Though many teachers are leaving the profession, not all of them are making national news. Maggie Perkins, 32, made headlines in 2022 when she quit the teaching profession to work at Costco, and showed no interest in looking back.

“The conditions were worsening rapidly, and I realized they weren’t getting better, and nobody seemed alarmed enough to do anything. I was 29 when I decided to leave,” she told People, noting she was making $47,000 at the time.

“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,” she added. “I feel like there was a great potential reward for pursuing it.”

Three years later, she trains fellow employees and has no regrets about leaving her former career.

Now she can finally say what she really thinks

Now that Perkins has been out of the classroom for a few years, she can say the things she couldn’t when she was working as an educator. So, she created a TikTok video where she revealed four big things that she had to keep to herself, and all of them are centered around kids’ hygiene.

“I used to be a teacher, and I couldn’t have said any of these things to your kid or to you while I was a teacher,” she opens her video.

@itsmaggieperkins No, I was not planning to stack up like sardines ready to be slaughtered #backtoschool #teachersoftiktok #teacherlife ♬ original sound – Maggie Perkins 🍉

No, I was not planning to stack........

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