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TEACHERS have spoken about the impact of the pandemic on their mental health and how parents’ demands are encroaching on their time, feeling they should have access to them 24 hours a day.
At the NASUWT teaching union’s annual conference in Birmingham on Sunday, member Sharon Bishop, who works in Wolverhampton, said many teachers have been told to download educational app ClassDojo, which links parents and pupils with teachers.
She said: “Parents and students have got into the habit of firing off emails 24-7, with the banal, bizarre, and sometimes, more worryingly, aggressive and accusatory messages.
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