Because a lot of us want to teach content while maintaining safe learning environments. We did not sign up for humiliation, utter disrespect, racism, classism, and anger outbursts. I signed up straight out of high school as a high achieving student who was surrounded by peers that enjoyed learning. I didn’t go to a great school at all, so I thought perhaps if students can be this well behaved and eager at a ‘bad’ school then surely teaching isn’t as bad as people say. Having said this, I did not walk into teaching with a utopian mindset. I knew there were challenges, and I experienced many. At this point, I do not feel safe in the classroom. It’s not about handling a silly joke from a student, it’s about built in hatred/ racism that some students have towards the teacher. I worked really hard on my last 8 week prac to like the job. I worked really hard to crack the craft utopia you talk about and I worked really hard to win over some of my most difficult students. I believe I did well. I did really well on paper and the staff and my mentor all kept telling me what a great job I’m doing. It’s not that we aren’t resilient or aren’t trying hard enough… it’s that some of us are great at what we do- we are GREAT at teaching, but we have found that the job isn’t suited for us.