Working with elementary school teachers is tough at times…

It’s hard working with elementary school teachers. They complain about the dumbest things, make unnecessary demands, and ask ridiculous questions even when it’s straightforward. A kindergarten teacher I worked with has complained and made negative comments about her students non-stop since her first year of teaching. She’s now in year 4 and I just don’t understand why stay in the profession if you hate kids. It’s my 9th year teaching. I hate how others make remarks about how I always get the “good” students. Think about it. How is it that for 9 straight years, I always “get lucky” with the well behaved students. One, that’s not true. Two, I make the best of the situation and don’t bitch as much as others. Just because I’m not as negative doesn’t mean I have it easy. One experience I had was I had a student who kicked, hit, and tornado through my classroom every day. I became so exhausted after 1 week then decided to do something about it. I took matters into my own hands knowing admin didn’t care. This student was going to be in my class for the whole school year. I either was going to be miserable for a year or invest in a month or two of turning him around. I had 24 Kinder students and no aide. I spent my recess and lunch trying to bond with him and help him with coping strategies when he’s angry or physical. Luckily, his mom was supportive with whatever I did at school with him. Good news, his behavior became so much better and my life for that year got easy! It doesn’t help when we already have so much on our plates as teachers and then there goes the colleagues in the lunch room going off. It’s draining you guys.