Kaley Freund

Kaley Freund stares at her computer screen, the artificial light making her eyes burn from how long she has had to be staring. Assignment after assignment come flooding in, all while students come in asking for help. Chemistry and AP Environmental Science grades pile up and consuming all too much time. 

Freund has been teaching for 7 years, and yet this is still one of the hardest years she has had to encounter yet. 

“I think as teachers we expected it to be different, but I don’t think we expected it to be this different.” Freund states. 

A certain level of unpredictability has been seen throughout this year at MCHS.  “When you have one thing in your mind and it goes totally the opposite way I think that has a big impact on how one feels on a day-to-day basis.” Freund states. 

Unpredictability is common every school year, but the amount of change that both students and teachers have had to go through this year has been impactful. More so on teachers than seen prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While some teachers are feeling the effects of burn out in full swing, others are not. Some teachers are not experiencing it themselves but they have to watch their colleagues come in tired and worn out even after a full nights rest.