Why So Many Teachers Are Burnt Out (and No One Is Listening)
“Take a self-care day,” they said.
But don’t forget to cover your class, fill in your sub plans, and
When Rest Isn’t Enough
I took the weekend off.
I didn’t grade.
I didn’t check emails.
I slept in.
I drank water.
The Day the Copier Broke and I Did Too
It wasn’t the copier’s fault.
But still, I stared at it like it owed me something.
It jammed—
What They Didn’t Teach Us in Ed School
They taught us about Bloom’s Taxonomy.
They drilled us on data.
They made us write lesson plans like our
But You Get Summers Off
“At least you get summers off.”
That’s what she said to me—in the middle of May, when I
We Showed Up to Teach. We Ended Up Surviving.
You were trained to teach, not to survive.
But here you are—counting bathroom passes like currency, fighting off burnout
A Most Unreasonable Observation
Observation day always begins with performance. A lesson plan. A checklist. A version of me that’s just polished enough
