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Originally Posted by Russic
Purely anecdotal, but by virtue of having a spouse in the teaching profession, I speak to a lot of teachers. It seems (to me) that since the return to school, some teachers are experiencing problems on a new level.
It doesn't matter what side of the great battle you were on, stress was a huge component of the last 3 years.
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Also purely anecdotal for me. My son is an instructor at one of UCalgary's day camps that run during the summer, it is the 3rd summer he has been doing it (one pre Covid and 2 post Covid). The kids in his camps are from one of two age groups - one is Grades 2-3 and the other is 4-6 and will be one or the other in alternating weeks. This year he and other instructors have noticed a definite behavioral and maturity difference in the older group. While both groups are young the older group has always been somewhat more mature for the most part, until this year. This age group coincides with the kids who were in their first years of school when Covid arrived and thus spent a significant amount of time at home. The younger group has been back in a school/group environment their entire school lives and ti really shows in the behavioral differences.