{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-teachers-lounge-live-b0208596.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F61-_8RkU8ZU","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Teacher Credential Programs Are Gaslighting Us | Teacher’s Lounge Ep. 61","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/27ffcc7b-0a6c-4a8e-bbf8-894d403fd83f/15a3461c-7a02-4961-bec8-867290c92bd2/34154680-6b35-4971-9794-2127cf2eb933.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b8dd8237-d79c-420a-9f72-980bf8d4eb0e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Teacher Credential Programs Are Gaslighting Us | Teacher’s Lounge Ep. 61\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"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.\n\nIn Episode 61, the Three Amigos dive into:\n\n* Why the teacher lounge is basically abandoned\n* Credential programs that feel like a two-year indoctrination obstacle course\n* Remote learning chaos \n* Why behavior consequences disappeared\n* And whether Batman could survive a public middle school (Superman absolutely couldn’t)\n\nWe also shout out:\n\n* **Takis** (middle school nicotine)\n* **Slim Jims** (mechanically separated Tesla chicken parts)\n* **GreatSchools.org** (the Yelp of school survival)\n* **Napster + Linkin Park** (middle school emotional support era)\n\nIf you’ve ever felt like you were being professionally gaslit while trying to teach fractions… this episode is for you.\n\nGrab your hard-boiled eggs. Shut the lights off. Let’s complain responsibly.\n---\n00:00 – Intro & welcome back \n00:38 – Does anyone actually use the teacher’s lounge anymore? \n03:19 – First graders = herding cats in a gymnasium \n04:07 – Takis are the cigarettes of middle school \n05:20 – Slim Jims & “mechanically separated chicken parts” \n08:33 – “It’s always your fault” – Teacher gaslighting culture \n10:18 – How much of credential training actually matters? \n15:22 – Online class disaster: 15 enrolled, 5 show up \n18:55 – Public vs Private school reality check \n22:12 – Catholic school experience & rising to the occasion \n30:24 – 33-year veteran teacher comment: consequences disappeared \n37:52 – Teaching 50 kids vs stand-up for 30,000 people \n40:11 – Why suspensions disappeared & “equal right to education” debate \n---\n#teachersloungepodcast #teacherpodcast #teacherlife #teacherburnout #educationcomedy #classroommanagement #MiddleSchoolChaos #teachertalk #catholicschools \n---\nIf this episode made you laugh, rage, nod aggressively, or whisper “yep, that’s my school”:\n\n👉 Like the video so other exhausted teachers find the lounge\n👉 Subscribe for weekly therapy disguised as comedy\n👉 Drop a comment with your worst credential horror story\n👉 Share this with a coworker who secretly agrees but won’t publicly like it\n\nSome of y’all can’t publicly like us… but we see the shares. We see you. Silent support counts too.\n---"}