{"id":23,"date":"2025-09-30T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/30\/ex-teacher-reveals-all-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:34:00","slug":"ex-teacher-reveals-all-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/30\/ex-teacher-reveals-all-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-teacher shares the 4 things she couldn&#8217;t tell parents until after she quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though many teachers are leaving the profession, not all of them are making national news. Maggie Perkins, 32, made headlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/teacher-who-quit-and-works-at-costco\" target=\"_self\">in 2022<\/a> when she quit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/retired-elementary-school-teacher-shares-biggest-parenting-mistake-she-saw-during-long-career-ex1\" target=\"_self\">teaching profession<\/a> to work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/costco\" target=\"_self\">at Costco<\/a>, and showed no interest in looking back. <\/p><p>&#8220;The conditions were worsening rapidly, and I realized they weren&#8217;t getting better, and nobody seemed alarmed enough to do anything. I was 29 when I decided to leave,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/woman-leaves-teaching-job-for-unexpected-new-career-exclusive-11717609\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">she told <em>People<\/em><\/a>, noting she was making $47,000 at the time.<\/p><p>&#8220;The more I learned about Costco and the different roles at the company, the happier I was at the idea of working there, whether at the warehouse or corporate, for the rest of my career,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I feel like there was a great potential reward for pursuing it.&#8221; <\/p><p>Three years later, she trains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/tag\/employees\" target=\"_self\">fellow employees<\/a> and has no regrets about leaving her former career.<\/p><p>Now that Perkins has been out of the classroom for a few years, she can say the things she couldn&#8217;t when she was working as an educator. So, she created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itsmaggieperkins\/video\/7545658473351073054?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121860360%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.upworthy.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2674131039%23distribution&amp;referer_video_id=7545658473351073054\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok video<\/a> where she revealed four big things that she had to keep to herself\u2014and all of them are centered around kids\u2019 hygiene. <\/p><p>&#8220;I used to be a teacher, and I couldn&#8217;t have said any of these things to your kid or to you while I was a teacher,\u201d she opens her video.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itsmaggieperkins\/video\/7545658473351073054\" data-video-id=\"7545658473351073054\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@itsmaggieperkins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itsmaggieperkins?refer=embed\">@itsmaggieperkins<\/a> <p>No, I was not planning to stack up like sardines ready to be slaughtered <a title=\"backtoschool\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/backtoschool?refer=embed\">#backtoschool<\/a> <a title=\"teachersoftiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teachersoftiktok?refer=embed\">#teachersoftiktok<\/a> <a title=\"teacherlife\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/teacherlife?refer=embed\">#teacherlife<\/a> <\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Maggie Perkins ?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7545658482444307230?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Maggie Perkins ?<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<h2>What do teachers want to tell their students and parents but can\u2019t?<\/h2><p><strong>1. Cut your child\u2019s nails<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cIf your kid&#8217;s nails are long and dirty, other kids are noticing, and also it is gross. Kids literally get impetigo from their own fingernails,\u201d she said.<\/p><p><strong>2. Start using deodorant before they smell<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cPlease start putting deodorant on your kids before you notice that they need it,\u201d she said. \u201cFifth grade, guys, fifth grade, deodorant.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>3. Your child needs to start wearing a bra sooner than you think<\/strong> <\/p><p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be like a real bra. This is just like a soft, athleisure-type situation,\u201d she said. \u201cNo one wants to be made fun of because it looks like they should be wearing a bra and they&#8217;re not.\u201d <\/p><p><strong>4. Wash that sweatshirt and hoodie often<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cOnce those cuffs start to be like literally brown and ratty, wash the jacket. I am watching them wipe their snot on the jacket sleeve day after day after day,\u201d she said. \u201cThey&#8217;re walking around in a dirty snot rag.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\" data-np-autofill-form-type=\"other\" data-np-checked=\"1\" data-np-watching=\"1\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77926.jpg\" alt=\"student, hoodie, computer, school, classroom, studying, teacher \" \/><figcaption>A student looks at his computer.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@karolina-grabowska\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Credit: Pexels\/Kaboompics.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>Perkins\u2019 advice is for the child\u2019s health, but also to save them from embarrassment. <\/p><p>\u201cThere&#8217;s no worse feeling than being a sixth grader who has this like acute sense of being different than others and criticized,\u201d she said. \u201cYour child is probably more aware of it than you are, and they&#8217;re just not talking to you about it, because kids don&#8217;t talk to their parents that much.\u201d<\/p><p>The TikTok post, which garnered over 2.4 million views, resonated with Perkins\u2019 followers, who shared how hygiene issues had caused them a lot of embarrassment when they were young. <\/p><p>&#8220;Parents, please also teach your kids to be compassionate because not all kids come from a loving home,&#8221; one viewer wrote. &#8220;Be the love they don\u2019t receive and don\u2019t make fun of the kids who may smell or are not wearing a bra.&#8221; Another added, &#8220;I would have loved for a teacher to tell this to my mom. I went to middle school without a bra, and I was so embarrassed to change in the locker rooms.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-77927.jpg\" alt=\"students, classroom, teacher, lesson\" \/><figcaption>Students in a classroom. Credit: Pexels\/Arthur Krijgsman<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>Ultimately, Perkins\u2019 tips are all about helping parents anticipate and address any potential hygiene or attire issues their child may encounter before they become a problem, whether that\u2019s causing illness or embarrassment. The former teacher\u2019s tips are a great reminder that a little extra care at home can make things a lot easier for kids on the playground and in the classroom. <\/p><p><em>This article originally appeared in May. 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