I hate being a teacher with all my heart

I am a high school English teacher. I am frustrated over the amount of kids who never do ANYTHING. I have tried everything to get them to do work. I have lowered grades to 30% for my classes. I have made assignments ridiculously easy and we go over it as a class. I have differentiated assignments so 1 size fits all. none of this makes a difference. I spend hours each week reminding the kids who don’t do work that they have assignments missing. It takes up so much time so I can’t help the kids who are struggling academically. I get so much push back from parents that my policies are too strict. They think it is my fault that their kid fails. I have many kids who just don’t do any work at all. They refuse to even try. They show up to class everyday but will not take out paper and pencil, they will not write their name on the board for attendance. I have one kid who doesn’t even take his earbuds out when he is in class. He just sits there and watches videos all day. I want to treat them like adults and I want to have a professional relationship with them, but many times they abuse that. I don’t know what to do. I am so burnt out and I just want to quit. I am a great teacher and my students love me, but I just feel like I am wasting my time here. <br><br><br>I get so many comments on every post I make saying that I sound like a terrible punisher type of teacher and that I need to get new skills and be better, I am a better teacher than most people I know. My classes are engaging and interactive. Students come to talk to me all the time and they trust me and like me. I want what is best for them but I also want to be taken seriously. I want them to leave high school with the skills they need to excel in life and most of the time they don’t.