The glossy “good teacher” lists look harmless until you read the fine print: love more, inspire constantly, and be willing to “do anything.” We pull that poster off the wall and take it apart, exposing how duty-laced love, performative inspiration, and endless adaptability become tools for empathy extraction and self-erasure. Instead of chasing approval through toxic positivity, we make a case for a teacher identity that is human first and sustainable by design. We walk through each buzzword...
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The glossy “good teacher” lists look harmless until you read the fine print: love more, inspire constantly, and be willing to “do anything.” We pull that poster off the wall and take it apart, exposing how duty-laced love, performative inspiration, and endless adaptability become tools for empathy extraction and self-erasure. Instead of chasing approval through toxic positivity, we make a case for a teacher identity that is human first and sustainable by design. We walk through each buzzword...
Feeling like you're two seconds from flipping a desk but still somehow taking attendance? You're not alone. In this raw, unfiltered exploration of teacher burnout, we dive deep into the uncomfortable truth about how the education system runs on guilt, glitter, and unpaid labor—and why so many educators have unconsciously accepted this as normal. We pull back the curtain on the cycle of victimization that keeps teachers stuck. You know the pattern: checking off burnout symptoms while simultan...
The Burned Out B: Dear Teachers
The glossy “good teacher” lists look harmless until you read the fine print: love more, inspire constantly, and be willing to “do anything.” We pull that poster off the wall and take it apart, exposing how duty-laced love, performative inspiration, and endless adaptability become tools for empathy extraction and self-erasure. Instead of chasing approval through toxic positivity, we make a case for a teacher identity that is human first and sustainable by design. We walk through each buzzword...
