C.S. Lewis once said that “the task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” And if you’ve ever tried irrigating anything more than a potted plant, you’ll know all too well how darn hard it is.
But beautiful thoughts aside, a teacher’s job is cosmologically complex. Just imagine having to—on the daily—find new ways to reach young minds, to resonate with them despite all the baggage they might be coming to the class with, and to empower them to deal with a life full of challenges.
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This is besides all the red tape and documentation, decision-making, criticism, and everything else that a being a teacher entails. What looks like a profession for prospect patron saints is more often than not undervalued and underappreciated to a degree where teachers are starting to put their foot down and simply quitting.
Folks on Twitter have been voicing their thoughts and opinions, detailing why there’s a decline in educators in the workforce, why they themselves, or someone they knew, quit, and the possible remedies for an issue that, if left unresolved, will absolutely, positively, definitely lead to even more trouble.
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