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When student disclosures mirror hidden teacher struggles

My student confided about her eating disorder and I nodded supportively but I threw up my lunch yesterday and have been restricting for weeks.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Students sharing vulnerabilities can trigger awareness of similar unaddressed patterns in the teacher's own life.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Teaching as learning — the teacher's examined life?”

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