Why I Quit Teaching

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[sonofsanford]

Imagine having the privilege of being taught by this man...I'm jealous of all the kids that took this for granted

[Diogenes]

HICKOCK, you are still teaching. You simply moved out of the classroom to the range! God bless you & keep up the good work!

[mirrorblue]

I used to lament that our standards have gotten so low - but now I believe we have no standards.

[kbjerke]

Oh, you're *still* teaching, Hickok45!! Please keep it up! 🤓 👍

[michaelnelson]

Amen, brother. I made it from '71 till 2004. I left for the same reasons, exactly. Good luck, you're still teaching.

[jflan]

"Justify their positions"...bingo!

[richardlangel]

Taught high school Geology for 44 years, retired in 2014, the last 7-10 years is was no longer “fun”. So many changes inside and outside of the classroom . Society has changed so dramatically, since when I started in 1970. Really like you posts, I have learned a lot.

[Ekanselter]

Taking Ag and Shop in the 60's was a great life-teaching experience! Its a shame those days are gone.

[maphezdlin]

As a retired Head Custodian, I can say the last ten years were brutal. And that was for the Custodians and Maintenance. For the Teachers it was even worse.
All of these unpaid meetings, District tests sometimes every week. And to add to the complete and absolute idiocy, they closed ALL of their shop classes.
The complete and utter incompetency is EPIC.

[drsvs]

Two years ago Maitland Jones, a New York University professor, was fired after 82 of his 350 students signed a petition against him. The complaining students said the subject was too difficult. Dr. Jones is an honored professor of organic chemistry. The inmates are running the asylum.

[johnkizziah]

I was a welding instructor at a community College for 32 years my friend..I feel so blessed to have had that job I absolutely loved goin to work everyday. And to watch the young people prosper with training I helped with is a joy that's difficult to describe.

[flintmcrock]

As a former teacher and Coach I agree with you 100%. Many of the “new” educational theories are bogus. Just as you stated administrators trying to justify their jobs / salaries.

[larrynason]

I just retired from doing bodywork. I also worked in the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. The emphasis today is ALL about production. I was always concerned most with quality of the repair. No one I was working with took pride in their work. I got tired of seeing the hackers getting rewarded over the conscientious workers. It took all the fun out of the job.

[pekolucky]

You're still a great teacher Hickok! You're an example of moderation, patience, and calmness, all of which are essential for working with firearms and becoming a fine marksman. I'm sure the kids miss you as much as you miss them.

[TastySurrealBowl]

As an elementary student through the ‘70s and a graduate of the mid 80’s, I’m still stunned that the school district I grew up in did away with all the best parts of our school day (band, shop, woodworking, building trades, various clubs, etc) saying they didn’t have the budget for any of it anymore, and yet they immediately built a whole new and unneeded high school with a massive swimming complex after we graduated. All I could think was “What happened to common sense???”. My kids grew up without the option of band class, music class, art class, shop class, and several sports we had. The change in values that did away with social interaction in favor of screen time carried the highest cost of all - the total loss of a culture of cooperation.

[kevinhays]

I taught high school for 39 years. 1 year retired. The last few years were no fun. No matter what, kids will sneak their cell phones. Then they hear nothing the teachers says. California wants to ban cell phones in the classroom. All states need to do it.

[Copperpot]

Could you imagine having this man for your substitute teacher!?

[edwintaber]

I did one year of "teaching" High School after six years in the military and a combat tour in Vietnam. The administrators were clearly staff oriented and the "experienced" teachers were operating in a defense mode. The system was focused on the kids who were easiest to teach and there were far too many kids surviving by being invisible to their classmates as well as the majority of the staff. This education structure deficiency has contributed to our social deterioration. But we do have multi-million dollar sports facilities and glory days.

[Delta_Kream]

I'm a Polish guy, teaching English to other Poles in an online language school and having the best time of my life if it comes to my profession. Feeling really lucky and grateful to have gotten a literal dream job

[ChesapeakeWahido]

Next year will be my 30th teaching physics and math. It was getting bad before the lockdown.Then it went completely off the rails. Nobody in their right mind would go into teaching now. Unfortunately, no one in their right mind is going into teaching right now.