Teacher Praised After Facebook Rant Goes Viral

"THIS HAS TO STOP" 

A sixth grade teacher in Cedar Creek, Texas says she's had enough of entitled parents and disrespectful students in a 600-word rant posted to her Facebook page that has since gone viral. 

Julie Marburger said she was feeling desperate when she posted the rant to her Facebook page in March. She writes that the whole thing was set off by a parent who spoke rudely to her about a student's behavior, in front of other students. 

"I left work early today after an incident with a parent left me unable emotionally to continue for the day. I have already made the decision to leave teaching at the end of this year, and today, I don't know if I will make it even that long."

Marsburger writes that she had already planned on quitting teaching at the end of the year, but a recent confrontation with the parent of a student made a difficult job worse. 

"People absolutely HAVE to stop coddling and enabling their children. It's a problem that's going to spread through our society like wildfire," she writes. "Parents have become far too disrespectful, and their children are even worse. Administration always seems to err on the side of keeping the parent happy, which leaves me with no way to do the job I was hired to do...teach kids." 

She says people take teachers for granted, and the disrespect she gets from parents and students is enough to drive anyone to their breaking point. 

"I have never heard of a profession where people put so much of their heart and soul into their job, taking time and resources from their home and family, and getting paid such an insultingly measly amount. Teachers are some of the most kind and giving people I have ever met, yet they get treated so disrespectfully from all sides," she writes in her post.

In a time of internet mobs, Marburger was worried that her post might offend people, but instead, she says she was surprised at the level of support she saw from other parents, teachers and administrators. 

After the post became popular, Marburger posted an update with what she believes are the problems with the current education system: Education reform, accountability for students, and respect from everyone involved. 

"We are only going downhill with hatred and name-calling," she wrote. "No one wins when kindness dies."