i quit three months ago

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i quit three months ago
By horrible year!

I couldn't take it anymore. It was the WORST YEAR EVER!!

I'd cry on the way to work, I'd cry on the way home. I'd even cry at home with just the mention of work.

I had probably the most disrespectful group of four year
olds that I ever saw. This year alone, I was kicked in the mouth, punched in the stomach, slapped, scratched, had my glasses almost broken, and talked back to repeatedly.
Kids would go wild for no reason, climbing up on tables, throwing chairs, being mean to each other. And I had kids having constant accidents in their pants, which I had to clean up.
This one little girl threw daily

tantrums for no apparent reason. She'd throw all the toys on the floor and then grab a pencil, saying over and over that she was going to poke me in the eye with it.

I was so depressed, I had to quit. I have an office job now and I can't believe how much better my health has improved because of it. I'm much happier too.

I'm not sure if I'll go back to teaching. If I do, it certainly won't be a classroom full of kids like this again!