Annoyed

This post might offend some people, but at this point I really don't care. This is my third year teaching and it seems like every year it gets worse. Let me explain...

Today was the day during wonderful work week for the teachers that we received our class rosters. For the PE teachers it is a bit different...We are assigned 2-3 classes per grade. So for example I am in charge of 2 kinder classes, 2 1st grade classes, 3 2nd class...all the way to 5th grade. 3 times a week I get to see these sweet angels in each class. Only if they really were angels. Don't get me wrong I love my job, but some of these kids really test my patience and want to be a teacher. When I really start to think about it though, it's not the kid's fault, it is the parents that aren't doing their job.

Every year we go through the rosters and pull up the kinder class and say "OH NO, not another one" Before we even meet this little 5 year old we know that he or she is going to be the problem child of the class because the 3 siblings are also enrolled at our school are the worst kids in the school. Can I really blame the kids for their misbehavior? Not really because the home life is awful! Yes, they are all brothers and sisters but they all have different last names from different men. You know kids they will pretty much tell you everything...and these kids have. Their mom lives off the government, they have a new step dad every few months, their grandparents babysit them most of the time, and mom blows the money on new purses and clothes and that's the reason why they can't get new tennis shows, even though the ones they have a huge hole in them. On top of that there is a 2 year old at home and MOM IS PREGNANT AGAIN!

Where is the logic? I have a quick fix: If you are living off the government you should be required to get birth control shots every month or quarter or however they do the shots. If you miss one you are cut off. Less babies living in poor conditions and teachers gaining just a bit of sanity knowing that a repeat of bad parenting doesn't occur. It would be very easy to say bad kids, but lets face it, the kids learn their bad behavior somewhere. While I do parking lot duty and watch two parents curse each other out over a spot, I realize why their child is the way they are.

Now that I have that off my chest, I just have to suck it up and hope that somehow I can influence one of those family members to strive to be better and not repeat the mistakes that their parents made. Be the one that breaks the cycle of teen pregnancy or even children out of wedlock. Help them find something they are passionate about.

Again happy school year y'all.