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...
The Truth Behind Our Silence: How Compliance Masks as Respect
The Burned Out B: Dear Teachers
18 minutes
1 month ago
The Truth Behind Our Silence: How Compliance Masks as Respect
Have you ever swallowed your truth to keep the peace? Bitten your tongue when boundaries were crossed? Convinced yourself that your exhaustion was somehow noble? The education system thrives on teachers who mistake compliance for respect. We're programmed from our earliest days to believe that respect means obedience, agreeability, and never making waves. But what if that definition is fundamentally broken? What if true respect looks completely different than what we've been taught? This ep...
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...
