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three quarters of the u.s. states now report that they are short on teachers. we have teachers leaving the profession in droves, and i think that puts a lot of stress on the teachers that are in the classroom teaching. they are not as well staffed. classes are overcrowded and that's puts a big strefer on teachers today a lot of reasons teachers are giving for behavior in the classroom. a trend away from discipline, punishment and consequences and behavior is worsening across the country and affecting everything else in education, including teacher morale. >> ainsley: really? ramona how about you? >> teachers are being enforced to adhere to political ideologies in the classroom. contrary to what their personal beliefs are and contrary to what
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with a lack of respect. everything else making the pay no longer worth it. where once we were happy to work for a good income. no one is going to complain about it. now it's everything else that's -- that is why teachers are crediting leaving the classroom. i think it's only about 5% list pay as number one research. >> ainsley: ramona, tell us more about you want politically neutral zones in the classroom. you don't want to have to talk about controversial issues. what grade do you teach? >> currently i'm at the high school. basically my experience it's not that we don't want political discussions in the classroom. we want kids to think critically. we want them to have an opinion about politics about controversial issues, perhaps. but we want our children to think for themselves. and not to be told that they must embrace a certain etiology. currently that is the climate. kits are told to comply or else you are singled out. you are bullied and harassed.