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teach1st

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1. The stress among my Florida teacher colleagues is off the charts

Reply to OrlandoDem2 (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2018, 06:38 PM

Oct 2018

This is a well-written and thought-out letter. Thanks for posting.

In private areas of the Internet, Florida teachers (indeed, teachers in many areas of the country) are signalling that they have had it. We feel trapped in an education system that has gone off the rails in its futile search of higher school grades, a system that no longer trusts its practitioners nor its customers (the students).

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Orange Co Public Schools makes the Washington Post and not for a good reason [View all] OrlandoDem2 Oct 2018 OP

The stress among my Florida teacher colleagues is off the charts teach1st Oct 2018 #1

I am a teacher and I've had it! Anyone who wants to teach should have their head examined. OrlandoDem2 Oct 2018 #2