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Collected Item: “Emotionally Exhausted Teacher”

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Emotionally Exhausted Teacher

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Screenshot

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This item is a screenshot from a Twitter account known as the Diary of a COVID Classroom Teacher.
This account's response to a picture about children with big emotions shows the frustrations that many teachers are facing during the pandemic. Many students have struggled due to the lack of routine and disruptions in their lives caused by COVID-19. Throughout the nations, behavior issues are being seen. Teachers are struggling more than ever while they try to help these students who are acting out while also staying on top of their other responsibilities.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

teacher, frustration, twitter, emotions, burnout, education, school

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

@DiaryClassroom

Give this story a date.

2021-11-14
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