Why teaching is stressful
  1. Social Complexity
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    Hundreds of interactions per day

  2. Multiplicity
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    Multi-tasking & fast change between roles

  3. Personal involvement
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    Must connect with every student

  4. Motivational burden
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    We are in sales, or perhaps acting

  5. Public nature
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    "On stage," our mistakes are public

  6. Unpredictability

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  7. Professional isolation
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    We work away from peers, recognition, & feedback

  8. Pressure to collaborate
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    We often enjoy a "one-room school house"

  9. We are asked to do more and more

  10. We have little control of our work environment
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