I can tell you that through my travels it isn't drugs that
most Pre-K, K, and grade school teachers take - it's
alcohol.
I do know of a handful of teachers that smoke the pot,
but only a handful. Most of the grade school teachers I
know are pretty straight up, clean people. In daycare
or pre-school it's a lot different.
In most daycare/pre-school/Kindergarten situations, a
lot of the teachers are a different breed of person. You
don't necessarily need a 4 year degree to teach (esp.
in Jersey - i dunno about NY), proof of this is on the mail
order/internet degrees you see commercialed on TV.
Your always bound to find Childcare or early education
for an Associates. These places also take in
non-degreed people too...the facilities only need a few
degreed or licenced people to keep the place running.
Hence, more unprofessionals, and a few morons who
smoke and drink way too much.
I know of one person in particular that is working in
daycare and has smoked pot on their hour break and
came back in to work. I know of three others who
smoke frequently and has used the school as a hang
out den after hours.
It's like anything and everywhere else, all types of
people. Your situation is crazy. Lines and shit? Really
bad.
I'll say the majority of grade school teachers are not
like that. But if or when you have children - anyone out
there - always establish a close relationship with the
teacher. You can always tell what they may be doing.
And ask around through other parents and teachers
who you can confide in about your childs teacher.
From my experience I will say a good portion, as much
as 30%, of daycare teachers actively smoke pot and or
drink. When I say drink, I mean to get drunk, and to
smoke, to get high. Grade school teachers are much
much less.
People who teach, teach for a lot of reasons. The best
and only reason is to want to do it, and you love it.
Some people who teach do it because they could not
go any further in their field of study. These English
teachers who wanted to write a novel but can't,
become teachers because there isn't anything else to
do in that field. Teachers like that may suck as a
teacher, and may be depressed or aggrivated with
their life to the point where they drink or do drugs. Ask
those 6 teachers what they really wanted to be...I
almost gaurantee they will not say that they wanted to
be teachers.
I would really love to straighten those 6 people out. If
not, destroy their careers. I take a great amount of
pride in what I do. Hearing about stuff like this, brings
my blood to a boil. Nothing is more important in this
world than the protection, education, and innocence of
our children.
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