They Lied About Your First Year Teaching
Teachers Off Duty
Bored Teachers
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The trio shares their real experiences navigating everything from preschool bathroom protocols and late-night grading sessions to difficult parents, classroom systems, safe spaces, and the emotional weight teachers carry while still showing up for students. They also dive into the difference between trying to be the "cool teacher" versus becoming the consistent teacher, and why veteran educators know that structure, reflection, and relationships matter more than perfection.
Whether you're a brand-new teacher, a seasoned educator, or just someone who loves funny school stories, this episode is a relatable reminder that teaching gets easier, growth takes time, and no one has it all figured out in year one.
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| 0:00.0 | I feel like another way you can tell like a first year teacher and a veteran teacher is like what they take home. |
| 0:05.0 | I'll see some veteran teachers just with her purse or like a little bag and then I'll see a first year teacher or like a |
| 0:10.0 | with a wagon, a whole wagon. |
| 0:13.0 | Sometimes I'm guilty of the wagons and they're like, the veteran teacher learn boundaries. |
| 0:17.0 | They were like, if it didn't get graded today, go get graded tomorrow. I don't know how many times I've taken home stacks of papers and just brought them right back to the same way, ungraded. Look, you can't grade at all. Did you stay late or did you use work contact at night? I would stay to like 7 o'clock at night. Oh, wow. Like, I just felt like I had to do everything. And when I tell you the way I leave, like right on time, like, we are, |
| 0:39.7 | bye y'all. |
| 0:38.5 | Have an amazing afternoon. Like, I got to go. |
| 0:42.5 | I used to take behavior so personally. I was like, you're in my class. You're like |
| 0:46.3 | being a fool after all that day for you. I show up every day. Me and my man is breaking |
| 0:52.1 | up. I didn't bring a whole lesson |
| 0:55.1 | And you're just going to talk about |
| 0:57.5 | And I brought cookies the other day |
| 0:59.3 | Wait, I gave you chips |
| 1:01.1 | My Hey, best friends. Welcome back to Teachers Off Duty podcast. And I know what y'all thinking, |
| 1:23.3 | Brie looking a little different. That's because I'm not Bree. I am Mr. Hills and you can follow me at |
| 1:29.0 | ATX Hills. I am here with two of my best friends. Go ahead and tell you all, tell them who you are. |
| 1:35.2 | Hi, what's up? My name is Ms. Elm. I know y'all like, Ms. Elm. Where have you been? Yes, I'm back. |
| 1:43.3 | You can follow me at at Ms. M underscore closet and I'm going to pass it over to my bestie. |
| 1:47.9 | And I'm Juan. |
| 1:48.7 | You can find me everywhere on the one hand. |
| 1:51.7 | I like that. |
| 1:52.3 | Nice and simple. |
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