When Christine Webber* heard that her children's school was facing a substitute teacher shortage, she decided to sign up to fill in herself. With two girls in school full-time, the Albany, NY, mom thought it might be a good fit. The pay was low, but other factors made the role appealing to her. As a parent-teacher organization mom who was on multiple committees, she already knew the school well.
"I'm here all the time anyway," she laughs.
"I might as well get paid for it." Christine is one of many parents across the country stepping up to fill in amid growing teacher shortages. At the start of the 2022-2023 school year, 45% of America's schools were operating with teacher vacancies. According to Chalkbeat, teacher turnover rates are the highest they've been in the past five years, having risen about 2% across the country. This means that in a school with 100 teachers, two more per year quit than in a typical pre-pandemic school year.
This mass exodus from the teaching profession also means that each day about 20% of substitute teacher openings remain vacant. There are perks to subbing, Christine says, such as having a schedule similar to that of her kids, but filling in at their school can burden her with guilt. "I had to make the tough choice one day to take a sub job when my child wanted me to be at the bookfair when she went," she says. "I felt bad that either they needed to find someone else for coverage or my daughter would be disappointed." She chose the bookfair, but the tension between the needs of the school and those of her kids weighs heavily on her. She's not alone: The current teacher shortage is yet another gap in American society being filled by moms.
ASKING TOO MUCH
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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The Stress-Busting Hack That's Right Under Your Nose- Breathwork is more than the wellness trend du jour- it's a science-backed route to relief from multiple modern ailments.
“OK, OK, just take a breath.” If that’s what a friend advises after you panic-share about a major-anxiety-inducing situation — your teen taking his maiden solo voyage behind the wheel, work instability, another high-stakes world crisis dinging your phone every few minutes — it’s probably because they hate seeing you so on edge. But also, your friend is offering an effective means of slowing your spin. “The way you breathe affects anxiety, and anxiety affects how you breathe,” says James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. “It’s a two-way street, and while anxiety isn’t a conscious choice, our breathing is.”
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There was a time, earlier in my marriage, when every morning as I walked into the kitchen I braced myself for the rage and resentment that would well up in me.Cupboards left open. Dirty dishes in the sink. Coffee cups strewn around the house. And usually a pair of slippers or shoes, with inside-out socks, on the floor somewhere nearby. Even when I had left the house spotless the night before, I’d wake to a scene of disarray — the mess my husband had left behind on his way out the door for work.I didn’t know which scenario seemed worse, my husband’s consciously expecting me to clean up these messes or his truly not noticing them at all. I found myself silently tallying these small resentments, furious and flummoxed in turn that he seemed oblivious to things that needed to be tidied up around the house. It seemed as if he was always waiting for me to tell him what had to be done, as if he was incapable of noticing the mess himself even when he was creating it.
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Can Anything Really Firm Your Face?
Countless complexion brands tout skin-tightening solutions like firming skincare products, at-home devices and professional treatments. Here, our experts get real about whether these techniques can actually help skin bounce back once it starts to go lax.
