Help those who can't help themselves. Yet increasingly, it is helping those who won't help themselves.

This is the saddest part of being a teacher. The best students can basically teach themselves anyway and I'm working hard enough just to keep them challenged while also providing support for these students who will not do anything on their own.

USA resources are being misallocated in such a heartbreaking way these days by the current admin. Thank goodness I'm still living in a state that prioritizes education and helping the less fortunate and more at-risk population. But no more Natl Institute of Health. No more Dept of Education. Get me out of here! My will to fight has fled.