Originally Posted by deafbajagal

I usually can handle challenges and pressure. My first two years I taught hearing children with severe behavior problems (for example, kids who are repeat sexual offenders, killed their parents, blow up cats, etc. Most of them show up in my room in shackles where the guard takes the shackles off and gives me this strange look before he tells the kid to come into my classroom). Needless to say, by the end of that semester my students were behaving like - well, students. I was able to control and maintain control within the perimeters of my classroom. They respected me. Many of them were able to go back into regular public schools with their futures a little brighter.

But this current situation is beyond my control. The difference is the first school gave me whatever I needed for support. One time I needed a cow (a real live cow) because regs wouldn't allow some of the kids off the campus to learn about dairy life. So I brought the farm to them. I was able to find creative ways to teach and work with these kids. With my current situation, they are basically telling me, "You're the teacher. Deal with it. Go in your room and don't come out and ask questions." Is this about me? No. It's about THE KIDS. They are the ones suffering because their teacher is not able to provide them with what they need. SUCKS. Thanks for YOUR support though. Hugs.