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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.

She spends two or three hours a week, after school, getting materials ready for students. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her students can’t share anything, including markers for the class whiteboard. Books she gives them to read are stored in their desks. Sports teams and trips are cancelled.

“A lot of the fun has been taken out of teaching,” she says. There are some positives, however. “The kids are still sweet at this stage,” she says, reflecting on the differences between teaching primary as opposed to junior grades. “They want to please you.”

The greater struggle can be pleasing herself. “Sometimes I feel that maybe I’m not doing enough, or maybe I need to do a little bit more to reach one particular student. But at the end of the day, we’re doing the best that we can during these COVID-19 times.” That offers little consolation. “I’m burnt out,” she admits, a few days before winter break. Tsang isn’t alone.

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Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer in Toronto, ON.

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