Reward: Lost Mojo

I’ve come into contact with a lot of teachers lately that have lost their mojo. They’ve been grumpy, depleted, self-doubting, lethargic, bored, knackered, overwhelmed and not themselves. I know how this feels. I lost my mojo in 1999, 2003 and then again in 2009 and on each occasion it took a while before I found it again … or, did it find me?

Losing your mojo is a serious business when you are a teacher and that’s not surprising given the toxicity of the job sometimes. The spring in your step goes AWOL, people notice you don’t have the spark in your eye, the fire in your belly is a mere flicker and your personality is flatter then one of Aunty Bessie’s pancakes. None of this is good for you or anyone else and so being mojo-less is like driving around with a couple of flat tyres, you still get from A to B but the journey isn’t comfortable.

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