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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How draining it is. Physically and mentally. I block out how awful the beginning of the year is. It is very overwhelming and it really doesn't get better the longer you do it. They just keep dumping more and more on our plates. I won't be able to do my normal end of the year paperwork this year so that will be one more huge pile waiting for me come August/September. [/quote]

This. But for me it was manageable until I had my own child. Before I had a child I could go home and decompress and not have to talk to anybody for a few hours since DH started and ended work later than I did. I could go on a walk to clear my head or just sit on the couch and veg.

After I had my son I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to be in “mom mode” all day and night long. There was never a break from being “on”. I like kids (of course), but I really found it difficult to be around and be responsible for kids every minute of every day. I find that I use up all my patience on my students during the school day and don’t have much left for my own family, which leads to a lot of feelings of guilt.  Compounded with the other stresses of the job, like more and more being added to our plates with nothing being taken off, it’s a lot.

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