Andrea is hilarious. Sheās smart and knows her stuff, but can also be a hot mess like the rest of us at times. Sheās literally just keeping it real. If you are deep in the teacher trenches, or just starting out, you need to follow this podcast. As a 25 year veteran, I moved from 20 yrs in Kindergarten/Grade One to teaching Social Studies and Art for Gr 9-12 in a High School. Andreaās video comparisons of elementary-middle-high school teachers in the wild are spot on and never cease to have me scream āyes, thatās totally how it is!ā She gets the hard days, the parents who drive us bananas, the kids who suffer through the unimaginable and lean on us for support, the supportive colleagues and the not so great ones, the keeners and the wieners.ā She has lived it and come through the other side mostly unscathed. Lol. And now sheās passing on her wisdom to the next generation with her own brand of humour, because letās face it, if we canāt laugh in this profession at some of the most asinine things we see on the daily, weād likely break.
This should be a must-listen for any future teachers who want to know what they are in for (including all the warm fuzzies because we do love the kids, even the ding dongs), and for us veterans who just need that dose of affirmation.