I left teaching last year after five years. It was due to pay, the students, and parents.

I worked inner city for two years. I thought I was going to give back to my community as a Blackman. I was wrong and couldn’t reach anyone. The parents weren’t involved and I was a babysitter for violent disrespectful kids that thought they were the next tictok or YouTube super star. I left when a 15 year old stabbed my car tire and his mom covered for him… he was on camera.

I went to the suburbs and I enjoyed the kids and the parents were involved.. to involved. I was well payed but I was contracted for 8 hours a day while the administration and parents expected me to be available much more. Also, I wasn’t fit to deal with the problems of suburban teens as they were totally foreign to me. I was needed to fill the role as a reliable safe person to confide in for help and unfortunately I wasn’t emotionally equipped for that.

In my final year I let the parents know the deal. I will go above and beyond, but only during my contracted hours. It went well four about four weeks until parents got upset about not getting back to them in a timely manner. I don’t think they were wrong but I’m not working outside only contracted hours.

Schools, the kids, and the parents in the inner city aren’t worth it. They make this choice daily. The suburbs were great, and, in my personal experience, feel if they could be modeled nationally most educational problems would be solved.

WARNING: you will live among the people these schools are producing. America is deciding to abandon parents, and the disliking of children being outspoken isn’t uncommon. Being a parent is not easy and children are necessary regardless if you like them or not. They use to say “it takes a village.” Now they say “fuck them kids.” Don’t be mad when they grow up and say fuck you right back.