End of year teacher guilt
I’m feeling weirdly frustrated and guilty over something small, and I just wanted to vent/share.
I’m not a first-year teacher, and I know logically that different teachers do different things, but this still got under my skin. Another teacher on my team had a “food and movie” party for students, which was nice of them. Then some students started asking why my class wasn’t doing it too, and some complained that we weren’t having one.
Meanwhile, I already give a lot of my personal time to students outside school hours. I go to concerts, games, performances, and weekend events because I genuinely care and want to support them. But I don’t really want to spend my own money buying snacks for 150+ students at the end of the year.
I think what bothered me most was feeling like those quieter things teachers do — showing up, supporting kids consistently, being there all year — get overlooked compared to one “fun” event. I know the students probably don’t mean anything deep by it, but it still stung a little. Just thought I would share and see if anyone else has felt this way too.