Being a teacher can be difficult (yet has been the most rewarding job that I've ever had.) It isn't the act of teaching, necessarily, that is the hardest. It's everything that goes with it - the transference of student trauma, the caring, the thinking of them at 3am, the worries about their futures, the state standards, collaboration, and then, of course, trying to ensure students are at grade level. There are a lot of moving parts involved with teaching, and teaching at all