What happens when a classroom spirals into chaos just three days into the semester, complete with violence, threats, and disruption—even with administrators present? The system's response is painfully predictable: blame the teacher. "Maybe you need stronger classroom management." Sound familiar?

The Burned Out B pulls back the curtain on education's most destructive pattern. This isn't about teachers lacking skills or passion—it's about a systematic cycle of institutional failure followed by teacher blame. When assistant principals, nurses, and school resource officers together cannot maintain order, how can we reasonably expect a single teacher to do so? Yet that's exactly what happens in schools nationwide.

Through raw personal stories, including a devastating account of principal betrayal, we expose the psychological impact of being celebrated as exemplary one day, then publicly humiliated the next. This emotional whiplash explains why so many educators find themselves crying in their cars before or after work. The burden isn't just challenging student behaviors—it's the isolation of being expected to absorb and fix systemic problems single-handedly.

The revolution in education starts when we recognize this truth: You are not broken. The system is. Teachers were meant to inspire and guide, not serve as scapegoats for institutional collapse. If you've been told to "reflect on your practice" while your classroom burns, know this—you're not crazy, incompetent, or the problem. Real change begins when we collectively refuse to believe the lies and speak truth without apology. Join us in reclaiming the heart of teaching and remember: you weren't meant to be a martyr with a lanyard. You were meant to rise.

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