#59: Struggle with boundaries as a teacher? This one sentence will

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#59: Struggle with boundaries as a teacher? This one sentence will change absolutely everything about how you see them, and hold them.

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Struggle with boundaries as a teacher?Safe to say you're not alone on that one.These stats are scary:(NASUWT survey Nov 2023)87% of teachers say their workload has increased in the past year.Teachers are working 54 hours a week on average (you just know some are working 40, and some are working 70!!)83% of teachers believe their job has adversely affected their mental health over the past yearSo why don't we just say no more? Push back?Say that we simply won't work on the weekend because...

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