Across time zones, age groups and socioeconomic lines, young people appear to be hitting a breaking point that developmental psychologists are calling the "pandemic wall." Here's why and what to do about it.
Don't get me wrong, learning is important, but I don't have tons of fond memories of great learning opportunities in school.
I had a professor who told me the teacher equivalent of these dreams:
One day, towards the end of the semester, you find out there's a course you're supposed to have been teaching this whole time. You rush to the classroom, and all the students are there, waiting patiently. You now have a semesters worth of content to teach in one lecture.
Oh god… why do I still get those? Like yo you just decided to not go to class for your final? Why would you do that?
My rational human brain: Hopefully I wake up tomorrow well rested.
My lizard brain during sleep: This is the perfect time to remind them about an impossible, imagined traumatic incident.
I had a professor who told me the teacher equivalent of these dreams:
One day, towards the end of the semester, you find out there's a course you're supposed to have been teaching this whole time. You rush to the classroom, and all the students are there, waiting patiently. You now have a semesters worth of content to teach in one lecture.
Sounds like every prof I knew in practice.