I never thought I'd live in a world where teachers and school staff were vilified. But, I was wrong. I still don't understand how we can go from being heroes during COVID with parents singing our praises for how hard our jobs are, to being accused of pushing sexuality, CRT and more on kids. It's just not right. And, it's easy to feel defeated and on the defensive. So, I write this blog today to remind myself and all of you that we cannot listen to the noise. It's hard to drown it out, especially when parents are directing some of us that noise at us, but we must remember that we are the ones showing up everyday with the best interest of kids in mind. We are the ones who know about all of the sweet, innocent conversations that happen in our classrooms and we are trusted by our students. When you feel yourself getting frustrated with the noise, I ask you to instead focus on the fun of elementary kids! Look for the JOY, count the skippers, think about the 5 or 10 funny things that happened and remember how lucky we are to spend our days with kids.
This is actually the one place where we can come an escape the crazy that is happening on the outside.
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