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Episode 407: What It Takes to Create the Teaching Life You Dream Of
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- Teaching Middle School ELA
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- May 5, 2026
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Summary
In today's Teaching Middle School ELA podcast episode, I talked about how you can love teaching and still feel crushed by everything wrapped around it. We get real about the moment many middle school ELA teachers know too well: sitting in the car before school, bracing for the emails, the interruptions, the meetings, and the constant sense that you can’t fit it all in. I share my own story of hitting a breaking point, leaving the classroom early, and what finally helped me rebuild a teaching ...