What r/Teachers keeps coming back to
Complaints raised here by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
192 recurring problems · 895 threads read · read since September 2026 · Reddit
Raised more than once here
Most people first.
- 79Why are students behaving so badly and parents refusing accountability?“that’s exactly what happened to me at a previous job. Parent didn’t want to admit their child had behavioral problems so she blamed all his actions and hurting others on me (saying i hurt the kids and blaming it on the student to cover my ass), it got the point i was put on leave and the police/child protective services got involved (i was eventually cleared of all wrong doing but it left such a negative taste in my mouth i never returned to being a full time teacher again ).”
- 73How to stop letting accounting stress ruin my life?“I think pivoting might be necessary because I come home so overstimulated and decision-fatigued, some days I feel like my family is just second shift.”
- 31How to handle the financial and identity drop after leaving a career“I got the email about an hour ago, and I regret opening it while I was in line for coffee. I wanted to cry and let out a huge scream. I didn't get the job.”
- 28Why is teaching so joyless now?“I’ve come to the conclusion that this job negatively impacts me too much to keep doing it much longer, it’s been 5 years now.”
- 25Why do IT jobs require impossible skill sets?“I’m a first-year teacher in upper elementary (I am teaching a split this year).”
- 25Why do I feel so overwhelmed after starting a new job?“I am so overwhelmed.”
- 24Why are students coming to class missing basic foundational skills?“Hardly any of the students have written a complete sentence without egregious spelling or grammatical errors.”
- 22How to deal with uncooperative coworkers who don't do their work“Day 1 and my coteacher has already yelled at me.”
- 21Doing higher-level work without a pay raise“Got puked on. Stayed about two hours late catching up on work every day. Zero planning time because admin is taking it all up with meetings.”
- 19How to balance a corporate career with having kids“I’m terrified though, of balancing teaching and parenting.”
- 18How to figure out how much to charge for freelance work“I have been asked what I would like for compensation by admin. I’m unsure of how to answer that question.”
- 16How to handle disrespectful student micro-aggressions and boundary-crossing“It’s the micro aggressions that fry teachers and drain a teachers soul. Death by 1000 cuts. Give me a kid telling me to f$&k off any day.”
- 16How to deal with all the low effort AI content online“I have been using the checked4ai chrome extension for google docs but the results seem a bit unreliable for the ai checking side.”
- 16How long can you safely leave a dog alone at home?“I’ve been wanting a dog for a while, but I’m concerned with the hours it will be left alone.”
- 16Why am I so tired and burnt out teaching?“Like why else would any of us willingly sign up to be in a workspace where personal and professional boundaries are constantly crossed? Where you’re routinely overstimulated, physically and mentally exhausted, and dodging school politics, teacher drama, administrative pressures, low pay, and daily classroom management battles?”
- 16How to handle a toxic school principal who abuses power“my principal in my previous district would constantly take all of our preps away and had us fill out a missed prep form so the office would make them up.”
- 15Why do big companies require so many rigid formalities?“I just have some thoughts on school dress codes for teachers.”
- 15Why does manual labor make you question your life choices?“I took naps that were hours long, skipped dinner often, and worked constantly.”
- 14How to go back to school while working full time with a family“So I need to keep my job”
- 13How to protect yourself against false accusations from students and parents“Got called in for a quick chat by my boss yesterday. Went into the office and there was a police officer.”
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