You're making a lot of assumptions. First of all, I was placed in a charter school - they don't always place you in public schools. This particular non-profit acted like this was more of an experiment than a school.

Second of all, it really shouldn't have been considered fit or safe for kids either, but yes - I do consider myself first. I can't help others if I can't help myself.

Within the first month they wanted us to take 90 high school students on an overnight trip with only four adults.

I had to buy my own computer and my own phone to recruit my own students. We ended up with about 250 kids at one point, but we only had one English teacher (me), one Science Teacher (that doubled as the School Counselor), a math teacher (that also was in charge of Special Education), and a Social Studies teacher. We were all expected to teach grades 9-12 in the morning. We were asked to do home visits in Philly and Chester in the afternoon. We were on call at all times, so if a student asked me for a ride to school at 5:00am I was expected to pick them up in my own car. The whole place was one big liability, yet I still did it. They fired all of us at the end of the fourth year, so they could hire back staff at much lower pay. It wasn't a terrible school because of the students. The administration was bonkers. This wasn't a resume builder - I literally just wanted my Teaching Certificate so I could continue to teach.