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jg429 t1_jaw9b9z wrote

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I’m in education so that’s not in the cards for me lol

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New-Vegetable-1274 OP t1_jawgrhk wrote

Hi, I have friends who are educators who have left the profession for various reasons. Mostly it was over policy issues. They have all found employment doing other things but all agonized over the decision and are dealing with heartbreak. The consensus with them was they hated working from home during the pandemic. Care to add?

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jg429 t1_jawhk45 wrote

I'm in higher ed, so if your friends were in k12, their experience may have been a lot more difficult than mine. I LOVED being at home for myself, but my position was pretty much 100% student facing, and my students really struggled with that modality. The job itself was a lot harder, but remained incredibly challenging even when we came back in person, as our students seem to be facing a lot more barriers after losing so much during remote learning.

I considered leaving higher ed altogether, but recently moved into a new position (QCC to WSU) and I think that change was enough to keep me happy and in the field. My new role is not 100% student facing, which took some of the emotional labor out of the job and that helped a lot! The challenges students face are the same, but I am in a different role and have different responsibilities to try to problem solve. I was at QCC for almost 11 years, so I think I just needed a change overall, too. There's a lot more nuance to it with my specific roles, but I won't get into all of that.

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