Stressors In Elementary School

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Working at an elementary school has its fair share of stressors from meeting each child's different needs to working within deadlines. At Kemptown Elementary School specifically, I face stress every minute of every day. There is always something to keep me busy, even when it seems like there is no time. The main stressors I observe every day are not being able to to the control situations out of my control, little planning time, and an increased responsibility in the classes learning.
Not being able to control situations out of my control branches off into many different parts. There are children in the class who have no desire to learn and others who take slower to do their work. Wanting to be a special education teacher, I pull the students

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