"There's multiple things to consider and we shouldn't be making excuses and such.
Exactly. There is a difference between saying, "There are two students in my class that are disruptive" and "Our "children" are beasts."
One is a statement of fact that allows for ideas to flow about what should be done to fix the situation. The other is simply an excuse about why I am not doing my job"
Yeah? Iz'at reallly what you think? I defy you to spend a few days in a local PS as a teacher. Let's just see you try to "teach" these little savages. Let's see you try to control a classroom full of "gangsta" wannabee's and future rap stars. Let's watch you try to maintain order when the boys tell the young girls that all they want is to "get laid"- make a comment to the boy about respect for the "young ladies" and listen to the bunch of them- girls included- giggle at such a silly notion. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the kids are so out of control you call an administrator- a young woman with 4 inch fingernails and spike heels- only to have her come waltzing in when she feels like it and laughingly tell the kids they are "disappointing her", giggling like the girls. After this precious left, I had to face a class that were, then, absolutely sure there was not a thing I could do about them.
Go ahead, Toots- give it a try.
You are a bitter failure who is making excuses for not doing her job.
I taught for three years under condition that you could not begin to imagine and I continue to teach adult literacy on a volunteer basis.
Sorry you aren't up to the challenge Toots. Go make noise somewhere else. I am sick of you.
It's your first year? Did you have student teaching, and was it in a public school, or did you teach for several years previous to this in a DOD school?
You obviously weren't prepared for this type of student, and you obviously aren't getting any support from the administration.
My bet would be that they've decided you're a prissy old white woman who's easily shocked, made the comment about getting laid as much to get a reaction from you as anything else, and then laughed like crazy when it worked.
I'm also betting there are some people in that school who can control those kids. My advice would be to learn what you can from them, finish the year (if you can, or maybe tell them you can't deal with the lack of support, and leave), and find some place that is a better fit for next year.