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Jeff teaches electrical trades and loves his weekend coffee. Teacher pressure feels like trying to discover the role he plays in his students’ lives.
Caleb teaches 9th grade Spanish and is happy that Six Nations Rugby started this month. Three words that sum up teaching for him are hard, heart-wrenching and sacrifice.
What would you add to this comprehensive list of pressures that teachers face?
What should be said when we talk about the slave trade and a student spits on the floor and says she will never forgive the white man for what they did to her people. What should be said when we are speaking of poverty in the industrial revolution and a student mentions that they aren't allowed to eat on the weekends because their family doesn't have the money for it. Matthew teaches history and grapples with the tough questions that come up.