Internet Applauds After Teacher Slams Parents Who 'Coddle And Enable' Their Kids

However, as she posted on Facebook, the reality of what it means to be a teacher in America today pushed her out of the job only two years after she achieved her dream.

“I left work early today after an incident with a parent left me unable emotionally to continue for the day,” she said, “I have already made the decision to leave teaching at the end of this year, and today, I don't know if I will make it even that long.”

“I have finally had enough of the disregard for personal and school property and am drawing a line in the sand on a myriad of behaviors that I am through tolerating.”

As she put it, "There is going to be a teacher crisis in this country before too many more years has passed unless the abuse of teachers stops."

But to understand her feelings, we first need to understand what she experienced.

She said these photos were taken over the course of two days, but they're not unusual scenes from her day-to-day life.

Although the issue is hardly limited to students trashing her classrooms, this serves as a useful example of the chain of misery that leads to disillusioned teachers.

As Marburger put it, "I'm feeling a little shell-shocked over the attention I have gotten, to say the least."

Add that to what she describes as an "insultingly measly" salary and the effect is similar to watching the kids throw her money into a paper shredder.

On the day she posted her message, one parent in particular was not shy about expressing how wrong they felt she was for holding their child accountable for their behavior while that child was present.

As for the administration, she said, "Administration always seems to err on the side of keeping the parent happy, which leaves me with no way to do the job I was hired to do...teach kids."

This wasn't because they performed poorly on assignments, but because they hadn't bothered to do them. It's hard to get a passing grade when the teacher never sees eight to 10 of your assignments, after all.

Although these kids and their parents ignored her attempts to warn them about the issue over three months, they still demand to know why she ends up giving them F's.

“Parents have become far too disrespectful, and their children are even worse,” she wrote.

“Behavior in my class will deteriorate even more,” she wrote, “I am expecting this, because it is what has happened at the end of every other term thus far."

She also took aim at the parents of unruly children who “can't stand to spend more than a couple hours a day with their kid,” yet don’t have the common courtesy and etiquette to respect the teachers that spend 8 hours a day with them, and dozens of others like them.

“It's not fair to society, and more importantly, is not fair to the children to teach them this is okay. It will not serve them towards a successful and happy life.” she continued.

To this, Marburger said, "I've done practically everything short of doing the work for them."

As she said, "I would have pointed out that I have many amazing, hard-working, respectful students who show up every day and give their best and also many supportive, loving parents.”

She summarized her argument with three points, “First, the education system as we know it needs reform. It is broken and inadequate for our children.”

Julie concluded with a final point, “we as a society have to get back to treating one another with manners and respect. We are only going downhill with hatred and name-calling. No one wins when kindness dies.”

h/t: Facebook | Julie Davis Marburger