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From the Ted Talk by Sydney Jensen: How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers?

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I had David in class again that next year, and I learned that his faethr was undocumented and had been deported. He started acting out in school because all he wanted was for his family to be together again. In so many ways, I felt his pain. And I needed someone to listen, somebody to provide support for me so that I could support him in this thing that I could not even comprehend.

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I had David in class again that next year, and I learned that his ______ was undocumented and had been deported. He started acting out in school because all he wanted was for his family to be together again. In so many ways, I felt his pain. And I needed someone to listen, somebody to provide support for me so that I could support him in this thing that I could not even comprehend.

And we recognize that need for police ________ who've witnessed a gruesome crime scene and nurses who have lost a patient. But when it comes to teaching _____________, that urgency is lagging. I believe it's _________ that students and teachers, administrators, _________________ and all other _______ _____ have convenient and affordable access to mental wellness supports. When we are constantly serving others, often between 25 and 125 students each day, our _________ piggy banks are constantly being drawn upon. After a while, it can become so depleted, that we just can't bear it anymore. They call it "secondary trauma" and "compassion _______," the _______ that we ______ the traumas our students share with us each day. And after a while, our souls become weighed down by the heaviness of it all.

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  2. officers
  3. fatigue
  4. emotional
  5. concept
  6. staff
  7. paramount
  8. support
  9. father
  10. absorb
  11. professionals

Original Text


I had David in class again that next year, and I learned that his father was undocumented and had been deported. He started acting out in school because all he wanted was for his family to be together again. In so many ways, I felt his pain. And I needed someone to listen, somebody to provide support for me so that I could support him in this thing that I could not even comprehend.

And we recognize that need for police officers who've witnessed a gruesome crime scene and nurses who have lost a patient. But when it comes to teaching professionals, that urgency is lagging. I believe it's paramount that students and teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals and all other support staff have convenient and affordable access to mental wellness supports. When we are constantly serving others, often between 25 and 125 students each day, our emotional piggy banks are constantly being drawn upon. After a while, it can become so depleted, that we just can't bear it anymore. They call it "secondary trauma" and "compassion fatigue," the concept that we absorb the traumas our students share with us each day. And after a while, our souls become weighed down by the heaviness of it all.

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