"I would have classes as big as 60, and being the only adult in the room made it hard to manage. One day, I had two kids trying to pierce each other's noses in my classroom with a nose piercing thing. The students were removed from my class, but ended up attending their other classes and returned to my class the next day."
"A much bigger student of mine threatened to sexually assault me if I gave him consequences for cussing out another student in class. Unfortunately, this was a student with very violent tendencies, and this wasn't the first time he'd threatened someone with something like this, so I took it seriously. I reported it immediately, but no one came to pull the student from my class. It took four calls to the front office and three emails before anyone responded to me."
A middle school music teacher at a low-income school faced classes as large as 60 students, pervasive discipline problems, and little to no support from administrators or parents. Students attempted to pierce each other's noses in class, were removed briefly but returned without consequences after convincing administration it was nothing. A different teacher experienced a student threatening sexual assault and violent behavior; reporting the threat prompted delayed response despite multiple calls and emails, and a principal minimized the danger. The threatening student was not disciplined and later participated in a physical fight, prompting the teacher to quit to protect personal safety.
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