re: PSA: look out for your own mental health, because others won’t.

I very much relate to this. I’m a high school Sped teacher. It’s just so much going on this time of the year. Add in the fact that I have to go to Lafayette twice this week for graduation ceremonies and it’s overwhelming. I am very much the type of person who recharges my battery by being home. So I’m feeling very anxious and drained already and things don’t even really kick off until tonight. I keep trying to take it one day at a time.

And I know the TD loves to rag on us teachers but I’m not complaining because I’m a teacher. I’m complaining because I don’t do well mentally with a 1000 things on a to-do list and, unfortunately, that’s my life at the moment. But, I know that this will pass and things will eventually settle down.

Reading this post and seeing the world the past 3 years I believe people were simply mentally tougher in the past. I’m 35 so this isn’t some back in my day, get off my lawn take.

We have an entire month dedicated to mental health awareness now. Constant bombardment to go get help, to take mental health breaks, to be compassionate because you never know what others are going through.

All of those are good things, but are we going too far with the caring/emotionally supportive outlook? Would people, especially kids, benefit if adults and parents were less outwardly compassionate and less emotional?

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Would people, especially kids, benefit if adults and parents were less outwardly compassionate and less emotional?

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They're too busy standing in their circles at the grocery store

Do you have to be so involved in all those activities at the school?

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Do you have to be so involved in all those activities at the school?

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Between fulfilling commitments until the year’s end and band duties, yes. I’m hoping to change that for next school year. There will be no more coaching.

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I agree. People these days seem to feel like they are entitled to never feel sad or tired or struggle with life.

OP, count your blessings. You have it way better than most people. Not everyone can take breaks from their job and drink a beer or go for a walk. Some don’t have a job, some can’t walk or some cant have alcohol.

I got detention by a substitute teacher for doing a previous class's homework after I finished my other work

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everyone these days are selfish

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The world is different than it was a generation ago. Cellphones and email mean you are always at an arm’s length. The same applies for students. When I was a kid, I didn’t have to check my email or account for assignments. I didn’t have to worry about a standardized test for each subject.

Become an elementary school PE teacher and get your Ed.D. You get the same pay as an assistant administrator, maybe more. All the perks of education and none of the sucky parts. No paperwork, no extra hours, no shortened summers, no dealing with angry parents etc...

The dissertation sucks but it's like two busy years vs. the rest of your career.