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personal problems
By Julianne
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I agree that every teacher experiences some end-of-year trauma, but you have more reason than most. Just reading your post is enough to make me tired. Changing careers, changing location, going through personal problems| - all that is so mentally and physically exhausting! Get through the last few days here as best you can. Then step back and evaluate. I burned out of teaching after five years of working in a very poor school while also experiencing personal problems. I left the profession for more than ten years, doing plenty of other jobs before finally recertifying and coming back. I came back because |
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I began to realize that my strengths were a good match for the classroom and that I could work to overcome the problems that drove me from the profession. Make a list - all the things you like about teaching, all the things that make you crazy. Add to it over the summer. Are there things you can change that will make the bad stuff easier? Change to a district where there is money for supplies? Change grade levels? Join a support group? Only you can decide if this career is worth the energy, commitment and mental anguish it causes.
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