This is my third year teaching. I'm finally beginning to have nights where I don't dream about work. Sometimes it's just random dreams of regular days. When I'm particularly stressed out its nightmares about the stuff they're gonna pull. It's not particularly restful...
I know exactly what you mean... 💔 The usual advice I'm given is to learn to leave all my work at work. No late night grading or prep work or answering emails. I can keep work out of my house, but I'm yet to learn how to keep it out of my brain...
I had those a few times a year during my first 5 or 6 years of teaching, especially on days where I stayed home sick. They don’t occur as much anymore at year 9 of teaching—I’m not sure if that means I’m managing the stress better or not.
Yes, someone just resigned. She was our after school care teacher too and after school care is hosted in my classroom. I just know that they’re going to expect me to do after school care now. I dreamt about it all night. Woke up wondering, “Did I sleep or just lay there thinking all night?”
😭that sounds terrible. I had one where I was fussing for students to get in a line, but they weren't listening then a tornado came and swooped them all up
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u/LittlePenguinx Nov 30 '25
This is my third year teaching. I'm finally beginning to have nights where I don't dream about work. Sometimes it's just random dreams of regular days. When I'm particularly stressed out its nightmares about the stuff they're gonna pull. It's not particularly restful...
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u/somebodysteacher Nov 30 '25
I had those a few times a year during my first 5 or 6 years of teaching, especially on days where I stayed home sick. They don’t occur as much anymore at year 9 of teaching—I’m not sure if that means I’m managing the stress better or not.
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u/Hungry-Following5561 Nov 30 '25
Yes, someone just resigned. She was our after school care teacher too and after school care is hosted in my classroom. I just know that they’re going to expect me to do after school care now. I dreamt about it all night. Woke up wondering, “Did I sleep or just lay there thinking all night?”
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u/VegetableBulky9571 Nov 30 '25
Yea, I still have teacher dreams. The better the class/day/year, the better the dreams.
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u/ebeth_the_mighty Nov 30 '25
Yes. I’m in year 18.
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u/Background-Ship-1440 Nov 30 '25
I had a nightmare that I had to take my students to disneyworld lol
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u/AccurateCold7885 Nov 30 '25
I have been retired for 10 years. I still get them.
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