Teacher Explains Why They Quit After 1st Day, Goes Viral, But Some People Are Still Baffled

As a mother and HUMAN there are far too many so-called parents and guardians out here who instill a sense of entitlement in the children in their care and no matter how "tough" you are repeating yourself a million times (that's all a teacher can do nowadays) doesn't get you anywhere. Teachers are there to teach. They shouldn't have to deal with rude, obnoxious brats on a daily basis. And the same way other kids shouldn't have to power through being bullied a teacher shouldn't have to deal with Karen's disrespectful little heathens.

I'm father of 3 kids, one an adult at this point and none of them have ever gotten in trouble in school. I get that there are entitled, nasty kids out there. It wasn't like this teacher was dealing with this for months though and just couldn't take it anymore. He was literally a teacher for one day and decided he couldn't handle dealing with the kids. I mean really? One day? I'm sorry, but that just doesn't strike me as a strong minded individual who should be in charge of shaping the minds of our youth. His TikTok pretty much confirms that, to me at least.

Apparently yours was touched.

Or, instead of focusing on how everyone should be tough and out for themselves alone, perhaps one should focus on teaching kindness and community?

I am 100% for teaching kindness and community. The point isn't that everyone needs to be a hardass tough guy. The point is that people need to not be fragile little flowers. An adult who quits their job after one day, because they can't handle kids making fun of them, is just plain sad. That is not the action of a mentally healthy adult. Mental resilience is a virtue. It's all well and good to hope and pray that everyone will always be nice to everyone else, but that isn't reality.

I don't know what that means, but OK.

Ya but would that really hurt your feelings?

Not mine, but obviously his. That's why I said that he is probably right in thinking that he's not cut out to be a teacher.

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I was a nightmare at school, excluded well over 10 times. But it was never for something as close minded as simply judging someone for not conforming to how society expects them to look, because how dare someone not look entirely masculine. That's the problem here, that you are so close minded as to imply he deserves it or that he isn't cut out for it simply because of how he looks, when that shouldn't matter one damn bit.

In no way did I convey that this person does not deserve respect, or if I did that is not my intention. What I said, is that if you are a guy who looks like this guy, you are more likely to be made fun of, especially by a bunch of kids. I'm not saying that is right, or even that it is OK, I am saying that is the reality of things. I have no issue trying to change that, and teaching kids to be accepting, but good luck. That man chooses to look like he does. If you choose to look like that, and are at the same time so fragile that you can't make it through one day of kids making fun of you, and your first reaction is to quit your job over said kids, then maybe teaching just isn't for you. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I don't actually even believe it, and suspect it is all done for TikTok views.