Educational Trauma

Lee-Anne,

I am so sorry for the delay in response! I will send you an email shortly.

Kary

Dear Kary,

Thank you for commenting on my post. I was very touched by your experience, and the clarity with which you see it. Karen Horowitz wrote "White Chalk Crime," and says that teachers are abused and scapegoated by the educational system. She compiled 678 pages of stories... May I help with your noble cause of shedding light on teacher trauma? Please email me drgray(at)me(dot)com if you are interested. Teachers need a team of heroes!

Warmly,

Lee-Anne

I was a teacher for the last 7 years and have had to leave permanently because I felt the stress created by the education system was causing real harm to the students, their families, and myself. The environment triggered me because it reminded me of my own dysfunctional family - never talk about the real problems and push all issues under the rug, and find a worthy scapegoat. The scapegoat was the administration. I tried everything to stay in education - I adored working with the kids - but I finally had to realize that they were paying me to produce test scores. And I was there to mentor and help kids find their gifts and potential. It seems I misunderstood why I was hired. Lots of sanctuary/educational trauma. Lots of ingrained processes that no longer serve children anymore and higher and higher expectations to uber succeed. My newfound purpose is to start shifting education to be trauma informed. Starting with the teacher trauma first. It's very raw in education right now and they need a hero.

yeah i use freyds work in my class that i use for teachers especially those teachers working in the criminal justice system

Thanks!

No, I hadn't heard of Sanctuary Trauma. Thank you for mentioning it! Reminds me of Freyd's  Betrayal Trauma.

Yes, children need empathy and compassion. Aiming to mitigate Educational Trauma with EmpathicEducation for a CompassionateNation. Here's a blog about it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...-thin_b_7696404.html

Kindly,

Lee-Anne

Great point 

often children are shown the hand of avoidance rather than the hand of compassion.

Have you read up on this concept of sanctuary trauma?

Great work. Looking forward to reading more of your articles.