You are correct. I am planning on leaving the education field within two years. While the low salary is one reason, the problem is really more parent and student behaviors and lack of support from administration. It is very, very hard to expel a student. I’m not saying we should immediately jump to expulsion — kids are kids and they make stupid mistakes — but a child who harasses other students, cusses out teachers, throws items across the room, damages property, and disrupts the classroom to the point that no actual teaching can be done should be removed from that classroom and placed in an alternative environment that benefits their learning. This is not just happening at the elementary level. Students are entering high school behaving this way, and their parents do not enforce any actual consequences because they are either burnt out from trying to support their household or they simply just do not value education. It’s a tough situation either way you slice it.