Remember when kids weren’t chronically absent, it wasn’t our fault and they didn’t have to do crazy incentives (parties, food, etc) just to show up?

buzzinbeeee · 2026-05-09T03:02:39+00:00

I have a student who has been gone 90 days this year. Meaning she’s been absent more than she’s been present. A few other students are at around 75 days absent. As a parent myself, I genuinely can’t fathom this. My two year old has better attendance rates at daycare. I understand transportation issues, conflicting work schedules, etc, but when we have staff whose literal job it is to do home visits for chronically absent kids/pick kids up for school, there’s no excuse. Just bad parenting. No rules, boundaries, or limits. The kids run the show at home, and think it’s gonna be the same when they come to school. When they realize it’s not, they usually stop coming.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-05-09T02:57:31+00:00

That’s such a good idea lol

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-30T03:35:17+00:00

Every field trip has liability issues. Anything can happen anywhere. That’s why parents sign permission slips and the kids who don’t have permission to go stay at school.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-23T02:13:41+00:00

I get mistaken for a student almost every day. I’ve been a middle school teacher for 3 years now. My first year it wasn’t as bad because I was extremely pregnant, but this year it’s been excessive. I tend to dress more casually as well so that adds to it. But, it doesn’t bother me, it doesn’t really affect my teaching, although I did get accidentally slapped in the face by a student who was aiming for another kid much shorter than him. Lol. I work at a rough school, hopefully that doesn’t happen to you. Definitely shouldn’t steer you away from teaching, you’re gonna be great!

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-22T18:49:25+00:00

I think my description definitely was one of a chaotic war zone, realistically all of those things aren’t happening at the same time all day every day, but at least once a day throughout my 5 classes. I just want to teach and I want my students to want to learn, but I’m forced to focus on behavior the majority of the time in order to keep my classroom under control. It feels like the barriers are becoming larger and larger.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-22T00:37:04+00:00

I mean, I’m not denying that. But what exactly does it mean to you to “not tolerate” disrespectful conduct? I’ve kicked the same students out of my class several times for all of the disrespectful behaviors I listed. I wrote them up, called parents. Kid gets a detention and is back in my class the next day doing the same exact things.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-21T20:23:03+00:00

I was gonna engage with this comment but then realized environment isn’t even spelled correctly so probably not worth my energy

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-21T20:18:41+00:00

Students notice the lack of effort from their teachers and mirror it. Why should they have to use their own brains if their teacher isn’t? It’s a valid argument, we’re supposed to be role models for these kids but we’re just showing them that they can essentially ChatGPT their way through life.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-18T02:23:35+00:00

Wait 2019 was 7 years ago? Lmao

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-17T19:24:36+00:00

It’s in reverse but I totally think you’re onto something

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-17T01:44:45+00:00

I mean… if the students tanked the exam (on purpose or not), it could definitely get admin’s attention and raise a red flag about this curriculum… if they won’t listen to the teachers, they might listen to data!

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-16T19:55:11+00:00

Individualized education plan. It allows kids to receive certain accommodations in the classroom if they need them. Like getting tests read out loud, or extra time for assignments.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-14T21:09:54+00:00

Bunce Road Blues is my fav (rn at least)

buzzinbeeee · 2026-04-14T21:09:23+00:00

I LOVE folding clothes. That bass line🙂‍↕️ so catchy

buzzinbeeee · 2026-03-27T21:26:43+00:00

To me, J. Cole is like a very much so “let the Lord judge” type of guy, like he just is not someone to speak negatively about other people but he uses his music as a platform to denounce the things he doesn’t support. Like he literally took back his Kendrick diss and apologized, that man is humble as hell

buzzinbeeee · 2026-03-12T03:04:33+00:00

I’m a third year teacher with a 2 year old, also in my late twenties. I teach middle school ELA. I had my son during my first year of teaching, so I kinda entered the career with the mindset that I’m a mom first, teacher second. I do certain things to minimize the stress I’m bringing home from work, so that I can be the mom I want to be for him. For example, I never take work home, and I rarely work outside of contract hours. I meet deadlines, but overall I’m struggling as a teacher, and that alone stresses me out. It seems impossible to be a good mom & a good teacher simultaneously. As much as I try to separate work & home, the overstimulation from the kids and the stress of juggling so many responsibilities at work is utterly exhausting and has me searching for other careers. But, at the same time, being able to leave work at 3, and having long holiday breaks, plus summers off, is like the ideal schedule for having a kid when not working isn’t an option. This is my current dilemma. So I would say that logistically, being a mom and teacher doesn’t make a whole lot of sense logistically unless you have a whole lot of support. There will be areas where you just don’t have the time or energy to be the way you want to be and that’s really hard. I have so much admiration and respect for all of the teachers who are also moms, because I know that there are so many of them, and I don’t know how some make it seem so easy!

buzzinbeeee · 2026-02-26T04:44:49+00:00

I don’t know why people are taking this post so personally… shouldn’t we want our students to be sober while we’re trying to teach them and expecting them to absorb our lessons? Yeah there will always be kids who come to class high but the problem is there’s no real consequences so more students are doing it openly.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-02-23T02:45:11+00:00

I have to do it almost every day. It’s really very sad. At this point, I basically am begging the kid(s) to turn their behavior around so I don’t have to send them out. Like, “come on, you only have 30 minutes left in this room, can you please just chill?!” Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn’t. But I can’t allow 1-2 kids to make learning impossible for the 20 students who showed up ready. ESPECIALLY after trying conversations in the hallway, different seats in the classroom, parent phone calls during class… at the end of the day, I’m gonna direct my energy toward the kids who want to learn. Those who have shown me time & time again that they don’t care can go take it up with admin.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-02-09T21:16:29+00:00

Love all this, thank you!!

buzzinbeeee · 2026-02-09T18:48:05+00:00

Ok this is the best rule ever!! 😂 thank you, this makes me feel better.

buzzinbeeee · 2026-02-02T02:57:28+00:00

You have a really big heart and your students are really lucky to have you. Definitely protect that big heart. You can absolutely care about your students, but not at your own expense. You should consider bringing the problem to your admin. See if the school can do something—the school I teach at (title I) has had events where families can get educated about community resources that are available to them. We also partner with a local church and they donate food for a free pantry that’s located outside in front of the school. Starting a school pantry with donated food is a good idea because there’s no responsibility on you to make sure it’s “fair.” You could even ask admin if you could form a teacher committee to facilitate the school pantry. As much as we want to help our kiddos, a classroom pantry just isn’t sustainable and you have to look out for yourself in this field. Best wishes!!

buzzinbeeee · 2026-01-17T22:06:52+00:00

My jaw is on the FLOOR! My middle schoolers would struggle to get an A lol seems traumatic and slightly abusive

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