![]() ![]() to the time I’d try to crawl into bed at 9:30 p.m.) trying to build up a reservoir of lesson plans, grade an influx of assignments, or design posters for my classroom walls.Īfter 3 weeks of skipping meals and losing sleep worrying about the job, I was completely overwhelmed. ![]() I was spending every hour I could (from waking up at 5:30 a.m. It felt like I was an old Warner Brothers cartoon character, desperately placing tracks in front of a train that couldn’t stop. And of course I was going to have to spend some time catching up before I would find my footing in the new environment.īut what wasn’t normal to me was the way the stress compounded after school started. I was going back to teaching in person, complete with COVID-19 protocols and sanitation practices, after a year of teaching remotely. ![]() I was working with a younger population than I was used to - I’d taught at a university, but was going to be working with middle schoolers. It felt normal for me to feel anxious about the new job. There was a curriculum to line up, new school policies to adapt to, and a bare-bones classroom to decorate in time for the arrival of my students. I’d experienced the stress of a new school year before, but always with more time to prepare. I was hired for a teaching job on August 9. Share on Pinterest Illustration by Bailey Mariner ![]()
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