8-year-old student with anger issues destroys his 3rd grade classroom, teacher takes rest of the class into the hallway and lets him reek havoc without consequences: ‘Are schools not allowed to punish bad students anymore?’

The rulebook for disciplining kids in the classroom has been thrown out the window. Nobody wants to return to the days of Paddlin’ Peggy Hill for good reasons, but there has to be a compromise between spanking students for misbehavior and just letting it happen without consequence. Even the concept of an afterschool or lunchtime …
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22 Teacher Memes For Educators Counting Down Until Thanksgiving Break

I do not envy the workload that teachers deal with. They have to teach kids all day, grade papers all night, attend administrative meetings, make new lesson plans, and deal with needy parents. I felt overwhelmed just typing all of that! Not to mention, they must manage and optimize productivity for the most distracted generation …
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‘Oh the humanity’: Helicopter parents call their 5th grader’s educator a ‘horrible teacher’ because their star pupil son is getting straight A’s

Teachers nowadays are expected to wear a lot of hats–and not in the fun way that you’d expect.  Being a teacher means that you’re a part-time parent, a babysitter, and an educator all wrapped up in a complicated, rule-bound package. With a curriculum to follow, angry parents to please, and a tenured principal ignoring your …
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Lazy WHF husband constantly criticizes how his highly-educated wife homeschools their 2 kids, yanks pencils out of their hands and yells at her for having dishes in the sink: ‘He has made our homeschool a living nightmare’

Imagine being a student at an elementary school where the principal always looks over your shoulder, yells at your teacher, and tells her that she’s not doing her job right. It would be just as horrific for the teacher who is simply trying to give her students a good education. What can she do in …
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21 Mid-Septmeber Teacher Memes to Give Our Beloved Professional Educators a Good LOL

If you aren’t a parent, student, or teacher, then you probably forgot that school is back in. (Unless you live near a school or on a bus route and then you know because because those busses are giving you road rage…) But school is back, baby! Kids of all ages are learning all kinds of …
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18 Homeschool Memes for Mom Teachers Who Don’t Know What Grade Their Kids Are in

Homeschoolers get a bad rap in society. The public at large is always very concerned about homeschooled kids not being appropriately socialized or getting an insufficient education, but don’t do introspection about whether their own kids attending public, private, or magnet schools are also undersocialized and struggling academically. There have always been parents who use …
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Teacher Memes for Educators Dreading Going Back to School

Happy summer vacation! You were probably much happier about summer a month ago when the whole thing was still ahead of you. Right now, it feels like August is creeping up on us, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Even if teachers aren’t back teaching just yet, there’s still so much prep to …
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Daughter Sues Parents After They Use Her College Funds for Brother’s Wedding, Tearing the Family Apart

Having an education is a wonderful luxury. But what would you do if your own parents stole the money intended for your education, thereby depriving you of the chance for a prosperous future? Would you fight to secure what is rightfully yours and go to any extent necessary, or would you quietly accept the circumstance out …
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UPDATE: Daughter Sues Parents After They Use Her College Funds for Brother’s Wedding, Tearing the Family Apart

A college degree is considered somewhat of a luxury. Having stated that how far would you go to guarantee that your education is of the highest caliber? The individuals you love the most, will you let them go? An update to a long-since-posted piece can be found below. The original poster (OP) goes into great …
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40-year-old teacher with a masters degree realizes he makes less money than his 18-year-old son: ‘He’s paid $63 an hour, my rate is about $25 an hour’

It’s no secret that teachers don’t make a lot of money. You meet people in their twenties who make at least $65K for pointless laptop jobs that don’t contribute anything to society, yet the educators of our young can make as little as $45K years into their careers! Just because teachers don’t make a lot, …
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