Are you a public school teacher who actually finds it unusual that:

* kids who are decades younger than you are allowed to cuss you out, leave your room at will, or generally disrupt your class with no dire consequences?

* you don't have enough fingers or toes to count the number of students' parents who have told you, "Do what you have to, I can't do anything with him/her"?

* administrators routinely let students' defiant behavior slide by and then try to blame *you* for it?

* you are made to teach "rituals and routines," "performance standards," and other buzzword-y concepts along with or in place of your primary subject matter?

* the general public doesn't care or want to listen to you spout off about any of the above?

Then you've definitely come to the right blog!