Commentary: You signed up to be a teacher. Then you had a baby. Then COVID-19 hit. And then ...
When you signed up to be a teacher, you wanted to make a difference.You loved the aha moments when your students finally “got” the concept. You laughed when they misread Rodeo Dr. as rodeo doctor. You cherished their wisdom when you taught about prejudice and they couldn’t comprehend why the color of someone’s skin mattered.
And then you had your own baby.
Every day of your three-month leave, you wished something magic would happen granting you three years off instead. But you
