The staff is also why I stay. There are some very dedicated and talented teachers in the school, and while not every day is peachy, I know that it could be a lot worse somewhere else. I don't go to work to make friends, so it's more important to me that the work that I do is enjoyable and that I feel that I am really teaching. Which I do.
It still is depressing to walk up the stairs every morning past dirty steps, curse words written on the walls and peeling paint, and then enter my classroom where a strange smell is wafting in from the heating duct. I just remind myself that while this is my place of employment, this is also the place where my kids spend most of their day, too. For some of them, it's preferable to home, and for many of them, we teachers give the only hugs and kind words they get all day.
So for now, I'm still here.
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