Sunday, May 3, 2009
Teacher stress
While looking for websites for my socialbookmarking project I came across a disturbing website. Apparently, teaching is the fourth most stressful profession and one third of new teachers will leave the profession within five years, and 44% of all long term disability claims by teachers are stress related. I also did not know about some side effects that stress can have on the mind and body. Damaging effects of stress: Stress damages the brain and can impair memory function, raises blood pressure, can trigger pain, gas, and aggravate stomach ulcers, and can stimulate the production of inflammatory hormones which contribute to the build-up of plaque in the arteries. This website offers a teacher survival kit with lots of humorous cartoons. It is a fact that laughter can actually lower blood pressure and cut stress levels in half. If you want to check out this website the URL is http://www.motivationalplus.com/Cartoonsforteachers.html
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I do know alot of education majors who have tried teaching and decided that it wasn't for them after a year of teaching. They just give up. Of course teaching is going to be stressful. You're going to be dealing with at least 20 kids that belong to someone else. They will all come from different backgrounds. It is just something that has to be accepted. You have to be patient to be a teacher and know good stress management skills. If you get stressed out, you shouldn't give up. Maybe the way you are handling classroom management or the way you are teaching needs to be changed to help accomodate the children in the classroom. You are not there for yourself, but for the students.
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