Pandemic burnout causing teachers
to rethink returning in the fall
Posted By: NorthernDog, 6/6/2021 9:44:49 AM
For many teachers across the country, the stress of managing their own health concerns during the pandemic, juggling classroom and online education and trying to maintain a connection with students has brought them to a breaking point. A January survey by RAND Corporation found that because of pandemic-related anxieties, one-quarter of U.S. teachers plan to leave the profession by the end of the year. “One of the most consistent narratives you’ve probably heard over the past year is [that] teachers who are stuck in these hybrid situations feel like they’re doing justice neither to the students who are in the
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In the meantime millions of essential workers trudged off to work without a single day off for the pandemic. Grocery store workers, doctors, nurses, police, fire, utility workers, factory workers, many office workers, and truckers never whined about the 'trauma' of dealing with the lockdowns.