Education / Teaching thread

Update:

On her way home tonight, my wife stopped at HEB to pick up supper. While there she met up with a former elem teacher colleague who had moved to another school maybe 3yrs ago. During the discussion the lady told my wife that after 20yrs she’s had enough. She still loves to teach but all the other things they have to deal with have become too much. She’s leaving the profession and going work for her son in his business… In fact, she’s not sure she’ll make it through the end of the school year…
People should find it VERY disturbing that so many teachers who have been in it for so long are dropping out at the rate they are. You can understand when a teacher who has a couple years in decides that it's just not for them. When a teacher who has been around for 20 years says she can't make it through the school year, there's a problem. For some reason, we just don't seem too worried about it, though.