I just need to vent and get this off my chest.
I have been doing a shit job this year as a teacher. This teaching from home virtually to students who don't come to class is draining me to the point that I don't care anymore. I don't feel like trying when my students won't log on and won't do any work that is assigned. It's also not helping that I have 4 preps this year -- physical science, 3 sections of physics, biology, and an algebra 2 coverage that turned into a full year course.

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My students are normally my life, but this year is too much. And then you add in the drama surrounding my particular school district, it's just like everyone has given up, so why should I try?

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I am really struggling with this too.

I've always believed we are better defined by what we do when things are at their hardest. I've been working my self to death, and doing the best I can with everything.
As I look around, all I see is lowered expectations and excuses.
I've always been the type to "tilt at windmills," but this feels different. Like even the wind thinks I'm crazy this time.

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That sounds so hard. Do the best you can with the parts you can control, but so much of it is out of your hands and it’s okay to let those parts go.

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