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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep us updated. Parents need to understand why their kids’ teachers are leaving. [/quote] Will do. I think this entire exchange is itself a true testiment as to why their kid’s teachers are leaving. It is evident here that it is not an easy job and honestly, I have already cried just having read what someone imparted about how there are some students that come to class on an empty stomach and that there was a son reduced to sleeping in a closet with his mother. To tell the truth, it was a really painful reminder of my own experiences, growing up in abject poverty, way back when brother and I often went to bed hungry because there was not enough to eat and feel full and my parents were too proud to ask anyone for charity. Fortunately, I have only slept in a walk-in closet once, when I spent the night over at a friend’s home. Oddly, that actually made me feel safe and secure; however, when my father found out about it, he immediately forbade me ever sleeping over at her house again, but I digress. Anyway, the point here is, I relate and thanks to the person who shared that I know to keep a stash granola bars in my desk drawer, because she bothered to suggest it. Furthermore, from everything I have gathered here and elsewhere, as I debated this decision, if you care and are truly concerned with the welfare of those in your charges, it can exact a great toll on one’s own well-being. I now have a new admiration for those that have found the fortitude within to stick it out over the course of their careers. It sounds like there are a lot that never last that long. Realistically, I may not make it more than a year before I burn out, but it is also not yet a foregone conclusion.[/quote]
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