The woes of sophomore yearSusan Dominus, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, spent much of the school year with one sophomore class in Columbia, Mo. “When I started the piece, I thought I was going to write about the academic challenges of remote learning,” Susan said. Another had too much time on his hands, which he spent obsessing and ruminating about family problems. She had never given her cellphone number to students before, but now, she sometimes found herself fielding their distressed texts at unusual hours. As she struggled with her own well-being, sometimes she wore her pajamas to class, hoping students would think it was a regular top.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2021 16:00 UTC