The conditions in which they work sucks. That's why there is a shortage. You are a Middle School or HS teacher, you have a freakishly good chance of being assaulted by a student or the class is held hostage to an unruly student(s), such that you cannot deliver the content you need to get out. And there are no repercussions to the student. We have given students so many rights and privileges that they can disrupt the learning environment and assault staff with virtual impunity. And the real problem is the parents who think their little johnny is such an angel and couldn't do this and don't punish the cherub at home for their behavior in school. It is a societal decline that has been in the making for decades. I am old enough that I was spanked in elementary and one time in jr high. They called it swat in jr high. More manly. We never had the kinds of issues in the 60's and 70's that they have now. Teachers had it easy back then. Because if you did something at school and got punished, you prayed your parents didn't find out because it would be worse at home.
That doesn't happen anymore. No amount of money will change that. That would have to be a societal change.
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