Have you ever had a parent, coworker, or a single day make you question everything? What happened? How did you overcome it?

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I worked at one school where everything was so racial that any time I had an issue with a black child the parents would blame it on me being white presenting. I questioned myself over and over. I do not favor or lack favor for any child based on color.

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I have seen this so many times!

Absolutely. More than once, actually. But the one that stands out is when a parent, who I had already had some unpleasant exchanges with, ran into me in Whole Foods and started shouting at me in front of the cereal. I don't know how I didn't resign the next morning.

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It sort of makes me want to nod my head with an all-knowing smile and say, "oh now I understand, it is all totally clear. Yes, ma'am, you have trained your child well. He/she is just like you, and definitely has your personality.🤣"

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Yes. When I was a young teacher, a student threatened to shoot me. He received no punishment because he had an IEP. The police came and spoke to him, that’s it. From that point on, I handled all discipline in my own classroom.

MSRS, I was a young teacher with no experience. I didn’t have tenure yet. After almost three decades in the classroom, I would have handled this very differently.

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Several years ago when I was teaching Elementary at a Private school, a parent verbally attacked me because I wasn't spending enough time helping her child. Of course, I only had 20 other students (Grades 3-5) in my class. The kicker is that her child had the greatest GPA in my class and refused my help when I offered it! Thankfully, my principal fully backed me and supported me!

Good admin make all the difference.

I have been teaching for a long time. I have alway gotten along with everyone at my grade level. Several years ago there were only 2 of us. From day 1 she griped about everything. She was literally a Jekyl and Hyde. I put up with it for 2 years but springtime of the second year I went to admin. and said I will have nothing to do with her. She was moved to another grade level where there were 4. She was there for 2 years and it even got worse. Any time
they had a grade level meeting they had to have an admin. in there. She was moved to another campus, thank goodness. I honestly had never met anyone like that. So bad!

Toxic team members make being a teacher a nightmare!

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