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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont' think the problem is the hours or the days off.  For me, the biggest issue is that we as teachers are constantly held responsible for things that are out of our control.  COVID and the reaction of schools being the latest thing on that list. Before COVID it was poverty, children who don't speak English expected to perform at the same levels as children whose parents constantly seek outside tutoring.

We are held responsible for behaviors from children that are insane, curriculum issues etc etc.  We are the ones held responsible for all these factors when we have no control over them.   
It has to stop.  We get little support for these things and are typically told we are to blame and to be more reflective in our teaching to get better results.
It is a trauma bond at a certain level and that is what is causing the burn out.  [/quote]

Our school’s reaction to Covid was directly controlled and held hostage by our teachers unions. I will always hold them responsible for a significant portion of our kids learning loss. Always. Many in our state only went back into the classroom because the governor mandated it and said virtual learning would not count as learning hours. [/quote]

We are always responsible for learning loss.  Always. Even when kids aren't in the classroom because everything shut down. Even when we are told by our district not to contact children or record us reading a book to them because it could be a copyright issue.

We are always responsible even when their parents are in the same house and we are on a screen.  WE are ALWAYS responsible for learning loss.

Why do you think this is a new angle, you are just angry, we were always held responsible.  Now it is just more obvious how we didn't cause covid, but we are still responsible.  So I shrug.  I took an academic leave of absence covid year because I thought teaching young children virtually was reprehensible.  Guess what?  You are still holding me responsible for your kids learning loss in your head, even though the only thing I could do was say no and not teach that way. I am STILL responsible.  Do you see how ridiculous this reasoning is?

We get it.  We understand so much that many of us are leaving because it has gotten abusive. If you have zero control, you can't have full responsibility without feeling despondent.

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Great points. Thanks for your perspective. You are right - it isn't fair to hold teachers solely accountable for learning loss.

Interestingly, I recently read a study that teachers working remotely during the pandemic were more stressed and had worse mental health than healthcare workers working in person, who were at the highest risk of contracting COVID. Isolation and uncertainty played a part - the same concerns parents expressed for themselves and their kids.

[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2022/11/17/teachers-more-stressed-than-healthcare-workers-during-pandemic-study-says/?sh=2dc4bef559fc[/url][/quote]

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