 Yeah, I quit. This is like the third time I've tried to record this video it's been difficult to figure out because I have a lot of things I want to say and It's tough to find the words for those things and I've been trying to do this over and over until I get it kind of right But whatever I quit teaching in schools If you've been in my classes recently then you've heard about this already But if you're one of my former students from a ways back maybe from out to here from Ramon de or from somewhere else Then this is news to you and I want to tell you why I want to go back a little bit I've been teaching in schools for about 10 years now I went into more detail in that live stream on Monday. So if you caught that, you know a little bit more about my job history It was fun. I enjoyed working with young people. I enjoyed the stuff that I was teaching I learned a lot in those first few years and I wanted to get better and I wanted to progress through the career I got my degree in education, you know I thought getting that was like the final thing, you know like I would have my degree and then finally I would get some respect around here and It wasn't that and that kind of leads me to my problem. I've been contemplating alternatives Since late 2018 I was getting really frustrated with how I was being treated Because of my methods and my approach to things and this is a recurring theme in my experience working in Peru It doesn't matter how good you are It doesn't matter if you're a great teacher or you're a mediocre teacher You're an average teacher or if you're a shit teacher as long as you just do Whatever you're told if you just do whatever you're told you'll keep your job and no one will ever question you I can't do that. I'm not that person. I have a problem deep inside, which is I want to make things better I want to do things right. I do not rest until I feel that I have done a very very good job I'm pretty sure that you would agree that I do a pretty good job It's frustrating to me that despite my results and the positive feedback that I get That I'm always being forced to do things the way the school wants like their school policy And if I don't do it according to school policy, then I'm doing it wrong A lot of the places I have worked for with very few exceptions do not do things in the best way for Speaking out against things that I think are wrong. I'm a problem and that's very frustrating I'm kind of tired of doing things the wrong way because I'm being told to do them that way I refuse to do that now and that speaks to a bigger issue Which is just how teachers are treated in these schools again I do say with some exceptions and even though I have ten years of experience a degree in education and I have Really good results. I'm still treated like a new teacher and so are my colleagues Imagine being a doctor and you get your degree in medicine and you work in a hospital for ten years And then you change jobs and on day one they sit you down and they have this long training session Where they ask you questions like what is medicine? You're just treated like someone who just started the job and has no idea what they're doing I've come into jobs and been kind of given that same treatment over and over again And that leads me to realize something else that frustrates me about teaching Which is that there's really no room for advancement. You stay in the same job. You can move up But it could take decades if you want to move up from just being a regular teacher to like a coordinator position You basically have to wait for someone to leave or die It doesn't matter if the person who's actually in that position is doing a good job or not They will not change them if they do they'll probably just pick the person who's been there the longest So essentially ascension in education is a waiting game. It's a test of patience There's no respect for our time because it's not just a job from eight to four It's a job for your whole life and that's the other problem like the thing I can't stand is like okay We have X amount of teaching hours during the week, but then those hours where we're not teaching are sort of seem like Wasted time if the school doesn't give us something to do I need hours in the day where I can plan my lessons and correct work and Reflect on what I've done and I don't get that time because it's being filled with all these other things So when am I supposed to do those things evenings weekends? It doesn't make sense So I come to this realization that like there's nowhere to go for me now. I'm I've been teaching. I've been struggling with schools That don't want to let me be me. I'm not happy with it like at the end of the day I want to be happy with my work. I want to enjoy what I do if every day I get up and just think man, this could be so much better. I could be doing it this way I could have more fun doing this. I wish I could do this, but I can't I'm not happy You know, I don't get to do all the things I want to do and I don't get to do them my way While I realized that schools do need to have some policies for some things They don't really seem to appreciate the fact that teachers need freedom and flexibility and that we need the space to be Creative our job is not a mechanical factory job it is a job that requires a lot of critical thinking a lot of Innovation and it's one that I think is crushed by so many school systems and that pains me because like I Really do genuinely love teaching and that's one of the reasons why I'm not gonna stop completely I'm still gonna teach but By my rules and that's why I wanted to make this video because this is a this is a thank you This is a big thank you to everybody if you're watching this Thank you because I really was starting to think that I would never be able to get where I wanted to be in Education and that I would just be stuck in it. The last thing I wanted to do was see my quality of work drop That's why I left I wanted to leave Before that happened because I could feel it happening and it's also worth pointing out that I left because I had to I mean Score has gotten bigger my people need me There's so much I want to do with score that I can't do if I'm constantly worrying about teacher stuff so yeah, I I'm done teaching in schools but the only reason I can say that and Still have food on the table and a roof over my head is Because of you if you're a subscriber or not if you've watched a single minute of a single video if you have checked out prep With score comm once or if you're actively enrolled in one of our programs like this is for you. Thank you You make this possible and you've given me an out. You've given me This chance to do something different something that I think will actually make me happier That's that's special. Like I didn't think I would have this a year ago and now I do and I Have had to make some difficult decisions, but like there are ones that I'm happy to make Ones that I think are the right decisions for me And I also want to give a big shout out to Tobbo and Billy for just you know being the rest of score like I am a small piece in your machine and If it were not for you guys this would not exist you brought this into my life with your ideas and We have made something amazing out of it, and I hope it never dies Everybody else who works for score all the people we've added to the team We're gonna make sure you get introduced to this channel soon and properly It's what you deserve. You're amazing people and I'm proud to have you on the team And I want you to get the best introduction possible for anybody else watching this just know that like I don't want to quit this this is gonna continue and I think it's gonna be awesome. I think we're gonna do some amazing things. So I Can't wait for you to see the next set of videos from the United States. It's gonna be interesting We're gonna be doing a lot of cool stuff, and it's all thanks to you So this is my appreciation video. Thank you video slash why I quit teaching school