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ERIC Number: EJ592772
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
Johnson, Jacqueline K.; Carey-Webb, Allen
English Journal, v88 n6 p19-22 Jul 1999
Presents a letter offering help for an overwhelmed first-year middle school teacher hating teaching. Offers a response from her former college professor commiserating with her, advocating survival as a perfectly good goal, offering four suggestions, and remembering his own desire to quit early in his teaching career. Includes the beginning teacher's response. (SR)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Middle Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Interns, Teacher Morale, Teacher Persistence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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