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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Covid also disproportionately affected working women, and teachers are mostly women. The burden of a stressful demanding job during a crisis and the demands of their own families/children, who may have been virtual for extended periods, frequent closures, etc. It's just not worth it to stay in the workforce for meager pay and those increased demands.

Also, Private school teachers don't have unions to protect their interests.[/quote]

Stop blaming covid.  Most privates were open all last year and many the prior year.  The issue is pay and the environment.  [/quote]

Pay and the environment are absolutely issues that for decades have been eroding teaching morale and motivation to remain in the career. However, the current pandemic environment has made things really tough. Last school year was my first year back with the students full-time on campus. I have never had so many kids refuse work, get into constant social conflict, or suffer from significant manifestations of anxiety. When approaching the families to talk about the extremes of behavior and how both in-school and out-of-school interventions were needed, I experienced more push-back and hostility than ever before. Certainly, helping students to get through difficult challenges is part of the job. But currently the level of emotional exhaustion is unsustainable.[/quote]

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