re: Do you know any teachers that have experienced ‘burnout’?

I’m a teacher. Six years experience at the high school level and was burned out by year three. Tried to do something different but I’m back in K12 now at a middle school. It’s better, but I’m already a month in feeling the “burnout” blues.

I have 150 students and our administration checks that we give a grade once a week. I’d like to do more, but as an English teacher, grading one assignment the way it should be graded adds an extra 2-3 hours of work per week if not more. Then factor in PST paperwork and dealing with parents and following IEPs and...yeah. Getting burned out.

Teaching is fun and I like the kids but I just don’t feel like I can actually do my job the way I’d like.

But hey. I’m making $54k/year and family health insurance is $200/month for God Tier plan. So I can’t complain too much. I’ve seen the side of life that features no income and lots of rejection, so burnout is a forbidden word for me nowadays.