Bad Teacher Tales: Real talk stories and advice for teachers and those who love them.
Welcome to Bad Teacher Tales, where each week we share the good, the bad, and the “what the hell?!” of daily teacher life. We’ll expose workplace woes that range from unrealistic to impossibly asinine. We’ll postulate on parental problems and admin antics. We might even learn a helpful tip or trick, and while we may be “Bad” teachers, we will always leave remembering our Why…those beautiful, bright, baffling, students!
Bad Teacher Tales: Real talk stories and advice for teachers and those who love them.
S1 Ep. Maybe I Should Stay | Re-Teach
What do you do when you’re left alone in a classroom full of kids before you’ve even officially started the job? Panic? Power through? Question every life choice that led you there?
In this full-length "re-teach" of Episode 1, “Maybe I Should Stay,” we go back to the very beginning—the moment where uncertainty, responsibility, and instinct all collide. Thrown into the deep end with no warning, no playbook, and no time to prepare, this experience becomes an unexpected turning point.
As the day unfolds, so do the lessons. Not the kind written on the board, but the kind you only learn by being there: about trust, authority, self-doubt, and the quiet realization that maybe you’re more capable than you think. What starts as an uncomfortable, almost surreal situation slowly becomes something else entirely.
This episode revisits those first moments with fresh perspective—what it felt like then, what it means now, and why that single day planted the question that wouldn’t go away: maybe I should stay.
Perfect for anyone who’s ever been thrown into the unknown and had to figure it out as they went.
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