Virginia Public School Teacher Attrition Serious

The State of Virginia is known for having a very greatnot back up the teachers when a parent complains
public school system, however the teachers union isabout discipline in the classroom for their child. If the
admitting that the attrition rate is nearly 50% in threechild is breaking the rules the teacher must provide
years. In other words when a new teacher comes todiscipline otherwise it hurts the learning ability of the
teach in the State of Virginia public school systemother students.
there is a 50% chance that they will be gone beforeApparently this issue is happening all over the country
the end of three years. But why are the teachersand in the State of Virginia it is happening to. Some
quitting? The answer will probably not shocked you butteachers complain that certain male-dominated
it is of great concern to those residents living in Virginia.societies and cultures send their kids to the Virginia
Many of the teachers after they get their teachingpublic school system and their male students harassed
credentials join the public school system to make athe teacher because she is female. You can
difference and then they find out that they are merelyunderstand the problems with this. Likewise as a
glorified babysitters. This is quite unfortunate becausesociety we need to teachers to enforce discipline on
these young individuals have come to teach and theythe students so that they can learn right and wrong
care, but they are not allowed to discipline in theand what is acceptable in our civilization.
classroom and without discipline there can be noIf the Virginia public school system and the parents of
meaningful teaching.these little monsters cannot come together then
Our society and civilization needs to trust our teacherseveryone loses. Teachers will have less tenure and
and give them the benefit of the doubt over a studentexperience, the classrooms will be bigger and the kids
who is messing around the classroom day in and daywill learn less. Is that what we want? We need to
out. Many of the school systems have strongsupport our teachers in the public school system in all
leadership, which support the teachers but not all. Instates including The Great State of Virginia. Please
fact the biggest complaint is that the school staff willconsider this in 2006.