🧵1/7 In 10 years of teaching, I’ve never felt so completely exhausted. I’ve always been highly motivated by my love of my job. I come early, stay late, work weekends, plan well ahead, get my report cards done early, stay in touch with parents, lead various programs
2/7 to support our kids and families with food and clothing security, run leadership initiatives, sit on various planning committees; the list goes on. This year I’m barely holding it together. We’ve had all these other “little” things added to our plates
3/7 but all of these “little” things add up to more than we can handle. We were already doing more with less, now it’s even worse. We aren’t hanging on anymore. We are plummeting head first to the ground with no parachute.
4/7 I stand in front of my kids everyday with a calm confidence and a smile, reassuring them that everything is fine, because that’s what they need. But when they leave, I slump in my desk and feel this immense weight. I have a constant tightness in my chest.
5/7 I sit here staring at my computer screen trying to write report card comments and I just want to cry. Meanwhile, the @Alberta_UCP sit there and say they care about the mental health of our students but have done absolutely nothing to ensure their safety or wellbeing.
6/7 @jkenney @AdrianaLaGrange it didn’t have to be this way. I cannot understand what has happened to you for you to put profits and “the economy” above human life. I don’t understand how you think it’s okay for our teachers and children, some who are immunocompromised,
7/7 to come to school just to contract and spread COVID. I hate you and I hate living here. #abed #ABHealth #COVID19 #AbLeg #abpoli
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