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Classroom Teachers Are Not Superhuman

There are not enough hours in the day to complete all of the mandated extraneous tasks put upon us in addition to actually teaching the children! Mental Health and Elementary School Teachers “It’s easier to just be a team player”. That was the moment. That was when I decided I had to get out. That I could no longer be part of this, “team” of a district, of a national system that was failing our…

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The Grief of Walking Away

Quitting your teaching job? If you’ve dedicated your entire career to it, it can be one of the hardest things you do. I was in my 13th year in Denver Public Schools, teaching 4th graders. It wasn’t even the end of September when the anxiety took over, completely. August was particularly hot that year and being on the second floor of a non-air-conditioned building was gruesome. We kept a thermometer on the classroom wall. I…

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