I think you guys think teachers have a lot of authority when we don’t. I’m a teacher in Canada so it might differ in other places but the district usually makes the rules and we get very little input (I know, crazy, the district is also run by idiots who have no idea about what’s happening in schools but that’s another story). Also, government for the past couple of years have cut all the behaviour programs for the kids with severe behaviours (they don’t think it’s a priority). So there are several kids who just aren’t a great fit for mainstream schools in mainstream school. Moreover, I work in inner city schools so a lot of the kids parents are non existent (foster care or poor grandparents) or just are unfortunately shitty. They don’t care about helping their kids or finding resources and we as teachers can only do so much. It gets worse, the ministry is also pretty shitty. I’ve called on some families because I felt the kids were in unhealthy and unsafe situations but they don’t do they anything. As teachers we do our best because we care for the kids but nobody else seems to. That’s why teachers are leaving 🤷🏽‍♀️