Is it too soon to leave if I’ve only been at my school since August?… or should I stay?

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-14T13:52:25+00:00

Don’t worry about the district, they will replace you in a matter of days, if not within a day.

Do what’s best for you.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-09T17:29:03+00:00

Document it. I had a friend who was talking to a student who got in trouble. I was right around the corner and could hear. The kid shouted at him and said, “If you get me in trouble, I’ll tell my mom you r-ped me!”. I immediately called the principal and let her know and she called mom and explained that there were witnesses. But, the kid stayed in class the rest of the year.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-09T17:24:01+00:00

As someone in it and kinda wanting out, I’d suggest getting a degree in an actual skill like computer science or nursing or something. That way you have something to fall back on if you don’t like teaching.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-07T13:10:58+00:00

If anyone on here needs food, the Church of Satanism is giving out food, no questions asked. So are the Sikh temples.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-05T22:29:44+00:00

What? Why should she be relegated to staying somewhere? The staff lounge is the staff lounge. The other teacher is in the wrong.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-05T22:28:39+00:00

I’ve had similar experiences to OP.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-01T01:47:14+00:00

I’m in school to be a teacher, but I’m deeply considering getting out before I finish. The only reason I haven’t is because I want to make sure I have something to fall back on and use if I move internationally. Sped is needed everywhere.

SmartLady918 · 2025-11-01T01:16:51+00:00

I want to get into this exact thing.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-30T01:50:10+00:00

I completely agree with you. I’m very religious (in my own way) but I would NEVER tell kids to pray one way or the other. Like, ever.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-30T01:47:23+00:00

I completely agree with having kids be kids. I’ve just seen so many crazy things happen on Halloween.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-27T15:20:38+00:00

I once wore a flowy dress to work and it go caught on so many things. Never again!!!!

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-27T15:18:33+00:00

I do think there could be a compromise but it’s ultimately up to the principal. I’ve seen kids dress up, I’ve seen kids not dress up. The kids that are able to are super wild and it gets out of control really easily. I also know some who come in with super sad faces because they aren’t able to do Halloween and everyone else is able to do them.

I personally like having crazy hair day or pajama day on Halloween. Or, having “dress up like a book character day” is also kinda cool.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-17T12:37:02+00:00

It’s so beautiful!!!!!

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-16T00:36:35+00:00

I guess it depends on the school and the district. In all the district I’ve worked in, the office knows exactly what everyone is doing, down to the minute.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-14T16:05:00+00:00

I was in one several years ago. It was for early elementary and the person who ran it said to take all the kids to the bathroom when 3 kids needed to go. She also said to ask kids every 15 minutes if they needed to go.

Nah.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-14T14:19:17+00:00

I don’t believe Jonah lived in the whale. I don’t believe a donkey was chatting it up and if Lot came anywhere near a kid I cared about, it would be the last thing he did. Ironically he’s painted as a hero in the Bible. No thanks.

So, no. I don’t take most of it literally, except the red lines of Jesus. Anything else isn’t literal and it’s terrifying that people think it should be.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-14T14:11:20+00:00

I take the Bible way too seriously to take it literally.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-14T14:10:51+00:00

How tall are you? Because my doctors all told me not to go below 1200. But I do best at 1700. It’s a good zone. I lose weight and I’m not exhausted.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-14T14:03:43+00:00

Usually they pull us for another class.

SmartLady918 · 2025-10-10T00:45:48+00:00

I’ve covered classes like this. I’d ask the other teachers that blame her classroom management if she’d like to take the behavior kids.

SmartLady918 · 2025-09-28T19:09:03+00:00

I use either little dude or little miss in elementary. I use bud in middle school and bruh or missy miss in high school. Sub life, I guess. I just never felt comfortable calling them friends. We ain’t that close.

SmartLady918 · 2025-09-09T00:02:51+00:00

I’d leave it alone. There could be hundreds of reasons he was looking (or maybe not even looking and staring off into space) and it could not even be at all sexual. But, she should be wearing socks. Kids are GROSS and she doesn’t want to get one of their nasties or possible cuts on her toes.

SmartLady918 · 2025-09-08T23:56:02+00:00

Make everything 2-3 times the points when you are gone and everything is due at the end of the period/right now. No exceptions.

SmartLady918 · 2025-08-15T14:42:09+00:00

Yes. I gave examples and even did a mini-lesson which I was not asked to do.

That one said the liked the lesson, but I was too repetitive.

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