“I Don’t Answer To You Anymore”: Teacher Resigns During A Livestream, Passes On A Strong Message
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There are more than 40 million search results on Google that give you ways to resign, which shows that people do care about how they handle this turning point in your CV record. There’s always a polite way, a ‘do’ and ‘don’t’ way, a creative way, and so on. Unfortunately, for some, the idea to step down from their job doesn’t creep in until it’s literally too late.
This dedicated woman from Indian Woods Middle School has spent more than twenty years being a model teacher to her gifted students. However, it all came to an end in her dramatic speech streamed live. “Teaching is like a bad marriage, you never get your needs met, but you stay in it for the kids,” stated Amanda Coffman to the board of education. Scroll down for the whole story about this brave teacher who decided she’d had enough of being a replaceable cog in a large education machine.
Now a former teacher, Amanda Coffman announced her resignation on live stream
During her speech, the woman got emotional but pulled herself together
In front of the whole school board, she stood up and announced that enough is enough
The reason for her resignation was the new three-year contract passed by the school board that she felt was trying to silence her
Let’s see what people had to say about it
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The school board, after her speech was finished, showed not a lick of emotion. No shock, no awe. No "Thank you's" for her time. They simply and quickly announced their next speaker. What a bunch of high and mighty stalwarts! No wonder this teach quit!
The school board usually doesn't care if a teacher quits. They just go on to their next agenda without a second thought. It's sad that the school board treats a teacher quitting with such indifference.
Of course they had no reaction. They will find more fresh meat for their grinder with a new college graduate at half the price (or less) of the outgoing, fed up, "insubordinate" teacher. The Board doesn't care about teachers.
Teachers and healthcare workers do the most important jobs and should be treated so much better. It's heartbreaking to see teachers forced into such a terrible position.
At least many in the the healthcare field are compensated fairly well. Doesn't give an excuse to treat them poorly, but it is easier to tolerate when you're at least making decent wages. Teachers almost never are.
I'm in the health care field , Mental health, I get crap wages
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They aren't martyrs. They just do a job. They would have no homes and nowhere to teach without tradespeople but they aren't out breaking their arms patting themselves on the back. Bankers are insanely important too or else small and large business for the most part couldn't happen. Those hospitals are possible because of the r&d scientists do. Most people are involved in something important. Stop trying to play the oppression olympics, either for yourself or anyone else.
Educating future generations is far more important than other jobs, including mine. And we get what we pay for. If a teacher has to work two jobs to get, for example, how well will they be able to do either job without adequate rest?
Administrators in the bigger city areas would be in a right mess if all of their teacher's up and quit at once. And something like that could very well happen if they don't pull their collective heads out of their collective butts. Not only would they be scrambling for teachers, most likely unable to get any (after word spread that all the teachers walked out,) but they would also be facing lawsuits from parents and students disgruntled at the fact that teacher's warnings went unheeded when administration could have done something about it. More teachers need to resign and send a message that admin needs to start listening.
Or they could try to organise a strike.
Many states don't allow unions. North Carolina, for example, is a right to work state which means it does not support unions. So if the teachers went on strike, the employers are legally allowed to fire them to prevent a union. The better course of action would be to just walk out or resign. You will find in the states that allow teachers to unionize, the pay is better, the benefits are better. But if you look at the right to work states..about half the USA doesn't support teacher's unions.
Every day a learn a new reason why the USA are a dystopia
Not exactly a strike but at a school I used to study at teachers and students did a march at the town hall demanding a better pay/better work environment.
Most states from K-12 are in a public school system and are not "allowed" to strike. They call them walkouts. I remember when I was in HS in Ohio, the teachers struck, I joined in and brought food
Alpha, you said "I don't know about you", well, I'll let you know. My parents are both teachers (retired, btw) and they are both selfless and they both took parts in strikes multiple times. It's a chain reaction, really. If the teacher is treated with dignity by the authorities, the quality of work is better too, therefore, the kids will have it better as well.
Alpha, many of the teacher union strikes that have happened across the country were about the students as much as the teachers. Like any job in the world some people are better at it than others and yes the union should do a better job of policing itself and bad teachers, but to take a shot at unions over someone suggesting they strike for better outcomes for students (which they have in many cases) is disingenuous.
Unions dont mean better results for the kids. It just means better results for the teachers. I dont know about you, but the best teachers I had were the selfless ones. Unions dont automatically make you a better teacher and it certainly doesnt equate to better education. I think unions can be good but they are used as a way to ensure job security without having to prove that you deserve that job security. I still think it would be wise of schools to review performance of the kids.
The school board, after her speech was finished, showed not a lick of emotion. No shock, no awe. No "Thank you's" for her time. They simply and quickly announced their next speaker. What a bunch of high and mighty stalwarts! No wonder this teach quit!
The school board usually doesn't care if a teacher quits. They just go on to their next agenda without a second thought. It's sad that the school board treats a teacher quitting with such indifference.
Of course they had no reaction. They will find more fresh meat for their grinder with a new college graduate at half the price (or less) of the outgoing, fed up, "insubordinate" teacher. The Board doesn't care about teachers.
Teachers and healthcare workers do the most important jobs and should be treated so much better. It's heartbreaking to see teachers forced into such a terrible position.
At least many in the the healthcare field are compensated fairly well. Doesn't give an excuse to treat them poorly, but it is easier to tolerate when you're at least making decent wages. Teachers almost never are.
I'm in the health care field , Mental health, I get crap wages
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
They aren't martyrs. They just do a job. They would have no homes and nowhere to teach without tradespeople but they aren't out breaking their arms patting themselves on the back. Bankers are insanely important too or else small and large business for the most part couldn't happen. Those hospitals are possible because of the r&d scientists do. Most people are involved in something important. Stop trying to play the oppression olympics, either for yourself or anyone else.
Educating future generations is far more important than other jobs, including mine. And we get what we pay for. If a teacher has to work two jobs to get, for example, how well will they be able to do either job without adequate rest?
Administrators in the bigger city areas would be in a right mess if all of their teacher's up and quit at once. And something like that could very well happen if they don't pull their collective heads out of their collective butts. Not only would they be scrambling for teachers, most likely unable to get any (after word spread that all the teachers walked out,) but they would also be facing lawsuits from parents and students disgruntled at the fact that teacher's warnings went unheeded when administration could have done something about it. More teachers need to resign and send a message that admin needs to start listening.
Or they could try to organise a strike.
Many states don't allow unions. North Carolina, for example, is a right to work state which means it does not support unions. So if the teachers went on strike, the employers are legally allowed to fire them to prevent a union. The better course of action would be to just walk out or resign. You will find in the states that allow teachers to unionize, the pay is better, the benefits are better. But if you look at the right to work states..about half the USA doesn't support teacher's unions.
Every day a learn a new reason why the USA are a dystopia
Not exactly a strike but at a school I used to study at teachers and students did a march at the town hall demanding a better pay/better work environment.
Most states from K-12 are in a public school system and are not "allowed" to strike. They call them walkouts. I remember when I was in HS in Ohio, the teachers struck, I joined in and brought food
Alpha, you said "I don't know about you", well, I'll let you know. My parents are both teachers (retired, btw) and they are both selfless and they both took parts in strikes multiple times. It's a chain reaction, really. If the teacher is treated with dignity by the authorities, the quality of work is better too, therefore, the kids will have it better as well.
Alpha, many of the teacher union strikes that have happened across the country were about the students as much as the teachers. Like any job in the world some people are better at it than others and yes the union should do a better job of policing itself and bad teachers, but to take a shot at unions over someone suggesting they strike for better outcomes for students (which they have in many cases) is disingenuous.
Unions dont mean better results for the kids. It just means better results for the teachers. I dont know about you, but the best teachers I had were the selfless ones. Unions dont automatically make you a better teacher and it certainly doesnt equate to better education. I think unions can be good but they are used as a way to ensure job security without having to prove that you deserve that job security. I still think it would be wise of schools to review performance of the kids.