The Mental State of Teachers

The world wide shutdown prompted lots of people to reflect on how busy life used to be. Many school leaders have gone full speed ahead, putting their reopening focus on recovering as much learning loss as possible. The message is that we are behind and we now need to work extra hard to make up for it. Being short on time puts us in a terrible state as human beings. That's the mental state so many teachers are in every day. They may not be running down the hall shouting profanities at everyone who gets in their way, but the chronic lack of time in their lives means there's zero margin for error.