Education

and teachers have to be very careful. My class had a Spec Ed class next door and the teacher is one of my best friends. My neighbor is a push-in teacher in middle school (spec ed). I had guest students in my class for part of the time each day. When one student ran out and tried to climb a wire fence a Marine volunteer in my room went after him and the principal came out and told the Marine to put the student down or else the district could be sued due to physically touching a student while not a school employee. There is too much that teachers have to deal with every day. Who was going to take care of my first graders if I left my class and went after him? I could've been written up for that action alone. Teaching, the law, the lack of support staff and severe budget restrictions combine to make it one of the hardest jobs on the planet.