Teaching can seem like a noble profession. Educating and moulding young minds, and seeing your students grow. However, lofty dreams can run into turbulence. Marching into the real world with newly honed skills and unbridled enthusiasm, but finding oneself overworked, underpaid and terribly stressed.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that educators find solace and relief in self-medicating.
High-Stress Levels
People often think that teachers don’t do much. Glorified babysitter, is a common term used to describe teachers. Gone are the days of idyllic classrooms and an apple for the teacher.
Violence, students with entitlement issues, substance abuse among students coupled with the ever-present reality of budget cuts.
The reality today is that helicopter parents and teachers hardly ever catch a break. Students and their parents take no responsibility for the inappropriate behavior of the student and teachers are left to deal with issues themselves…