The Breaking Point: Why Teachers Are Leaving the Classroom
Teachers Off Duty
Bored Teachers
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week on Teachers Off Duty, the crew gets real (and hilarious) about the reasons why teachers quit—and let's just say… nothing is off the table.
From nightmare travel stories and tour announcements to the very real struggles happening inside classrooms, this conversation dives into burnout, lack of support, toxic work environments, and the emotional toll of teaching. The hosts unpack everything from unsupportive admin and difficult parent interactions to classroom management challenges and the overwhelming pressure placed on new teachers.
But it's not all chaos. This episode also highlights what actually helps teachers stay: mentorship, strong systems, emotional intelligence, and having someone in your corner who gets it.
If you've ever thought about quitting, already left the profession, or are just trying to survive the school year… this one is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Call my wife. |
| 0:01.5 | Calling UK Wildlife. |
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| 0:15.7 | I don't know if you guys have ever heard somebody say a 50% teacher is better than 100% sub. I haven't heard that, but I did have a principal at some point that told us we can't take |
| 0:25.8 | off unless we have 101 degree temperature because we need to be at school. |
| 0:29.6 | Let's not act like this profession is paying be topped out. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey, they disrespectful too. |
| 0:34.6 | They just turned down. |
| 0:35.6 | We were supposed to get a raise in Mississippi and they just turned it down. I said, I'll tell you something, you bald-headed dirty dollars. But it's only so much that we can do as far as PBI is. Why have they got tips when they just stood up and said, FU and this whole class. Flip the desk. Flip the desk, baby. That's another reason, like, teachers quit. They're so overwhelmed. It's very, well. |
| 0:55.0 | They're getting burnt out their first year. This teaching's hard is hard. It's so hard. God I'm saying, it's hard. It's hard. It's hard. You got to be everything plus you got to be a teacher, plus you got people coming back with snacks. I love an angry parent. My co-teacher, she'd be the first one, I got this one. |
| 1:11.6 | Yep. |
| 1:12.1 | Because the way I will push a teacher, you first, uh-uh, I got this one. |
| 1:11.6 | Yup. Because the way I will push your teacher, you go ahead, step back. I got it. |
| 1:15.1 | What's the problem? I don't got that kind of temperament, so I... Hey, best friends. |
| 1:34.7 | Welcome to this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty. |
| 1:36.7 | If you are new here, you don't know me. |
| 1:38.2 | I am honest teacher vibes. |
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