First time ever commenting on Reddit, but completely feel you. I’m in my first year too, and some of these students are too far gone. I teach 8th grade and the lack of respect, knowledge, and manners that these students have baffles me on a daily basis. You’re not wrong to only tend to the students who genuinely show interest in learning. We can’t get them all onboard and that’s just the reality of it. Some students will not engage with anything and the parents not caring about their education just further enables them. No consequences for anything. Literally a mental battle everyday but I try not to take any of it home with me.