Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

HeyYoJelLo t1_jdeau5h wrote

Reply to comment by coolducklingcool in Connecticut teachers, what problems are you facing with your students now? by PettyWitch

As a parent in CT, I don't really engage with the school because I was one of those kids the parents shadowed and bullied through school. Even landed in a good college, then didn't give a bleep. Soured me to education. If my child shows interest in education I will support that. I also show and tell how people who choose to do well in school do well in life,as a result. But my child's life is more than some number graph you guys use to compare educational stats. To you guys they are stats, to us they are people. If they want to be educated they will be motivated to do so. If they are gonna be blow drying someone's hair all nice for a good tip, calling us about them not giving a shit about slopes and angles is a hoot. We can talk to them. I bet your best students are the Italian and new immigrants because the parents are not afraid, yet, of cracking their kid upside the head when they step out of line.

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Prize-Hedgehog t1_jde937t wrote

Reply to comment by PhilipLiptonSchrute in Connecticut teachers, what problems are you facing with your students now? by PettyWitch

My MIL has been a teacher in the same school system for 16 years. She hates going to work, and cannot deal with the way kids behave now and how admins handle situations that involve teachers and student conflicts. Many teachers she started with have retired or left the teaching career. At this point she’s just holding out for a couple more years til she can retire comfortably.

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PhilipLiptonSchrute t1_jde8dc9 wrote

Reply to Connecticut teachers, what problems are you facing with your students now? by PettyWitch

I am friends with 4 teachers in my social circle. 3 of the 4 are currently pursuing different careers, with the 4th holding out until her student loans are forgiven after being in the field for X number of years or something.

They all echo the same things...

  • Kids are pieces of shit now
  • Parents think their pieces of shits can do no wrong
  • Just about anything you say or do to the student could end up costing the school in litigation expenses.
  • Pay is trash

(and this is in CT where things are supposedly better teaching-wise than in a lot of the nation).

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Sai_Faqiren t1_jde4jt9 wrote

Reply to Are we officially done with the snow? by Funny_stuff554

Snow was fun as a kid. Exciting even. Hell, I even enjoyed shoveling out my parents cars.

Not anymore. About a month ago was the first time frost nearly fucked me over. I was already running late and I get to my car and the glass was just completely frozen, looked like an ice cube.

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