Educators are faced with challenges each day they walk into the school building. There is a never-ending to-do list sitting on their desk (or likely in their bag with their papers and computer), events that they are worried about how their students will act, the constant fear of not being a "Pinterst-worthy" teacher, and the fear of the behaviors that their students will throw at them that day. There are meetings that need to be held with parents/guardians, the weekly and monthly in-services to try and become a better school as a whole, and the desire to find professional development that relates directly to them and their class. Then people wonder why educators are exhausted and drink an unhealthy amount of caffeine.

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So, what about those challenges? Are they being brought up and talked about amongst yourself and your colleagues? Or are they being accepted as "normal" and something that you just deal with? Not everything can be fixed in education, and I hate to break it to you - your to-do list also won't ever be fully completed. What challenges should be accepted, and which ones need to be addressed? There is no right or wrong answer to that question, but if you do a little self-reflection you may be able to decide which ones you can address and change to better yourself and your students.