For those of you who are teachers or were teachers....

So sadly true.

I went into teaching as a mid-life career change. My background was in journalism but I got a Massachusetts state teaching certificate for secondary school subjects and got a job with the Department of Youth Services, teaching inmates in juvenile detention facilities in Boston. People were always asking me whether I wouldn't be happier in a traditional environment, teaching in a public or a private school. "Hell, no," I always told them. "Here I only have to deal with probation officers, not parents. I can actually get something taught."

I meant it, too.

I used to teach middle school math for regular students and GT (gifted and talented) students, I loved it! Only thing is that most of the students at our school are not willing to learn. I don't teach anymore, but if later on I decide to teach it will have to be in a college level where students are willing to learn.

Sympathize with that, all right.

A picture paints a thousand words.