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Meagan Gillmore

June-Tired: Boosting Morale When a Pandemic Drags On

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, January/February 2021 Issue

By Meagan Gillmore

Eva Tsang’s plans for the winter holiday break were simple: she was going to end 2020 by making individual coding kits for her Grade 3 students and watch Netflix—lots of it, along with some Hallmark movies. “Netflix is my new best friend,” she says, noting many of her teacher colleagues spend their off-work hours with the streaming service.

It’s been a challenging school year. After nearly 20 years of teaching junior grades, she was moved to Grade 3 in September 2020. Along with learning a new curriculum, she has had to adjust to the new rules of teaching in-person during a pandemic. The school is divided into cohorts so periods are longer and she rarely sees colleagues.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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