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Thanks. You know I am a teacher with some very mean and disrespectful students. I have been cursed at, thrown at, and called by my first name by these 6, 7, and 8th graders. I know how not to stoop t to their level. I know that I am there to help them, but I can't do much when the class is so noisy and just out of control. I've called parents on my cell phone in class because it gets a quicker response, but parents just seem to be stunned in disbelief. "I asked your child to move to another seat," I told one parent. "Why?", he asked. "Because he's banging on the wall with his feet," I responed. "Oh, thought you were picking on him". I get that alot. "You're just picking on my son, or daughter." I see about 100 students a day. I don't have time to pick on a child. Anyway I' rambling. I pray a lot. I have a scripture, "Have faith in God," posted on my wall. I look at it constantly before the beginnin and at the end of each day. I cry. I cry a lot.

Pardon me for pointing out that you do not seem to be getting much help here teacher.
You seem to be a very sensitive and emotional lady. Would your problem be eased if you taught younger students? One of my nieces used to teach secondary school, but the yobs got to her, so she switched to primary school and finished as deputy head mistress. So maybe a career adjustment might be helful?

From a religious point of view, you are aware I assume that we are living in the last days?

(2 Timothy 3:1-17) But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away

Now everybody is feeling the pressure as these last days reach their climax. So prayer is good.

(Philippians 4:6-7) 6 Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let YOUR petitions be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard YOUR hearts and YOUR mental powers by means of Christ Jesus.

My personal experience has been that when I pray about a bad situation and leave the matter in his hands the situation some how gets modified. Then I wonder why in the first place was I so concerned?

Hope that helps. Let me know