Hey, what's up, it's Joe. Thanks for listening to the podcasts. Before we get into it,

I want to remind you guys that this spring, 2023, I am back on tour. You can get your tickets

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Sacramento. Then I'm filming my first ever comedy special at the Blasco Theater in Los Angeles,

California. After that, it's Denver, St. Louis, Burlington, Vermont, Nashville, Austin,

Billy, Charlotte, and Madison, Wisconsin. Get your tickets at MrDTimes3.com, and we'll see you there.

Behavior management. This is Joe. How may I help you?

Hi, Joe. Thank you so much for your podcast and encouraging everyone to focus on the

money in this very painful year. I'll try to keep this as short as possible, but no promises.

I'm a first-year teacher and I'm the youngest teacher at my school by like a lot. Almost every

other teacher in the building could have taught me elementary school. So I have zero credibility

in a lot of my co-workers' eyes. But my biggest problem is all these middle-aged women teaching

elementary school, but I feel like I'm back to being a middle schooler trying to find a place

at the lunch table, and these ladies will not let me sit with them. They do petty shit and leave

me feeling awful. For example, I made a mistake because my boss gave me incorrect information,

and this one teacher got so mad at me for it, no one in her hallway will talk to me anymore.

My team does little petty things all the time, like get coffee for everyone but me, dismiss all

of my ideas, leave me out of their conversations, etc. Obviously this is a super toxic environment,

so I'm getting the hell out of there. But Carrie Bradshaw voice, I couldn't help but wonder.

Since this is my first-year teaching, is this a common occurrence? Did I miss caddy teachers

one-on-one in grad school? How could I look for a school that doesn't have such a toxic environment

and start off in a better place with my co-workers wherever my new school is? Thanks so much.

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