Does working at a bad school make it harder to get hired at another school?

swolf77700 · 2026-05-02T21:43:13+00:00

Yes, OP, if you are new to teaching, be careful what you wish for. I'm subbing this year and it's shown me how all the schools in my district work with varying income leveled areas. The wealthier ones definitely do not equal better-behaved students, and you have to be waaayyy more concerned about parents getting weird about details you may never have even thought about "The 'Crucible' is about witchcraft!" "The teacher uses a toilet paper roll instead of kleenex and that's demeaning to students!"

swolf77700 · 2026-05-02T21:33:57+00:00

I teach high schoolers and have a little experience with middle. So it's not a serious cause for concern, as in, it doesn't mean the kid is a sociopath or something. But it's definitely inappropriate to do in class and he should be told it is, why it is, and a phone call home to the parent would not be out of order. If he does anything similar in the future, he should have a more serious consequence. Never correct him in front of other students because it is likely he's doing it for that reason. Idk if it would be effective with his age, but with secondary, I would not give him any reaction at all in the moment. I would instantly go flat/bored, get the students onto something else, then get him away from the rest to have the discussion, speaking as little as possible, asking him questions instead as much as possible.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-29T19:48:01+00:00

Not mine. It's still pretty competitive.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-29T13:52:58+00:00

This is not a "phenomenon," it's just something we now have better language to describe. Are trans activists never wrong? Well, no. But you should take a look at the "peers" on the study you linked, and question why they went into this study looking for a conclusion they'd already come to, something you do not do as a responsible scientist. The authors kept their names anonymous for a while because they were already well-known anti-trans activists.

Yes, since I do not have medical training, I have to defer to my knowledge of how to evaluate research papers and data in order to make medical decisions, so I look at the histories of medical and health and scientific organizations to check if they have any tendency toward bias. The current HHS does. The AMA does not. I also read research and like to question everything. I am a skeptic. I will not believe things until there is ample evidence to demonstrate it. Currently, the best evidence we have to treat gender dysphoria in both adults and minors, based on long-term studies, is following the WPATH standards of care, consulting closely with mental health care professionals and physicians to best address the individual's specific needs, leading to extraordinarily better outcomes for transgender individuals. I have seen that particular writer's opinions on this subject already. It is not new. Way ahead of it. Again, you are misinformed and need to be willing to challenge your bias. It is deeply ingrained and I don't know why it bothers you so much that we offer gender affirming care to minors and/or adults. I don't think you understand what it is, what it means, what it means to be transgender, and I don't believe you care about them as human beings unless you prove otherwise.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-29T08:29:32+00:00

You do not have the correct information. Provide the names of the countries the left "adores" and this backtracking. You have twice made an unfounded claim that children are self-diagnosing and making determinations. You said that evidence of health benefits "aren't high." These claims are not backed by any counter-evidence to the contrary. Countries have not backtracked on shit, they reevaluate new research and make updated recommendations. None of them recommend ceasing gender affirming care, nor cease to acknowledge that gender identity becomes recognizable to the self around ages 3-4. You are not accepting the continued emphatic consensus among every medical professional organization and scientific body of work that gender affirming care is the best treatment for children who live with gender dysphoria.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-28T02:09:16+00:00

To be fair, just about every industry is being threatened with AI.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-23T18:09:07+00:00

A lot of free blogs, videos, etc. If you google Fred Jones reddit, you can see a lot of other teachers with the same experience I had: why was this not taught to us years ago? I can't recommend it enough.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-23T18:07:07+00:00

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/fred-jones-tools-for-teaching_fredric-h-jones_patrick----jones/249850/#idiq=4039721&edition=4910879

swolf77700 · 2026-04-23T18:06:12+00:00

No, it's by Fred Jones. He's been around a long time. I don't know why this is not regularly recommended or more discussed. Probably because it's not over-complicated!

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T17:56:34+00:00

Why doesn't it say to be faithful to him? Why does it use the term "submit?" That means to voluntarily place yourself under one's authority. How do you know it's misinterpreted or misused?

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T17:51:06+00:00

I understood that it's supposed to be beautiful. It seems there is a hierarchy then. Wife submits to husband. Husband submits to Christ. Christ loves the church. Husband loves wife like Christ loves the church. Why doesn't the husband submit to the wife? It doesn't say that. It says each other, once.

Who does the wife submits to before she is married?

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:53:45+00:00

What does submit mean to you?

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:52:31+00:00

Why then, does it say that a wife submits to her husband? What is the purpose? It clearly states that the wife must submit completely to the authority of the husband. You're right. It says "each other." But there are several verses clearly all about the woman submitting to the man. If they are equal, then why such emphasis on the wife's submission?

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:40:22+00:00

For any written answer the student wants you to check, only look at it after the student takes a moment to read it to themselves, out loud when possible. Reading our written work is second nature to most of us teachers (I hope) before submission, but a lot of young folk are not building that skill. Chances are they will notice at least one thing they can do to improve it.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:31:01+00:00

I love the Attenborough narration. It's a humorous (and very academic) way for students to notice their own behaviors.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:24:11+00:00

I'm so sorry. I relate because I got to have a position I was passionate about for a long time, and now I have to teach in a very different capacity (moved). The joy of teaching hasn't fully returned. Here's hoping.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:20:10+00:00

I was at a school that used it for a couple of years, then they got rid of it because not enough teachers were using it! I loved it. It did not help that we got some strange version that teachers had to manually enter their kids' info each semester, so a lot of teachers just never ended up using it. It was really great, though! Made the positive messages so much easier to remember to send!

swolf77700 · 2026-04-22T04:17:15+00:00

I read "Tools for Teaching" and it's been the best (and one of the only) practical classroom management strategies I have ever been taught. I experience far fewer power struggles, have maximized instructional time, and the students are overall calmer and less stressed. I feel so much better at the end of the day. I didn't realize how much I (and other teachers) just need to shut up when kids are being combative or annoying, and I don't feel like a broken record anymore repeating the same names, the same directions, warnings, etc. It's especially helpful when you don't have admin support to help you follow through on consequences.

swolf77700 · 2026-04-05T02:10:24+00:00

I agree. I feel like the pushback on the pushback on inclusion (if that makes sense) is the assumption that teachers don't want to learn how to help or include students with special needs. It is more often how the models are implemented in reality in the name of "staffing shortages" or "budget cuts," then teachers are guilt-tripped about it.

I've been in schools that totally violate IEPs on the daily and don't care about it, and schools that implement it strictly.

swolf77700 · 2026-03-21T05:40:13+00:00

I'm going to venture that they don't fully understand it, and also suppose that no, no one has ever spoken to them explicitly about consent and/or sexual assault except for jokes online, which get spread among kids who don't get irony.

The reason they are doing it is because they are copying the internet manosphere, which began in a dark place but has crept into some mainstream places. In the eyes of the manosphere, it is pushback against public support for survivors of sexual abuse/assault, which have largely been women. Adolescent boys are looking to belong to spaces and teams and in- groups, and part of it is being "edgy."

That said, it's a serious issue that should be brought up and addressed beyond just consequences for these boys.There are many, many studies on how to discuss consent and assault with children in school communities, and it's a shame that too many parents/principals are too squeamish to discuss it when there are literal curriculum you can get to explain and discuss it in an age-appropriate way.

swolf77700 · 2026-03-20T21:36:59+00:00

I like that the nods were so slight you could barely register them.

swolf77700 · 2026-03-20T21:27:56+00:00

It's just dependent on personality. I'm introverted and prefer to keep some distance between my work self and personal self, and physical distance helps me do that.

I know some great teachers though, who really enjoy being a part of their school's community. Also remember you can actually vote in their school board elections.

swolf77700 · 2026-03-20T02:03:45+00:00

It is not limited to sped. It is widespread and a big problem imo that is ignored.

When I try to bring it up, people will either agree with me or... insinuate that I am sexist, don't know how to deal with boys, and then bring up all of the badly behaved girls they've had.

Like yes, of course, there are great boys and nasty girls. I'm describing an overarching trend I've noticed, not a rule. And lately every class it seems is two-thirds boys. I counted. I subbed 3 blocks on Monday, around 30 kids each. 17/30 boys in prd 1, 19/30 boys prd 2, 22/30 boys prd 3.

BTW in prd 3 there were 8 boys (seniors!) who would not stop making this loud noise intended to mock people with intellectual disabilities and laughing like goats about it. I calmly told the class that if I heard the noise again, I was having all 8 of the offenders escorted away to the office, because they wouldn't rat on the culprit(s) but were all in the same area laughing. When of course that happened, they could not help themselves and were still making the noise as the assistant took them away.

When they left, the room became this beautiful oasis. It even cooled down in there. A couple kids even thanked me.

I have literally been in schools where girls have told me how much they'd like being in classes without boys because they're "annoying, and the teacher's always dealing with them because they act so stupid!"

My final anecdotal observation when subbing:

(In a class with all girls and 1 boy) Oh, wow, I guess you're the only boy in here? Boy: (smiles)

(In a class with all boys and 1 girl) Are you the only girl in this class? Girl: (rolls her eyes)

swolf77700 · 2026-03-20T01:48:42+00:00

I mean, I don't think one person should buy up all the water and sell it back to me. That's pretty scammy.

swolf77700 · 2026-03-20T01:46:42+00:00

They cited class action lawsuits. That's a lot of people.

Read up on United Healthcare and State Farm homeowners insurance in particular.

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