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1. glyph (glyph@merveilles.town)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 11:13:27 UTC glyph

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   • Ed Summers

   @edsu

   The author of this recent Nature article did a good job of highlighting systemic issues:

   "Nature spoke to more than a dozen scientists leaving academia, who describe toxic work environments, bullying and a lack of regard for their safety and well-being as factors in their decisions."

   "Others who face systemic racism and sexism are finding themselves forced out, partly owing to structural biases."

   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01512-6

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   • Ed Summers (edsu@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 11:13:28 UTC Ed Summers

     Kesa sent me this article about how the exodus of teachers out of the profession isn't really about "burnout".

     https://kappanonline.org/teacher-burnout-stories-moral-objections-santoro/

     People get into teaching for moral reasons, and they are leaving for moral reasons.

     Teachers are demoralized, and their departure from the profession is often an act of a conscientious objection, not of personal burnout.

     Focusing on "burnout" puts the onus on individuals rather than the systemic conditions that actually need attention.