Patrice Fenton: I'd Rather Be in Jail →
huffingtonpost.com
As a first-year special education teacher, in a first-year middle school, under the leadership of a first-year principal, I expected challenges that would rival any “hard day” I have ever experienced. But I never imagined that I could combine all of those “hard days” in one and it would still not be as challenging as some of the days I have experienced in my first three and a half months as a full-time teacher.
The multi-leveled wear and tear is incogitable. No one, except teachers, could ever fathom just how hard teaching is. This is especially true for teachers with high-needs licenses (special education, as an example) and those who teach in high-needs locations (South Bronx, as an example).
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