On top of all of this, at least in my country, the pay is shit. And no government past or present seems interested in changing it so...

Always the same story on loop.
"Nobody wants to work anymore" - Because the pay is shit.
"We're struggling to fill positions" - Because the pay is shit.
"This generation is laz— The. Pay. Is. Shit.

Took those Snickers ads way too seriously

And this on top of the trump administration convincing everyone that you want to do gender reassignment surgery on their children during lunch.

As student services this year: two broken pairs of glasses, one broken finger, laceration to my face from flying objects, sexual assault (breast bitten, fingers rammed into my junk) among the more memorable. I spent the holidays limping from being knocked into a wall. A typical day includes being hit with items, punched, and kicked. I barely notice being physically assaulted or death threats. The SA was mainly notable because it became a dcf call. To be clear, the teacher or peer is the first target and the onus is often on them to protect the peer so they get the worst of it while being paid less.

I wish them all the best, my last day is very soon.

I'm a teacher assistant, 80% sure I want to go into teaching (students assaulting me isn't holding me back. Its just the self confidence of stepping up and leading the class is what's holding me back. And granted, I'm not in the USA, so I don't fear school shootings)

I've had students punch me. I've had students slam doors hard enough to break windows. But I also remember seeing the students learn something. The way their face lights up when they are smarter than their friend, or when they make a connection in math. THATS what is bringing me back to the classroom.

The shy kid in yr 8 is now school captain. The kid I personally nicknamed 'Cartman' because that was his personality, is helping the new kid around school when teachers aren't looking.

Remember the good bits

In a situation like this is it better to punch the kid or the parents?

Good first step, now make him write “I will eat my calming banana instead of getting angry” 1000 times on the chalkboard like Bart.

People will do anything but seek out a therapist. The kid may have a behavioral disorder, and seeking referrals for conduct disorder or something is usually a joint effort since parents get defensive even when such a disorder is often biological, like depression.

Or, y'know, zero tolerance bullshit and the kid gets expelled. That's more common in the US.

Man it's hard to teach non-violence in an age of violence and emotional deregulation.

This stupidity makes me need a calming banana.

If you need a calming banana to not punch people not mistreating you in the face you are a garbage person

This isn’t even that bad.

The reason bullies get away with being bullies at school is cause their parents also tend to be bullies. So when the little shit gets in trouble for being a bully, his fat parents will waddle in and bully the stuff and faculty for daring to discipline their little skid mark. Faculty don’t wanna deal with this, so they let the little shits get away with everything and only punishing the kids who fight back

As a youth soccer coach, I'd take this over some of the parents I've dealt with. We had one girl bullying other kids and when we told the mom she refused to believe us. Even when one of the other coaches told her she overheard it. The mom just said she must have misheard.

Dude school kids were awful when I was one and couldn't understand why they couldn't think logically. I cant imagine how bad it is now after decades of brainrot and phones in schools. I would NEVER be a teacher.

I'm just surprised they didn't write something like "You deserved it". It gets even worse than this, believe it or not.

Teaching is not Teaching anymore, its doing the job of the breeders these days and raising their kids teaching them decent manners and how not to be a cunt.

Being a teacher is literally like adopting a class full of feral fuckin cats and trying to turn them into decent humans from the POS ipad baby version their parents have created.

Your fucking kid should get his teeth knocked out the back of his head. How's that banana?

Add nurses getting punched by demented lead ridden boomers and society's cooked.

I need a calming banana after reading this.

Totally tangential, but:

Am I the only person who... basically always gets an upset stomach from eating a banana?

They seem like they always turn into... very angry acid in my stomach, I'll often get acid reflux from them.

... Uh yeah, am I an anomalous mutant, or... do other people experience this, with bananas?

Attempting to wind this back around to the actual topic:

For me, even when used properly, bananas have never been a source of comfort. =[