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The Teachers Are Not Alright

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.713.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! - Like many teachers, when Kristen started her career at 22, she was hopeful and excited. She loved working with students with special needs, and loved learning how their brains worked. But over the years, the job became harder and harder because of the lack of support she received. Eventually, all of the small moments of feeling left out to dry led to a falling out with the career she loved.  __ Listener support makes our independent podcast possible. Our Substack is a great way to connect with us and other listeners (and get more Terrible in your inbox). Join us here. The episode transcript can be found here. — We’re lucky to only work with sponsors and brands we know and love. Using our links and codes saves you money and supports our independent production! BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/ttfa to get started with 10% off your first month. Learn more at BetterHelp.com/privacy. LiquidIV: Get 20% off when you go to liquidiv.com and use code TTFA at checkout. You can find our full sponsor list here. — Find all our shows and our store at feelingsand.co. — Find TTFA on social: TTFA on Instagram | TTFA on Facebook  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.1

will do. That's where the tasting team come in.

0:45.7

Big chili coming through. All this ensures their crisps taste de-radi-licious.

0:52.4

And back, the Tyrell's team have done such a spiffing job. People across the land are

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calling their crisps terribly, terribly tasty.

1:01.8

How are you? Most people answer that question with fine or good. But obviously it's not

1:12.4

always fine and it's usually not even that good. This is a podcast that asks people to

1:19.3

be honest about their pain. To just be honest about how they really feel, about the hard

1:27.4

parts of life. And guess what? It's complicated.

1:38.8

It's a weird time to be a teacher. First of all, you know, I have been teaching for the

1:45.3

last seven years at a Title I school, where damn near all of our students have trauma and,

1:55.9

you know, socioeconomic factors that are barriers to their learning. And in so many ways barriers

2:04.0

to their functioning in these spaces. And all of that said, I love our students so much.

2:15.0

It is heartbreaking sometimes to see the deck stacked against them.

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