Ask WeAreTeachers
Help! My 5th Graders Can’t Follow Directions To Save Their Lives
We need a huge reset!
Help! How Do I Find the Motivation to Go Back to School?
I promise I love my job, but the thought of school starting next week makes me want to cry.
Help! My Partner Teacher Just Announced She’s Quitting Over Break
I can't stop stressing about everything I need to do now. I feel like this is ruining my break!
Help! Our Holiday Party Is Always Cringe and Inappropriate
"One year, a teacher got so drunk she fell into the Christmas tree and had to go to urgent care."
Help! Finals Week Is Miserable for Everyone—How Do We Fix It?
Why do we have to go out on such a low note?
Help! I Have an Energy Vampire on My Team This Year
Is it possible to turn her into a ray of sunshine?
Help! My Family Doesn’t Let Me Rest During the Holidays
How can I make my family understand I need some serious rest?
Help! My Principal Told Me I Have to “Work On” My Stutter, But I Can’t
I was too scared to argue back, my principal needs to know that I can't really work on it.
Help! A Parent Insists They Have the Right To Do Their Child’s Homework for Them
When I called home, she said she has “the right to help my child with his homework to whatever extent I want.”
Help! I Keep Getting Mistaken for a Student, and It’s Really Demoralizing
It was funny for the first year or so, but now it just chips away at my self-esteem.
Help! I Have a Student Who Challenges Literally Everything I Say
His mom said to me, “Sounds like you have a problem with my son for being curious.”
Help! Pushy Parents Are Enough To Make Me Quit
The dread I feel logging into my email is debilitating.
