers quitting. I have 3 more years and it pi$$es me off because those in power abuse people / teachers like you and me. No respect at ak]ll and its abusive.
I was in the classroom for 8 years and I had to make some big changes this year. I am now private tutoring and I've been thinking about training to be a UX/UI designer. I love teaching, but I'm starting to hate being in education.
I completely get it! I loved the actual teaching part of my day as well! Sadly there were so many other things to do/worry about! I love UI & UX and highly recommend it thus far! 😊
Your mental health and quality of life will be much better leaving teaching . There are may fulfilling carees outside teaching. I left teaching and found options for good and rewarding careers.
I absolutely LOVE my career now! I go to work happy almost every day. 😊
No doubt about that... Every teacher and principal I've run into by chance a year after they retired always looked 15 years younger(!) than I last saw them. No joke. The bags under the eyes, the weight gain, the bad skin... all gone.
Great video! As a former teacher myself, I can totally relate to these mistakes. It's so important for educators transitioning into new careers to be aware of these pitfalls. Thanks for sharing!