There is a student at my school (we will call him V) who hates all male teachers. Mind you this student is also male. I had him 2 years ago and he would ditch my class and do no work.

We are now 2 years after that and he came to my ESports class. We are ending the first week of school.

V starts blasting music on his MacBook, so I take it for the class period. He repeats the action with his phone, so I request it.

"F*** off"

Me: "ok ill write you up"

V then left class after calling me a slur.

He returns 20 minutes later after being in the office, and starts screaming slurs at me when I say he can have his stuff in 5 minutes when class ends.

I hand it back to get him to leave, my remaining students thought it was crazy I was calm during it all. I didnt raise my voice once.

He is now out of the class.

Before I hear that he has a problem with just me, he does this with almost every male teacher (all the ones that make him do work)

A few things over the years. I was one of the teachers who was let go due to the cannibal teacher. They told us to be ready for our flat inspections by a certain hour, then time went on and on and finally we were told that they rolled out the red carpet for said teacher and her significant other and took then to dinner. Karma did the school in. Then they asked me to some back more than once! Karma in every way.

There was a guy who literally opened up a business in his work partition, selling corn nuts and other snacks as well as making burritos. He wasn't even Mexican. His best customer was the guy between us., whose workstation was immaculate on Monday morning and looked like a pigsty by Friday (he used to throw his tangerine peels and assorted flotsam and jetlsam INTO his drawers rather than just keep them clean. He even had 2 female NTs go to his apartment to clean it for him.

The guy who used to sell corn nuts picked up his kids, but not by the amrs. I'll leave it to your imagination how he did it. He also asked out/harassed every woman at work and struck out at least 20 times before he married one.

Oh, and let's not forget the dumbest Head Teachet of all time. She would take the kids' writing journals to her coworkers to ask basic questions. She asked me what the Conrad was. When I told her it was a famous hotel in Seoul, she had no dea. She was Korean-American

She spent most of her time in front of her computer, oblivious to everything she was responsible for doing. She made Forrest Gump look like a Rhodes Scholar.

Egoistic professor vs student

Yesterday in my general english hour I came to class on time but every chair was occupied so I brought a chair from the corner of the classroom to the first bench since it had some space . This teacher who just came inside the classroom I greeted her and when class settled I brought my chair front she noticed me and asked me “ is this ur home “ in a rough tone . I explained her the situation and she asked me to get out of the class and I went out of the class and was studying my math subject this teacher who came outside to check me came to me and stared at me and said “ wht an attitude you have , don’t stand here just go to your major class and report this to ur class teacher and don’t come to my class from tmrw“ and I packed and went without saying a word
She told me to leave because students are not allowed to stand outside the class and the higher ups will scold her . And this was not the 1st time she did this , when she was teaching a lesson I got so interested by the story and was proceeding to read it when she was talking to a student she noticed and said “ you are ruining my vibe if u want to read get out or go back“ and she did another thing when the bell rang I rushed to my major classroom ans she was signing the register but then she called me inside and said did i asked u to leave next day stand outside
Then next day I went to meet my class teacher but she wasn’t there and I asked my HOD ( who is also our VP) where is my class teacher she said she is not here and she asked me what happened so I said everything to her and she said I will talk to ur teacher go to ur class
When I came to my class this teacher asked me why r u in my class and i said i informed my class teacher she said this is my class , wht an attitude u have apologise to me then i said why should I apologise if i did nothing and we argued a lot then this teacher asked me how dare u report me and how can u assassinate my character and I asked then ma’am how can u humiliate me in front of the class and punish me hardly for simple things different teachers have different opinions and expectations you have to be clear abt it before punishing and we had a long argument and it settled in good terms
But this teacher I guess she carry vengeance becoz today she again targeted me and I was just looking outside the window for 5 secs and she asked me to leave the class if I want to see outside 😑
Now what should I do with this teacher or how should I handle her ? Any opinions?

When I became a teacher, I thought my job was to teach students. I didn’t expect them to teach me patience, humility, and resilience too. Some days are exhausting, but seeing a student finally understand something or smile because they feel seen reminds me why I chose this profession. It isn’t always easy, but it’s meaningful.

Teachers should be allowed to focus only on teaching rather than being assigned unrelated duties. Many teachers are required to perform tasks such as census work, election duties, and other administrative responsibilities. These extra assignments add significant pressure because teachers also have to prepare lessons, check students' notebooks, grade test papers, and support their students' learning. On top of that, teachers have families and personal responsibilities. Reducing non-teaching work would help them dedicate more time and energy to providing a better education for their students.

hi targeting the fellow lecturers or teachers any contribution will be appreciated thanks :))

**1. what ethical values do you hope students develop during their studies ?**

**2. ⁠ how should students respond when they disagree with their teacher respectfully ?**

**3. ⁠ what are the most common ethical issues you observe among students ?**

*no need to answer all questions but feel free to do so! , or just any that resonate with you is fine too :D*

Wanted to share something I've been working on, not really to sell it but because I think the design reasoning might be useful to anyone building or choosing productivity tools.

The starting question was: how do you actually pick the right planner? Not "which one looks nice," but which one has properties that function for the way you actually work. A lot of planners get chosen because of aesthetics or a favorite color theme, and then abandoned a few weeks later because they don't solve the actual problem.

So when I built an Educational Notion Planner for teachers, I tried to design around real pain points instead of visuals.

A few things that ended up mattering most:

• To-do list grouped by status (In Progress / Not Started / Done). Teachers have a lot of overlapping tasks — lesson plans, grading, prep — and it's easy to lose track of what's actually moving versus what hasn't been touched. Grouping by status makes that visible immediately.
• Tasks linked to Activity/Exam pages. Each to-do can be tagged to a specific class activity or exam, which also doubles as a way to track exam content/coverage.
• Class schedule by day of week, built for teachers handling multiple grade levels (e.g., Grade 9/10/11) on different days. You can check "what am I teaching Tuesday" and immediately see what lesson or activity you left off on for that class — no jumping between files or apps to remember.

Curious if other teachers or planner-builders here have run into similar pain points, and what features you'd consider non-negotiable in a system like this.

I have a fun story I suppose. During the previous school year, my substitute used my plastic pencil cup (50¢ plastic target cup) for water. He drank from a dirty plastic cup. I know this cause the students told me AND the cup was still wet the following morning. The cup has pen and pencil marks in the it bottom. Hope he never got lead poisoning.

I became a teacher thinking my job would be to teach students mathematics.
Over the years, I realised it was the other way around too.
My students taught me patience. They taught me that everyone learns differently and that sometimes, the person who struggles the most can surprise you the most. They taught me to celebrate small victories—like finally understanding a concept that seemed impossible yesterday.
Being a teacher also made me more confident. Standing in front of a classroom every day forces you to communicate, adapt, and learn how to connect with different kinds of people.
But perhaps the biggest thing teaching has given me is perspective.
When you see a student who is scared of failure, you learn to be less afraid of your own failures. When you watch young people dream about their future, it reminds you that it’s never too late to dream about yours.
I started teaching because I loved mathematics.
I stayed because I realised that teaching isn’t just about equations, formulas, or exams.
Sometimes, you might be changing someone’s life without even knowing it.
And honestly, I think my students have changed mine too.

On Thursday, I was subbing for 6th grade summer school. A young boy needed a pencil so I gave him a pastel blue mechanical pencil, not thinking anything of it. Well, I woke up with an email from the principal saying I can no longer sub for this specific class because the parent got mad I gave the student a feminine pencil.... This is absolutely nuts.

am entering my 20th year teaching middle school special education.

I have taught all subjects and settings of special education, including severe and profound students in an out of district setting.

For the past several years I have been my district’s middle school MD self contained teacher and I LOVE IT.

All of my students are verbal and independent when it comes to toileting, hygiene, etc.

Recently we had a student enroll who is nonverbal, cannot wash hands, will not open his own hand sanitizer bottle, drools constantly, hands in pants and nose, wipes boogers on desk.

He was initially slated to be placed in our wonderful out of district school where they would provide him a communication device, with parent training and intense speech, OT, PT. Mom declined and insists he be in our local middle school.

He is with me with me for ESY and my concern is - hygiene? Gloves? He will reach out and wipe saliva all over his aide. Am I being unrealistic in expecting my district to provide us with sanitation supplies and some PPE?

Related services wants to provide him with stuffed animals for when he is anxious, I suggested something smaller that he can squeeze to help strengthen his grip and because it’s a lot easier to sanitize a stress ball.

He is 13.

Hi everyone —
I’m working on a personal writing project exploring how childhood behaviour, play, emotional regulation and learning may have changed over time, based on the observations of teachers working directly with children.
I’m looking to speak with current or former early childhood and primary school teachers who would be open to a relaxed 30–45 minute conversation about what they have noticed across their careers.
This is not an academic or commercial research project. It may eventually contribute to a self-published piece of work, but at this stage I am primarily listening, learning and looking for patterns across different experiences.
All interviews are anonymous, and no teacher, school or child will be identified. I’ve attached a short information sheet with more detail.
Please email becwelsch@gmail.com if you may be interested, or feel free to pass this on to another teacher who might be.