I've been a high school teacher for about eight years now, and I used to actually enjoy my job most days. But the last year or so has been awful, and I don't know if I can keep doing this. The kids won't stop with the Diddy and Epstein...
I've been a high school teacher for about eight years now, and I used to actually enjoy my job most days. But the last year or so has been awful, and I don't know if I can keep doing this. The kids won't stop with the Diddy and Epstein jokes, and it's driving me crazy. It started with the "Epstein didn't kill himself" stuff. That was written on desks, bathroom walls, everywhere. Then when the Diddy news broke, it got ten times worse. Now every single class is nonstop. Someone drops a pencil and it's "watch out, you'll get Epsteined." Or they'll say the assignment is "giving Diddy party vibes." They yell "where's the baby oil?" whenever a kid acts weird. The other day one of them said my lesson was "more covered up than Epstein's client list," and the whole class lost it. I've tried ignoring it, but they just get louder. If I call them out, they act like I'm the problem. They say I'm not chill or that I'm hiding something. I've sent a few kids to the office and given detentions, but it doesn't help. The parents either laugh it off and say "boys will be boys" or they get mad at me for picking on their kid over a meme. Admin has been no help at all. One assistant principal actually told me to lean into the jokes and make it a teachable moment about social media. As if that would solve anything. I'm so tired. I dread going in every morning now. On Sunday nights I get this heavy feeling in my chest just thinking about Monday. The kids can tell I'm annoyed, and they pile on even more. I catch myself snapping at them sometimes, and then I feel terrible about it later. I never thought I'd be the type to quit, but I'm seriously considering it. I have a family and bills to pay, and I don't even know what else I'd do for work. But I don't know how much more of this I can take. It's like they've completely worn me down. Has anyone else who's a teacher dealing with this? Does it ever calm down, or am I just being too sensitive and getting too old for this? submitted by /u/BlisseryUs [link] [comments]