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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I empathize with lots of comments on this thread.  For me this year admin keeps harping on covid protocols that are impossible to follow while they let the building and specifically technology fall apart for 18 months.  And then expected things to just work when we returned.  So nothing works and I spend a bunch of time dealing with that.

Couple that with absolutely no expectations by DCPS in terms of behavior or grading and it’s kind of like what’s the point? Everyone gets high grades no matter what, kids can behavior however they want with no consequences and I have to grade stacks of assignments emailed to me at midnight on the last day of the advisory.  I just don’t feel like I’m teaching anything- content, responsibility, citizenship, etc.  My hands are tied. [/quote]

Completely agree...I have been teaching for a long time and I don't have much to give anymore.  There is little balance with life. Teaching was not sustainable before the pandemic and it's even more exhausting now. Too many additional tasks and mandates from the central office and the school were added this year.  Teachers are forced to inflate grades, zero consequences for behavior, and administrators that are passive-aggressive and poor leaders. DCPS doesn't deliver on promised resources.  I've spent my own money in an inflated economy just to make learning work for students. Central office and administrators haven't acknowledged the challenges of this year like other districts.  We are told to take care of ourselves, but there is NO time to take care of ourselves, we are always working. I am often too exhausted to look for a new job but I have been applying and if given the opportunity I would leave mid-year.  I will miss the classroom and the students but I am tired of working for a district and school that doesn't care about the staff. [/quote]

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