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Teacher Credential Programs Are Gaslighting Us | Teacher’s Lounge Ep. 61

Teacher Credential Programs Are Gaslighting Us | Teacher’s Lounge Ep. 61

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 Welcome back to **The Teacher’s Lounge** — the only place where teachers microwave tuna in the dark, debate communism vs credential programs, and compare public schools to Gotham City. In Episode 61, the Three Amigos dive into: * Why the teacher lounge is basically abandoned * Credential programs that feel like a two-year indoctrination obstacle course * Remote learning chaos * Why behavior consequences disappeared * And whether Batman could survive a public middle school (Superman absolutely couldn’t) We also shout out: * **Takis** (middle school nicotine) * **Slim Jims** (mechanically separated Tesla chicken parts) * **GreatSchools.org** (the Yelp of school survival) * **Napster + Linkin Park** (middle school emotional support era) If you’ve ever felt like you were being professionally gaslit while trying to teach fractions… this episode is for you. Grab your hard-boiled eggs. Shut the lights off. Let’s complain responsibly. --- 00:00 – Intro & welcome back 00:38 – Does anyone actually use the teacher’s lounge anymore? 03:19 – First graders = herding cats in a gymnasium 04:07 – Takis are the cigarettes of middle school 05:20 – Slim Jims & “mechanically separated chicken parts” 08:33 – “It’s always your fault” – Teacher gaslighting culture 10:18 – How much of credential training actually matters? 15:22 – Online class disaster: 15 enrolled, 5 show up 18:55 – Public vs Private school reality check 22:12 – Catholic school experience & rising to the occasion 30:24 – 33-year veteran teacher comment: consequences disappeared 37:52 – Teaching 50 kids vs stand-up for 30,000 people 40:11 – Why suspensions disappeared & “equal right to education” debate --- #teachersloungepodcast #teacherpodcast #teacherlife #teacherburnout #educationcomedy #classroommanagement #MiddleSchoolChaos #teachertalk #catholicschools --- If this episode made you laugh, rage, nod aggressively, or whisper “yep, that’s my school”: 👉 Like the video so other exhausted teachers find the lounge 👉 Subscribe for weekly therapy disguised as comedy 👉 Drop a comment with your worst credential horror story 👉 Share this with a coworker who secretly agrees but won’t publicly like it Some of y’all can’t publicly like us… but we see the shares. We see you. Silent support counts too. ---
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