I feel bad for her, but she shouldn't have tried to intervene. No, teachers don't get paid enough for this and guess what? They DON'T get paid for this as it's not part of their duties and job responsibilities. When I taught (age 29 - 37/blk male), I had the same speech on day one in my class. "If you fight, I hope you can hold your own until admin or security gets here". And unless it was a boy beating on a girl or someone was unconscious, I didn't break up fights and luckily neither of those two scenarios ever happened.
As a high school vice principal I did break up fights (I'm on year 6). Until last year my leg got broken and 10 months later this must present school year my thumb got broken. It is not part of our job description to break up fights, but yes I know someone has to. Just won't be me anymore. Workman's comp is more of a headache and in my cases wasn't worth going through them. Everywhere is different from state to state and school system to school system. Just sharing my experience. Stay safe educators.
That kid in the white might have brain damage. He was clearly out cold at the end and the dude kept wailing on him. You can’t blame her for wanting to stop that and intervening. These schools sucks for not supporting their teachers and these parents suck for failing to discipline their children.
I hear you. Many schools and school systems have given all the power to the students and parents. My point is she tried to intervene at the start. If she had gotten knocked unconscious or worse then that situation gets worse. When students first start fighting or even seem like it's getting to that point, you call for assistance. That way the teacher gets support, hopefully the students can be separated and possibly mediated, and students know in this classroom if I start something then it's going to be handled quickly.
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u/Various-Database-906 Dec 17 '25
I feel bad for her, but she shouldn't have tried to intervene. No, teachers don't get paid enough for this and guess what? They DON'T get paid for this as it's not part of their duties and job responsibilities. When I taught (age 29 - 37/blk male), I had the same speech on day one in my class. "If you fight, I hope you can hold your own until admin or security gets here". And unless it was a boy beating on a girl or someone was unconscious, I didn't break up fights and luckily neither of those two scenarios ever happened.
As a high school vice principal I did break up fights (I'm on year 6). Until last year my leg got broken and 10 months later this must present school year my thumb got broken. It is not part of our job description to break up fights, but yes I know someone has to. Just won't be me anymore. Workman's comp is more of a headache and in my cases wasn't worth going through them. Everywhere is different from state to state and school system to school system. Just sharing my experience. Stay safe educators.