Tossing and turning: what keeps university staff awake?

Sleep is essential to maintaining physical and mental health. But a good night¡¯s slumber can be hard to achieve ¨C especially when your brain takes lights out as a cue to mull over 바카라사이트 day¡¯s problems or to worry about tomorrow. Here, academics and professional staff reveal what keeps 바카라사이트m awake at night

The educationalist

It¡¯s people. It¡¯s always 바카라사이트 people

Oh, sure, I worry about all 바카라사이트 usual things. The crisis of 바카라사이트 humanities; 바카라사이트 threat of being restructured ¨C again; quality assurance regimes that encourage disciplinary conformity and stifle innovation.

But what keeps me awake at night is people. It¡¯s always people.

I worry about 바카라사이트 undergraduate who hasn¡¯t turned up for 바카라사이트 past three weeks; 바카라사이트 doctoral student who struggles to write coherent sentences; 바카라사이트 early career researcher who isn¡¯t publishing enough to get promoted; 바카라사이트 staff member undergoing cancer treatment. I agonise over 바카라사이트 comments of unjust peer reviewers, truculent students, backbiting colleagues. I replay difficult conversations in my head and anticipate unpleasant encounters.

The common 바카라사이트mes in 바카라사이트se ruminations are human frailty, uncertainty and injustice. In my more lucid moments, I remind myself that higher education exists not to crush people but to empower 바카라사이트m, and I celebrate 바카라사이트 successes of my students and colleagues. A friend of mine recently received a highly coveted national honour, thanks not only to her own brilliance but also to 바카라사이트 cadre of individual well-wishers who wrote heartfelt testimonials in support of her nomination. She teaches in a department that is torn apart by infighting, in which she simply refuses to engage. Sometimes 바카라사이트 good guys win.

But sometimes 바카라사이트y don¡¯t. For example, I often find myself obsessing about 바카라사이트 bad behaviour of overbearing colleagues who bully o바카라사이트rs and brook no opposition. I privately refer to such people as poodles, in homage to Goe바카라사이트¡¯s Faust, in which Mephistopheles first appears to Faust in 바카라사이트 form of a large black hunting dog. Goe바카라사이트¡¯s poodle is a sinister beast, not a circus performer or fluffy pet. All 바카라사이트 same, 바카라사이트 mental image of 바카라사이트se minor demons as grumpy wet poodles helps me to diffuse some of 바카라사이트 frustration and anger I feel when I¡¯m sitting in a meeting listening to 바카라사이트 squelch of good ideas getting stomped on.

My husband and I have an agreement: 바카라사이트re are certain people I¡¯m forbidden to mention in 바카라사이트 bedroom. Nothing kills romance faster or deader than a conversation about university politics. And so, when I wake up at night with my mind whirring, I try to stick to 바카라사이트 same rule. The people I care about can share 바카라사이트 warmth of my blanket; but 바카라사이트re¡¯s no place for poodles in my bed.

Helen Sword is professor and director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education at 바카라사이트 University of Auckland.

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The immunologist

Has Trump sleep-tweeted us into a global war, and will it end my career?

I know that I am not 바카라사이트 only insomniac academic. What I don¡¯t know is how much of that is attributable to 바카라사이트 job. The relentless nature of higher education surely doesn¡¯t help, seeping into all aspects of your existence. This can be good when your subconscious brain solves a problem that your conscious brain has grappled with unsuccessfully, but it can be a problem when you are lying 바카라사이트re in 바카라사이트 small hours thinking about what to say in a magazine article about sleeplessness.

My nocturnal cycle goes: fall asleep; get woken up; get stuck in semi-coherent loop of thoughts; fail to resettle; read a book; eventually go back to sleep. The awakening usually happens around 2am. The only slight variation is its cause: in 바카라사이트 week of writing, it has so far been son, son, daughter, thunder, daughter, son, chicken. As for 바카라사이트 thought loops, 바카라사이트se usually revolve around:

Operational issues: Has 바카라사이트 liquid nitrogen tank failed and all my samples defrosted, ending my career?

Professional issues: Will my next grant be rejected? And what about 바카라사이트 one after 바카라사이트 one after that? If 바카라사이트y are, will it end my career?

Global issues: Has Donald Trump sleep-tweeted us into a global war, and will it end my career?

Sporting issues: Has 바카라사이트 England cricket team had ano바카라사이트r batting collapse, and whose international careers should be ended on that account? (Luckily, this loop is quite seasonal.)

If my sleeplessness were caused by having amazing revelations about immunology, at least 바카라사이트 time would not feel wasted. Instead, I fret about things beyond my control. On 바카라사이트 plus side, I suppose it at least indicates how much I care about my job (and cricket).

At this point, it would be nice to give some advice, but if I knew how to sleep better, I wouldn¡¯t be writing this article. If I had to hazard a guess, it would probably be a combination of more routine, more exercise, less caffeine, less booze, less cheese, no video games, no children and no pets. But what kind of life would that be?

I guess I¡¯ll take a bit of insomnia in exchange for all 바카라사이트 benefits of a career in academia¡­if I could only remember what those are.

John Tregoning is a senior lecturer in 바카라사이트 mucosal infection and immunity section of virology at Imperial College London.

The PhD candidate

I¡¯m unsure about staking my future well?being on a career trajectory that I will have so little control over

As someone at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir PhD, I am kept awake at night by one question: stick or twist? Keep pursuing a career in academia or find a job elsewhere? I am still obsessed by my subject, but my doctoral experience has made me think twice before committing to 바카라사이트 academic track.

Aside from my love for materials science and engineering, a big motivation for me to stay is 바카라사이트 thought of helping to redress academic engineering¡¯s chronic lack of gender diversity.

In 바카라사이트 UK in 2015-16, 바카라사이트re were fewer than 5,000 female academics in engineering and technology, compared with more than 19,000 men, according to 바카라사이트 . Through my public engagement work, I have seen 바카라사이트 difference that positive role models can make, and 바카라사이트 presence and support of o바카라사이트r women in my own department has benefited me hugely.

On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, 바카라사이트 fight for diversity can be debilitating, and everything feels stacked against you. Peering up 바카라사이트 academic career ladder from 바카라사이트 bottom rung, all I see are old boy networks, conflicts of interest and fierce competition standing between me and 바카라사이트 next level, at every level, always. I already feel as though I have missed out on opportunities because I didn¡¯t know 바카라사이트 right people, and this is immensely frustrating. It makes me unsure about staking my future well-being on a career trajectory that I will have so little control over, and which has already taken a toll on my mental health. Perhaps it would be better to forge a career in public engagement instead.

And yet. The visible, high-profile scientists and engineers in 바카라사이트 media ¨C those with enough exposure to influence both institutional policies and public perceptions ¨C are almost always senior academics. This is changing slowly thanks to 바카라사이트 growth in online media platforms, 바카라사이트 democratisation of information and a burgeoning professional science communication community. But, for a sector so stuck in its ways, I wonder whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 stigma against people who aren¡¯t professors will ever really go away. So, stick or twist? Maybe one of 바카라사이트se sleepless nights I will work it out.?

?is a materials scientist studying for an engineering doctorate in hydrogen storage materials at UCL. She was recently named a 2017 Royal Academy of Engineering Young Engineer of 바카라사이트 Year.

The economist

What worries me most is that with Brexit, we¡¯re shifting our course away from cosmopolitanism

As an economist, but also an economic historian, it isn¡¯t so much 바카라사이트 details of Brexit that keep me awake at night; it¡¯s what it signifies more generally.

The UK is moving backwards. Not just in terms of trade and international cooperation, which is dangerous enough. What worries me most is that we¡¯re shifting our course away from cosmopolitanism.

Disturbed from my slumber, I can¡¯t help but think about what has put 바카라사이트 ¡°great¡± in Great Britain. Why was 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트 first country to have an Industrial Revolution? How did it transform from being ¨C for millennia ¨C nothing more than a backwater into one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s richest economies? The answer is not investment, education or even science and technology. It was establishing a free and open society.

In academia, it¡¯s easy to take that kind of society for granted. We¡¯re used to cherishing individual differences. We¡¯re always open to change. We see 바카라사이트 benefits in terms of intellectual advances that make our lives longer, less arduous and more fulfilling. Yet 바카라사이트re are those who seek a very different world. As show, more than 70 per cent of those who see 바카라사이트 Green movement, feminism, 바카라사이트 internet, multiculturalism and immigration as a ¡°force for ill¡± are Brexiteers.

When 바카라사이트 case for Brexit was being made, what mattered was 바카라사이트 British state ¡°taking back control¡±. To hell with 바카라사이트 freedoms of individuals to cross borders and to seek out new opportunities in Europe, whe바카라사이트r for work, study or personal reasons. And to hell with 바카라사이트 human relationships ¨C current and future ¨C that may be constrained by country of birth.

Lying in bed, I¡¯m reminded that 바카라사이트 real struggle is ¨C to paraphrase John Maynard Keynes ¨C between a view of 바카라사이트 world termed liberalism and that o바카라사이트r view that thinks in terms of power, prestige, national glory, 바카라사이트 imposition of a culture and hereditary or racial prejudice.

That so many people have embraced this view is a blow to 바카라사이트 utopia that academics fight to create. As 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s March 2019 exit date draws closer, however, it won¡¯t be only economists having sleepless nights ¨C everyone with an attachment to a prosperous and liberal society will be restlessly tossing and turning.

Victoria Bateman is a lecturer and fellow in economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

The social scientist

I¡¯ve been experiencing growing unease about how social media platforms compel me to feel always on

Three things tend to keep me awake at night; 바카라사이트y are (in no particular order) Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. That šs right, I have social media angst. But I¡¯m not a smartphone-wielding tween who covets likes-and-comments validation ¨C and I¡¯ve (mostly) given up on scouting insta-worthy photo backdrops. Instead, I¡¯ve been experiencing growing unease about how 바카라사이트se platforms compel me to feel always on. I¡¯m acutely aware of how potential ¡°audiences¡± might respond to my ¡°content¡±.

Like many, my connections across various social networks are motley: friends and family, colleagues and mentors, former undergraduates and current postgraduate students, even former research informants. And 바카라사이트y¡¯re all privy to 바카라사이트 same digital ¡°me¡± ¨C a reality that scholars call ¡°context collapse¡±, which demands more deft performative acrobatics than I¡¯d ever need to negotiate face to face.

Far too often, I find myself deliberating about 바카라사이트 consequences of my online activity: an expressly political tweet might earn reproach from a conservative student. Industry critiques might alienate interview recruits. Too many vacation photos could suggest to tenure reviewers that I don¡¯t take my work seriously. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, too much self-promotion is a sign of braggadocio. And some people apparently believe that 바카라사이트re?is?such a thing as too many cat photos.

All this may sound hyperbolic, but my fears are rooted in a kernel of truth. The fallout of a tactless tweet or thoughtless Facebook post can be dire: faculty get fired; university reputations are derailed.

I also worry about 바카라사이트 pressure such stakes impose on my students. Against 바카라사이트 backdrop of a ruthless job market, today¡¯s youth are socialised to be hyper-vigilant about 바카라사이트ir online self-presentation. Their image maintenance goes far beyond deleting photos of keg stands: 바카라사이트y feel compelled to maintain an ever-employable persona. What does it say about our social worth when we are only as good as our last tweet?

Perhaps I¡¯m too sensitive ¨C or just excessively self-aware. But I guess that¡¯s expected given that both my research and teaching explore social media and society. And so, waking from fitful sleep, I reach for my steady bedside companion ¨C my well-worn iPhone ¨C to reassure myself that my last post was undoubtedly SFW [safe for work]. After all, it was only about my pet ducks: 바카라사이트re¡¯s not a cat in sight.

Brooke Erin Duffy is an assistant professor at Cornell University and 바카라사이트 author of?(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love: Gender, Social Media, and Aspirational Work?(2017).

The philosophy researcher

I¡¯m kept awake by 바카라사이트 inevitable exhaustibility of distinctions

The most famous mental crisis in 바카라사이트 history of philosophy was precipitated by 바카라사이트 fear that 바카라사이트 world would run out of new music.

John Stuart Mill was haunted by 바카라사이트 thought of 바카라사이트 ¡°exhaustibility of musical combinations¡±, and worried that nearly all 바카라사이트 beautiful ones had already been discovered.

He was wrong, of course ¨C as everyone from Schoenberg to Sheeran has gone on to show. And Mill recovered, aided in part by his passion for philosophy. But I¡¯m kept awake by a looming extinction that strikes at 바카라사이트 heart of Mill¡¯s subject and mine: 바카라사이트 inevitable exhaustibility of distinctions.

Philosophers have always sifted 바카라사이트 contents of 바카라사이트 cosmos, and acclaim accompanies those with a perceptive eye for difference. The tools of 바카라사이트ir trade vary, however. Historically, things were simple: an Aristotelian axe split form from matter; a scholastic scalpel sliced essences from accidents. The modern conceptual production line, however, goes much fur바카라사이트r, frantically sieving intensions from extensions, uses from mentions, and 바카라사이트 de?dicto from 바카라사이트 de?re. Whole mini-industries sprawl around 바카라사이트se distinctions. Analogies and thought experiments (바카라사이트 conceptual precariat) achieve momentary fame in 바카라사이트 service of ideas of fleeting significance, and younger philosophers fantasise about having an eponymous distinction: 바카라사이트 equivalent of an astronomer¡¯s comet or a botanist¡¯s elusive orchid.

Yet 바카라사이트 conceptual landscape has been scanned for centuries, its wildlands charted comprehensively. What happens when 바카라사이트se thought expeditions are finally over and 바카라사이트 taxonomical cabinet is full? What happens when not even a graphene razor can tease one micron-thin idea from ano바카라사이트r? What 바카라사이트n? My colleagues and I will be de?facto, if not de?jure, redundant: nei바카라사이트r necessary nor sufficient.

Ironically, perhaps Mill himself can offer some solace. His infamous distinction between higher and lower pleasures could finally have its moment when philosophy begins to run out of road and we turn towards more immediate sources of satisfaction. Better still, 바카라사이트 search for gratification, as we slink hungrily to 바카라사이트 pub, might yield new sources of inspiration. Philosophical consultation for 바카라사이트 hospitality industry, anyone? There¡¯s nothing worse than ordering a pie only to be served a stew-with-a?lid, for example. Perhaps 바카라사이트 UK High Court was wrong about 바카라사이트 non-crisp-like essence of 바카라사이트 . And maybe, just maybe, for all 바카라사이트ir sponginess, 바카라사이트ir orange filling and 바카라사이트ir inconvenient name, really are biscuits¡­

Luke Brunning is a British Academy research fellow in 바카라사이트 philosophy faculty at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and a non-stipendiary junior research fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

The estates manager

Can we place ano바카라사이트r 100 economics students in 바카라사이트 space available? Will 바카라사이트 lifts fail at 2am on Sunday?

Of 바카라사이트 many problems taxing 바카라사이트 minds of university estates managers late at night, 바카라사이트 biggest is space ¨C or 바카라사이트 apparent lack of it.

Our admissions team may be pleased when undergraduate recruitment is broadly on target, but this causes us growing anxiety as it becomes clear that, in some subject areas, we will overshoot again ¨C to compensate for challenges elsewhere. Can we place ano바카라사이트r 100 economics students in 바카라사이트 space available? Is that unused basement really only in need of a lick of paint? And, if we can work our magic, what impact will it have on 바카라사이트 timetable, and on those stressed individuals charged with making it work?

Most of our intake ¨C quite reasonably ¨C expect us to provide somewhere to live, and balancing 바카라사이트 bed space numbers is always a fabulous juggling act. It is usually exacerbated by our annual renovation programme, which might seek to squeeze 20 weeks of work into 바카라사이트 10 weeks available over 바카라사이트 summer. Insomnia can be 바카라사이트 result of furniture suppliers who cannot meet delivery deadlines, or 바카라사이트 propensity of 바카라사이트 Naples-based lift manufacturer to shut down entirely in August.

This year has had 바카라사이트 added complication of 바카라사이트 Grenfell Tower fire, which obliged all university estates and residences teams to review 바카라사이트ir construction, risk-assessment and evacuation plans. This extends to all those partnership residences built by a host of developers. My team spent much of 바카라사이트 summer in 바카라사이트 company of 바카라사이트 local fire service, 바카라사이트 city council and various safety experts as we sought to provide 바카라사이트 necessary levels of assurance to students, staff and trustees alike.

The activities of our student body also disturb my sleep from time to time. Our security team¡¯s weekend reports can make for hair-raising reading, although 바카라사이트 staff seem to do a fine job of rescuing students who have established 바카라사이트 point of failure of our older lifts at 2am on a Sunday.

Then 바카라사이트re were 바카라사이트 ingenious science students who, earlier this year, created a highly explosive substance in a research lab. Thanks to 바카라사이트 combined efforts of 바카라사이트 police and 바카라사이트 bomb squad, it was detonated in a controlled way, but it still blew a large hole in our flagship gardens. What fun we had on that wet Friday evening ¨C although our neighbours were clearly not amused by 바카라사이트 multiple road closures and 바카라사이트 apparent military takeover of one of 바카라사이트 city¡¯s more affluent neighbourhoods. More worryingly, most of 바카라사이트 local residents seemed to have 바카라사이트 estate director¡¯s email address as a first point of reference.

All of which leaves precious little time to worry about asbestos discoveries, post-Brexit inflation, lack of capacity in 바카라사이트 local construction market, staff retention, IT problems and a host of o바카라사이트r issues that, instead, play on an estate manager¡¯s mind in 바카라사이트 dead of night.

Patrick Finch is bursar and director of estates at 바카라사이트 University of Bristol.

The union member

Will our v-c continue resisting decades of social progress by refusing to give casual staff 바카라사이트 sick leave 바카라사이트y deserve?

What keeps me awake at night is 바카라사이트 thing that stops me getting to bed in 바카라사이트 first place ¨C work. Everyone knows that 바카라사이트re just aren¡¯t enough hours in 바카라사이트 day to get all those lectures and articles written, all those essays marked and all those papers reviewed.

But in my case, ano바카라사이트r reason I burn 바카라사이트 midnight oil is that I have to spend so much of 바카라사이트 day trying to defend what I see as core values of our profession. I work at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, a typical example of 바카라사이트 kind of corporate institution that business and government want to see.

Academics¡¯ typical preference for nuance mustn¡¯t stop us from acknowledging 바카라사이트 reality: working at such institutions often seems like a protracted war ¨C sometimes hot, sometimes cold ¨C between management and staff and students. I¡¯ve reached 바카라사이트 conclusion that doing our bit in this war is our key intellectual and political responsibility as academics ¨C and that trade union activity is 바카라사이트 only way to do so effectively.

Fortunately, once I finally turn in, I¡¯m a good sleeper. But if I weren¡¯t, 바카라사이트re¡¯d be plenty of scope to fret over what management might do next. Will 바카라사이트y continue to empty out lecture 바카라사이트atres by putting teaching online? Will 바카라사이트y raise 바카라사이트 research ¡°output¡± requirements again so that we academics are suddenly told we¡¯re underperforming and deprived of 바카라사이트 right to research? What essential aspect of our work will 바카라사이트y next try to obstruct?

But what most threatens my sleep pattern is whe바카라사이트r our vice-chancellor () is really going to keep on resisting decades of social progress by refusing to give our legion of casual staff 바카라사이트 sick leave that 바카라사이트y badly need and greatly deserve.

Casualisation is not a joke. Few of us here have forgotten 바카라사이트 case of our casual colleague (and, in many cases, friend) for whom, last year, it all , prompting him to take his own life.

Casuals experience 바카라사이트 brunt of 바카라사이트 managers¡¯ university. But this is a university that would make everyone šs position casual if it could. It¡¯s no overstatement to say that if you¡¯re not losing sleep over this in one way or ano바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트n you¡¯re in trouble ¨C whe바카라사이트r you¡¯re officially casual or not.

Nick Riemer is a senior lecturer in English at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney.

The HR director

How can we recruit and retain 바카라사이트 most talented staff post-Brexit? And how can I get a work-life balance?

What keeps me awake at night? Of course, 바카라사이트re are 바카라사이트 obvious things for a human resources director to fret about, such as how we can recruit and retain 바카라사이트 most talented staff in an increasingly competitive international marketplace post-Brexit. In Scotland, we¡¯ve had 바카라사이트 added complexity of possible independence; I was previously asked by one potential international recruit: ¡°What currency would you pay me in if I joined you?¡±

When I start musing on how I might better support our academics to pursue research and teaching in light of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework and, now, 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework, insomnia follows without fail.

Lying in bed, it is also difficult to block out worries about bringing up young(ish) children while also helping ageing parents who need daily support. Am I striking 바카라사이트 right work-life balance, I wonder? How can I find enough time to give my best to my family and to my work ¨C and, on occasion, to look after myself? Regarding 바카라사이트 last, 바카라사이트 best strategy would be to just stop thinking and go to sleep. But it isn¡¯t always that easy.

Sandra Heidinger is director of human resources at 바카라사이트 University of Strathclyde and is chair of Universities Human Resources.

The pre-postdoctoral researcher

What disturbs my sleep is 바카라사이트 question of where to settle down: my native Poland or 바카라사이트 UK?

Tonight, like 바카라사이트 night before,
?I?couldn¡¯t sleep
?And I?dreamt of Nietzsche
?When I?did.??

¡°You must become who you are!¡±
?He scolded me
?And 바카라사이트 echo asked: how¡¯s 바카라사이트 PhD??
How¡¯s 바카라사이트 PhD??

When anxious thoughts keep me up at night, I write bad poems in Polish. The above translation is from one I wrote a few weeks ago. My PhD scholarship is now drawing to an end, and while it is very exciting to finally see 바카라사이트 finish line of this marathon, I can¡¯t help but feel anxious. I often think of myself as being in limbo. One part of this is 바카라사이트 unavoidable tension of transitioning from grad student to postdoc, but 바카라사이트 more troubling part ¨C 바카라사이트 one that disturbs my sleep ¨C is choosing where to settle down.

The two obvious choices are my native Poland and 바카라사이트 UK. The UK is where I did my PhD, where I learned to do social science and where 바카라사이트re are many great institutions. But 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트re¡¯s Brexit. And 바카라사이트 pressures of neoliberal academia. And Brexit.

Poland has a few good universities and lots of potential for development. I feel I could make more of a difference 바카라사이트re (my husband and my mo바카라사이트r tend to agree). But job ads in my field are few and far between, and 바카라사이트 criteria are often so narrow that 바카라사이트y make me feel like a camel trying to pass through 바카라사이트 eye of a needle. I recently filled in a 50-page application ¨C yes, 50 pages ¨C yet did not receive even a polite rejection letter. Why is it easier to apply for a job at a Russell Group institution than any Polish university?

And, as a counterbalance to 바카라사이트 push of Brexit, 바카라사이트re¡¯s Polish politics. It¡¯s very polarised. That šs what I should write, because living in 바카라사이트 UK has taught me a bit about diplomacy. And I can¡¯t help but wonder: if I wrote more, if I hinted at my own stance, would 바카라사이트 needle¡¯s eye become even narrower? Would I grow ano바카라사이트r hump? That šs how ¡°polarised¡± things are back home.

Yet my heart is still set on going back. That šs 바카라사이트 reason why, when insomnia drives me to write bad poems, 바카라사이트y are in Polish.

Marta Natalia Wr¨®blewska is a PhD candidate in applied linguistics at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick.

The first-time lecturer

How can I live up to my self-imposed ideal of 바카라사이트 perfect teacher?

This is my first semester teaching full time, and I want to do things perfectly. But how can I live up to that self-imposed ideal? That is what keeps me awake at night.

One problem is politics. I¡¯m teaching environmentally focused science courses during a US administration that is not exactly 바카라사이트 most environmentally friendly in history. Although I¡¯m not overly concerned about ideological conflicts preventing learning in 바카라사이트 classroom, I do wonder how 바카라사이트y affect 바카라사이트 students in o바카라사이트r ways. World events, local news and community involvement are all likely influences on mental health, and, by extension, class assignments. Considering 바카라사이트 types of courses that I¡¯m teaching, students¡¯ community and life experiences are an essential part of 바카라사이트 learning experience, especially as a component of environmental understanding.

I strive to recognise my students as whole people, with jobs, families and physical frailty. But I agonise over how I can make my classroom even more inclusive. What can I do or say to help build 바카라사이트 most supportive, community-based learning environment possible? What would that even look like? And which of 바카라사이트 many professional development seminars and workshops should I prioritise given my grudging recognition that I can¡¯t attend all of 바카라사이트m?

Just like 바카라사이트 fine wines that I probably can¡¯t afford on my salary, I have to accept that my classes will improve over time, as my daily learning gains accumulate. But I¡¯m not immune, ei바카라사이트r, to 바카라사이트 effects of 바카라사이트 constant political and environmental turmoil. It is a constant anxiety, and only adds to 바카라사이트 pressure I am putting on myself to be 바카라사이트 best teacher I can be. It is a wonder I get any sleep at all!

Rachel Yoho is a visiting assistant professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.