I don’t think any profession is scrutinized the way educators are scrutinized. We have the same level of education as many other professionals, sometimes more, yet we earn less, and are criticized more. We are under fire when students don’t do well on standardized tests, we are under fire when education funding is cut, and we are under fire when more mandates are added to our plates. We are under fire with one of the most rigorous professional evaluation standards of any profession, and that is mandated BY LAW, and made public. As a principal, I love observing teachers as…
The struggle is real…but it shouldn’t be.
I don’t think there is a woman alive who looks at her own body in the mirror and says, “ Damn…I love everything about my body”. Not even those Instagram influencers who are demonstrating how they got their six packs, and perky glutes. And unfortunately, American society capitalizes on this, much to the detriment of women (and girls) everywhere. And this time of year, when we are all resolving to eat better, exercise more and care less, many times in response to some preconceived notion of what the female body should look like, we are harder on ourselves than we…