Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
There&#x27;s much more to this story.  My mother, a high school calculus teacher for the last 22 years is so ready to retire.<p>I didn&#x27;t think my mom would ever retire, she spends countless hours coming up with unique lesson plans for the kids - they usually involve games, real world use cases and many ah-ha moments.  She lives for those moments when a kid lights up when they understand the value of what their learning.<p>Now though, over the last 8 years, she told me that parents have ruined the job she loves.  Especially now that she has to post everyone&#x27;s grades online, instantly emails roll in when a student didn&#x27;t perform as well as the parent expected.<p>She told me of an email she received that said &quot;X is trying to get into Princeton - an A- isn&#x27;t going to get her in.  What extra credit can she do to make this an A?&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s endless and my mom, for fear of a lawsuit, doesn&#x27;t know what to do.  The teachers union in Massachusetts made all the teachers sign liability waivers and arbitration waivers if a lawsuit happens.  My mom is scared stiff and either bends over, or doesn&#x27;t and let&#x27;s the vice principal or principal take the heat, ultimately it leading to an extra credit assignment.<p>My mom&#x27;s job sounds miserable and if you were to ask me 15 years ago, what I might do in my retirement - I would have said taught CS at a disadvantaged high school.  Now though, I&#x27;m seconding guessing that retirement plan.