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I'm one who gave up
By Jan

I resigned from my 3rd grade teaching job a few weeks ago. For at least the past year, I have gone back and forth each and every day about whether I can stay in teaching or need to get out. I was hoping over summer vacation
that I'd know what I should do, but I ended up coming back in the fall. Finally, I just knew one day that this was it for me. I gave a month's notice and helped the new teacher have a smooth transition. The sad thing is, I tried to get help. I looked for books written for teachers that truly helped us cope with these frustrations. I couldn't find one. I looked on the internet and

found this website. It was helpful to know others felt the same, but how sad there are so many teachers that are overwhelmed. Still, there was no real help. I sought out a well respected teacher at my school and shared what saddens me about education today, and how hard it is to teach kids that don't pay attention and don't seem to care, even when you knock yourself out to try to make it interesting. There doesn't seem to be any help out there for us. I know there are some teachers who love it every day. Do they teach in Camelot, or do they have a certain, rare type of personality and nothing really bothers them. Even if someone does love the job even after 30 years, can they share SPECIFIC coping strategies? We hear so much criticism from legislators about how bad our schools are - they need to read this website. If they only knew what we face! My wish is someone with a solid idea on how to really, really help the teachers who struggle with these real frustrations.