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Crying in My Car: A Podcast for Teachers

Apparently our Teachers are Retiring Sooner than We Thought!

Crying in My Car: A Podcast for Teachers

Devin Siebold

Education, Comedy

4.8685 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

 What happens when veteran teachers refuse a buyout? And why are wealthy kids less glued to screens than their peers?

Welcome back to Crying In My Car, the podcast for teachers! This week Devin Siebold and James Yon discover the secret to teacher burn out. Then they address the growing push to force older teachers into early retirement, even when they don't want to leave. They also uncover an eye-opening trend about cell phone use among students and what it really says about parenting across income levels.

First, Devin shares why teacher conventions might be the one thing that can reignite a burned-out educator's passion. From hands-on tech demos to powerful keynote speakers, these gatherings are more than just a break from the classroom, they're a chance to recharge and reconnect with the profession.

Things take a dark turn where, in Maine, some schools are offering early retirement buyouts which seem optional, but if teachers don't take the deal, they simply cut these long-time educators. Is this cost-saving strategy destroying the very experience schools need most? Tune in to hear our take on this injustice. 

Finally, we head back into the wild world of Reddit, and read jaw-dropping stories about parents who apparently think homework is optional, teachers being threatened, and why rich kids seem to use their phones less than everyone else. You won't believe the crazy stories were finding this week! 

 

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Follow James at http://JamesYon.com 

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So get your walkers and life alerts ready, because it looks like we all have no choice but to retire on this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers. 

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Crying In My Car Podcast with Devin Siebold & James Yon

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's me, James John. A brand new episode of Crying My Car is coming your way. First thing we're going to talk about is teachers going to teacher conventions. It's great. They get to learn something and they get to have fun with their fellow teachers. Then we're going to be talking about early retirement for teachers. Not in a good way. They actually get forced out. Then we're going to end things in the dark side of the internet.

0:21.3

That's right, Reddit. We're going to be talking about some of the rude things that parents say

0:25.2

to teachers. All that so much for tuning in.

0:53.1

I'm Devin Sebold,

0:59.5

James John, right next to me. Don't forget to support the podcast. Patreon.com slash crying in my car. We got a great community over there, tons of supporters helping out

1:03.9

keeping this podcast alive and bonus content over there, crying in my garage, where James

1:10.4

and I sit in the garage and we limit.

1:14.0

But also, it's a lot of bonus discussion, a lot of great humor.

1:18.2

And those are posted every other week.

1:20.3

So you have this podcast, and then the next week you have the bonus podcast,

1:24.3

and then you have this podcast the other week.

1:26.1

So, again, thank you so much for

1:28.4

tuning in. And don't forget to check me out, by the way, on the board teachers comedy tour.

1:33.7

I'm going to read off some of these dates. If you haven't been to a board teacher's comedy tour,

1:37.5

now's the time. It is extremely funny. It is honestly a party for teachers. We have a great time there. I just want to read some

1:46.4

of these U.S. dates off. We got New Brunswick, New Jersey, Springfield, Mass, Pakepsky, New York,

1:53.4

and Terrytown, New York. That's October 2nd through 5th. And then towards the end of the year,

1:59.3

we added some pretty great shows, Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio Midland Michigan and Lansing Michigan that's

2:06.4

December 4th through 7th and then the New York patchogue Pachog Pachow Pachog I don't know how you

2:14.3

say that December 11th and 12th we got two shows there two days there and then December 13th and 12th. We got two shows there, two days there.

2:14.9

And then December 13th and 14th in Albany and Wilkes Bar. Those were just added tickets are on sale. Boardteachers.com. So thank you guys again for coming out to the shows. And I want to give one special shout out before we begin to Derek in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. I said he was a big fan, listens to all the podcast.

2:50.8

So if you come up to me after the show, say you're a big fan, tell me your name, I'll jot it down. We'll give you a shout out on the podcast just for coming by. Now, James. Yes, sir. It's that time of year. Uh-oh. A lot of teachers are hitting the road. Okay. Yeah.

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