Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out

Posted by Kelly on 11/18/06

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I totally understand how you are feeling. I am in my fifth
year of teaching and I am still there until after 5 every
night. With the amount of work that is being piled on every
year, I don't think that it can get "easy". But take
heart. Everything you are doing will save you time every
subsequent year that you teach. Although I still work an
incredible amount of hours, I have more and more done each
year. Now the hours are spent making my program better, not
just making it exist at all. I do not have to work a second
job anymore, so the hours are worth it and the summers are
wonderful. Keep going...after report cards and Christmas,
there is a bit of a break. It is hard, but it is worth it.
You don't always see what you have accomplished, you might
have to wait a few years. But when the difficult child who
you battled with for a year and who didn't appear to learn
anything starts coming back to visit you every recess, lunch
and after school - every day - you will realize it is worth
it.
On 9/22/05, Ann wrote:

> I have wanted to teach for as long as I can remember. I'm
> in my 5th week of my first year, and I feel very
> discouraged. I want to be one of the one's that makes it,
> but I feel so overwhelmed. Is this normal? Any advice?
> I'm working until after 5 everyday, and I come out to
school
> on the weekends, and I'm still barely getting by. The 1st
> grade class that I have is composed of many troubled kids,
> and I feel like I can't do it sometimes. Please tell me
> there is hope because I do want to touch these children's
> lives in a positive way.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 9/22/05, by Ann.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 9/28/05, by Karen Ludke.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 11/12/05, by norqdo.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 11/17/05, by vitali.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 1/09/06, by william Buonora.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 11/18/06, by Kelly.
• Re: 1st year teacher feeling burnt-out, 10/25/07, by mary simon.