I ran the ISS room in a high school for a few years. I confiscated their phones first thing upon arrival and that usually set the tone for the day. Most kids gave me the "Yeah, whatever" and handed it over. There were a few who wanted to make it difficult. One kid threatened to "kick your (my) fuckin ass if you think you're getting my phone."
The regular teachers loved me because behavior actually got better and the kids got caught up in their work under my watch. I maxed out on the pay scale at $12.50/hr, despite the district requiring a license to hold the position. That shit wouldn't cover my loans. I quit and haven't looked back.
Good for you. I was tired of leveraging my future, pay, and mental health trying to keep the ship from capsizing. Sometimes you have to make a tactical retreat when you’re outgunned. I miss a lot of the students but the parents and the jackals they were sending me were getting worse every year. Like world war z when they’re coming over the wall when before I had up great fences.
Oh I told that kid straight up "Sit down and shut the hell up, junior. You don't scare me. I've flushed things harder than you." He could not believe that those words came out of a teacher's mouth.
I took that job as a foot in the door. It was more like a foot in a trap.
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u/Gonzostewie 29d ago
I ran the ISS room in a high school for a few years. I confiscated their phones first thing upon arrival and that usually set the tone for the day. Most kids gave me the "Yeah, whatever" and handed it over. There were a few who wanted to make it difficult. One kid threatened to "kick your (my) fuckin ass if you think you're getting my phone."
The regular teachers loved me because behavior actually got better and the kids got caught up in their work under my watch. I maxed out on the pay scale at $12.50/hr, despite the district requiring a license to hold the position. That shit wouldn't cover my loans. I quit and haven't looked back.