Today, I realized that teaching is hard.

#okCaptainObvious

No, really, it is hard.

And it’s only getting worse.

Today, we listened as not one, but two different students had meltdowns in our hallway.

I watched as another student was pulled out of class, obviously very upset, and was just rude to their teacher.

My wife wasn’t outside after school today, and I later found you she was trying to get one of her kindergarten students to leave her classroom. Why? Because he didn’t meet his goal, thus did not get his reward, so he threw a fit.

What can we do?

Kids aren’t able to regulate.

Parents aren’t helping their kids by throwing screens in front of them at ages where they have no business having a screen in their hand.

What can we do?

Make our classrooms safe.

Make sure they know they matter to us.

Make it our business to know the student.

We are teachers are ALWAYS under firem, but in the end, without us, society goes from a dumpster fire to a nuclear crater.

Which will you choose?

#damnsonyouarerolling

Somedays, I get inspiration. Gee, I wonder where this came from? 🙂