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She went on: \"I’m sick of getting dinged for test scores every year when some my students don’t have food at home or clothes that fit. I’m sick of all the good things that happen day after day in Metro schools being drowned out in the 'failing schools' narrative. I’m sick of higher and higher expectations for teachers without accompanying pay increases. I’m sick of my colleagues’ care for students being manipulated to get more work out of them with less pay. I’m sick of the teacher martyr trope.\"

She concluded, \"Teachers deserve better. Kids deserve better. Do the right thing, Metro. Thanks for listening.\"

Ketring-Brown isn't the first to publicly post her reasons for resigning from a teaching job.

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PHOTO: Hannah Ketring-Brown, a 27-year-old third grade ESL teacher from Tennessee, official resignation date is July 31 when summer school is over.
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On April 16, The Washington Post published a copy of Sariah McCall's 905-word resignation letter addressed to South Carolina's Charleston County School District superintendent.

McCall was approaching her fifth year of elementary teaching when the job's demands took a toll on her. She resigned and opted to wait tables instead.

Nearly 1,000 people commented on Ketring-Brown's post, many of whom claim to be fellow frustrated educators. Some even said that they too are leaving the teaching profession.

\"There were many who said, 'I left the field too.' That was really sad to me,\" Ketring-Brown said. \"But I was encouraged to see there were teachers who are sticking with it and saying, 'Yes, these are problems but we want to stay and improve the system.'\"

Not feeling so good? Put in your sick day this afternoon. See y’all on Thursday🤒 pic.twitter.com/xU43bztvlt

— TeachersAreSick (@SickTeachers) May 14, 2019

On May 16, more than 1,000 teachers at Metro Nashville Public Schools rallied in a \"sick out\" after an expected 10% salary raise dropped to 3% due to increased insurance rates.

Although she's leaving her job this summer, Ketring-Brown continues to participate in those rallies and advocate for Nashville schools.

\"I deeply care about public education in Nashville, and I'm going to have a daughter in public school in a few years,\" she said. \"A 10% raise sounds small, but for morale it will make teaches in Nashville feel valued or listened to.\"

Ketring-Brown will begin her first semester at Belmont University College of Law in August. She hopes to keep working with international families, as she did when she was an ESL teacher.

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