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Welcome Back to School! Does Your Kid Have a Teacher?

August 17, 2026 · 1 min read

My eldest daughter wanted to be a teacher. She admires her own instructors, and she thought she could build a meaningful career working in special education. But when she shared her hopes with teachers we know, their reactions were uniform: Don’t. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the kids, but I don’t think you want to Read more...

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Василь Руденко

Моя донька теж колись мріяла про вчительку, особливо з особливими дітьми. А коли поговорила з подругою, яка вже 12 років у школі, та прямо сказала: «Не йди, вигориш за три роки». Сумно, що так. А у вас в Одесі зараз як з вчителями в початкових класах?

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Juraj Horváth

Moja dcéra tiež hovorila, že by chcela učiť špeciálne deti, ale po rozhovore s učiteľkou z našej farnosti, ktorá odišla po piatich rokoch, to vzdala. U nás na východe Slovenska je v základných triedach rovnako zle, učitelia odchádzajú do Česka za lepšie peniaze. Je to naozaj smutné, lebo dobrý učiteľ vie dieťaťu zmeniť život.

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