{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 12: Pencils Down Forever","description":"Mike Beyer, the co-author of Pencils Down: Career Journeys of Educators Who Left the Profession and What We Can Learn from the Crisis in Education, joins us as we discuss why teachers are leaving droves, what motivated him to write the book, his journey from teacher to principal who was then fired, to non-profit work to the corporate world; the history of teaching in our country and how it\u2019s been feminized; the time Lauren got in trouble for calling 911 when a student was overdosing; how ridiculous the \u201cself-care\u201d attempts of admin. are; the issues that are blamed on COVID; how we don\u2019t trust our children like we used to; why we\u2019re so obsessed with data, why Mike got fired, and we play the \u201cWho Gave These Shitty Gifts?\u201d Game: admin. or a student? Don\u2019t forget to subscribe, like, rate 5 stars, and tell a friend about our podcast. The best thing for us is word of mouth- so if you like what we\u2019re doing- tell someone! Follow teacher misery on Instagram and Facebook and check out teachermisery.com.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Also, there's a Teacher Misery Gift Shop! &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Teacher Misery","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/480867","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28827503\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/164323683"}