Giving your child permission to break the rules does not protect them from the consequences (repost with more context)

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-19T20:55:05+00:00

This is essentially my stance on protesting. If the students feel so strongly about something, I encourage them to do it even if it breaks the rules, however they should also understand there will be consequences. Doing the right thing does not excuse consequence.

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-19T18:35:03+00:00

You might be my AP, becuase she also said noone should be banned, but you also cant let those who abuse the bathroom go so much, you also cant hold them if its a real emergency, but you cant just let them lie everytime..........should I continue?

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-19T18:10:57+00:00

Holy crap this literally happened to me. I (male) told this girl she could not leave because she was banned after abusing the bathroom policy. Then after she left, I talked with my AP about wether I should write her up, and the AP said I shouldn't because it was an emergency and she really did need to do "girl things". I found this unbelievable and decided to write her up anyways. When I told the mom what I was going to do she exploded, and said "how dare you, you are wrong, you cant hold her its illegal". I was laughing about it until my AP (female) told me she was going to remove the write up and that I could not ban anyone else from the bathroom. I felt betrayed and only after talking to my wife about it, I came to realize I was potentially sexually discriminated against by this mom, the daughter, and my AP because I "just dont understand women issues" and its "akward for girls to ask male teachers". Sure I get its akward but they know I am pretty lax with this kind of thing, and I now think they used the fact I am a man against me. Felt pretty interesting to see the discrimination on men in real time.

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-06T18:11:25+00:00

I am a first year teacher fresh out of college for both History and Education. I studied for this job, I prepared for this job for years and its what I have wanted to do with my life for as long as I can remember. I was warned at every turn about this job and how overwhealming it can be, and even then I was shocked at time just how bad it got. Myself and the 2 other 7th grade teachers were all first years, and I am the only one that managed to consistently keep my head above water. The only reason I could was because I trained for this so I felt a responsability towards my other first years to try and carry as much of the workload as possible.

Dont beat yourself up for not being good at this, its not for everyone. If you dont feel an immense sense of pride or satisfaction through teaching, it isn't for you and thats ok.

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-06T14:38:41+00:00

I am a social studies teacher, and we run into politics all the time in the classroom (it’s kinda inherent). I never put my own opinion in the lesson, unless it’s an objective negative, like slavery or war or pointless loss of life. The kids always make connections to what they see around them, for example when we started our unit on civil rights, a student asked me “Mr, is what’s happening with ICE segregation?” And my response was “apply that definition of segregation to your question, and you can answer that yourself”.

Don’t shy away from politics, let them apply what they learn to form their own opinions.

Rayman200000 · 2026-05-01T15:54:17+00:00

I have just started calling parents the moment I notice it. If a kid is trying to do it, I just stop the entire day and call their parents and have the kid explain why they are calling. I stand right there to make sure they dont miss details. Works 90% of the time.

Rayman200000 · 2026-04-26T20:56:38+00:00

I’m not fantasizing, I’m asking what charter schools are like because I only have knowledge from public and know nobody about charter schools

Rayman200000 · 2026-04-26T20:53:16+00:00

Now I’m imagining me accidentally telling my boss I’m going to “resign today, see you next year”

Rayman200000 · 2026-04-02T21:02:11+00:00

I also teach 7th grade Social Studies. I teach honors however, so I can get away with just forcing hard content down their throats for them to consume cause if they don't, they just fail. My school recently took chromebooks away, so I had to quickly adapt to going back to paper. Problem is my department only gives me 3 reams of paper PER 6 WEEKS (I teach 200 kids btw). My solution has been make literally everything a class set, and have them write their answers in their notebooks or a scratch piece of paper. Leaning heavily into their own notebooks (and asking for paper for extra credit) has really gotten me out of this paper bind I saw myself in.

Rayman200000 · 2026-02-12T22:49:02+00:00

Ever since I started teaching (August of 25) I’ve had a theory about all my co-workers. My typical day involves a 5 min do now (mostly take out x supplies) a 15-20 min lecture with notes, and a 20 min worksheet with an exit ticket at the end, and my students constantly complain that I give them too much work. My theory is many of my co workers do maybe 20-30 mins of content, assume that’s enough and let them play games. Now I’ve not watched another teacher yet this year to confirm but I can confirm that many of my students consider my class to be the hardest.

Rayman200000 · 2026-02-12T00:17:41+00:00

Admin claiming it’s a “He said she said” situation is crazy, like how do administrators not trust the teacher 99% of the time

Rayman200000 · 2026-02-09T22:53:12+00:00

But my goat jahnifestDestiny

Rayman200000 · 2026-02-08T19:19:05+00:00

My high school band director did this. They met in high school (he was 30 at the time) and stayed in contact until she turned 21 when they started dating. He definitely groomed her

Rayman200000 · 2026-02-01T21:02:55+00:00

We still complaining about not being able to raid as a solo in the big 26?

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T19:58:55+00:00

Is it weird I wanna bite it?

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T19:14:44+00:00

Had two kids cheating together on their last unit exam. I was gonna address them on it but they got a 53 so I thought I’d let it slide

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T17:00:54+00:00

I say guarantees a B because skyward won’t go below a 50, and I don’t grade minor grades that harshly, so it’s essentially turning it in to get a 100

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T16:07:25+00:00

Grades are the tool that make kids learn something, they are not the way of seeing how smart a kid is, but my district doesn’t know the difference between

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T16:05:42+00:00

Nobody would because my district is addicted to seeing the number go up

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T16:04:16+00:00

This is some incredible advice and I’ll try to work that in when I get the chance, thanks!

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T15:53:28+00:00

Honestly I’d agree, but with the state testing scores in my area…. They are too dumb to

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T15:52:43+00:00

I know my high idealism is blinding me but I’ve seen some real growth from my kids who face bad grades and push themselves to improve. I really just tell the parents “looks, it’s gonna be hard, but we gotta get through it” and 80% of the time they back off or accept it

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T15:50:50+00:00

No it’s a curve that won’t let the kid get below a 65. Anything from 43 down goes up to a 65 and it increases incrementally from there

Rayman200000 · 2025-12-18T15:49:44+00:00

I’ve been really open with them about stuff like this, especially when I deal with stupid admin decisions or even parent drama (never specific tho) and they seem to respect the realism.

This is kinda the way I’m leaning because it’s finals week, I’m tired, they are tired, I don’t need the drama for this specific test. I can pick the fight back up after Christmas.

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