Jurupa Middle School - Lord of the Rings Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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TEACHER BURNOUT Teacher burnout — an ailment that is affecting more and more educators ev- ery year. Professional disillusionment, the feeling that teaching is not what it once seemed to be, is a major cause of teacher burnout. Teachers were asked what they did to avoid being burned out. They were also asked if they had experienced this stress- ful malady, the following are their can- did responses. QUESTION: Do you know what teacher burnout is? Yes, anyone who is tired, bored, or frus- trated in what they are doing has exper- ienced some degree of burnout. — J. Brusso Teacher burnout is when your beard catches on fire! — B. Leedy Yes, teacher burnout is hating Monday morning, hating getting out of bed, get- ting down on your students for every lit- tle mistake, and not giving innovative assignments. — E. Curtin QUESTION: Have you ever exper- ienced it? Sometimes I start feeling that way to- ward the end of the year but, it has never been deep-seeded enough to carry over the summer. — J. Brusso I burned up several sets of tires so I had to buy more tires. — K. Sanford I ' ve never burned out completely, but I need time occasionally to regroup. — T. Jones Almost, but it was June so I made it through the year. — E. Curtin QUESTION: Have you ever helped someone else overcome it? Or if you have felt burned out, how did you overcome it? No, but two things really help are a rest . . . like spring summer vacation and a change of teaching assignments. — J. Brusso No, not in the true sense of it. Each year, there are frustrating moments, however, I have never stopped caring about stu- dents. I feel that the best way to help overcome burnout, is to provide as much care and support as possible. — E. La- Vorgna I did help — how? I put his whiole beard under the drinking fountain! — B. Leedy I ' ve been reluctant to talk to anyone who I felt was burned out. I ' d tell them to quit. There ' s no sense in doing some- thing everyday that you don ' t feel good about. — C. Jones Yes, I burned up several sets of tires so I had to buy more tires. I suggested they use radial tires. — K. Sanford I use comedy and sarcasm to lighten things. Also, I try to locate the positive as often as possible. — T. Jones In a related area, some teachers felt lack of input in school decisions were a factor in creating burnout in teachers. Oddly enough, teachers are a lonely crowd. Many suffer from isolation, physically cut off from other adults in a room filled only with students. They have little op- portunity to interact with colleagues lit- tle chance to emotionally support one another — ripe conditions for stress. Teacher burnout, for some meant years of dreading each work day. For others it meant a change in lifestyles. The ques- tion is, what is causing members of this once rewarding profession to re-evaluate their aspirations or leave the field entire- ly? The Answer is, in a word, STRESS. Shawn Woodley Robbie Woolard Diane Zuniga J asori ' T Ba ti Jimmy Riddle STAFF 57 r

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Sharon Larson — Principal ' s Secretary Reva Richamond — Attendance Donna Abramson — County Teacher (TMH) Audrey Foss — County Teacher Luis Heyden — County Teacher (SED) Barbara Honaker — County aide Annette JimeneZ County aide Diane Johnson — County Kent Lewis — County Teacher (SH) Tom Normandeau — County Teacher Ann Reyes — County Teacher (HI) Virginia Rodriguez — County Aide Lexi Taddeo — County Teacher (SDL) LAST BUT NOT LEAST Robert Bane Tony Camarera Michael Clary ' ■ Mike Drew Thalen Fliick Bobby Franklin Willie Gaines Tammy Garner Kelly Greene Ronnie Hanson Gerardo Hernandez Cameron Hill Ron Huffman Melanitjones, Gay Loffef- Anna Lucio Hector Martinez Ruben Marttftci— Lucy Mello Kenny Mendosa Rick Mitchell Daniel Niske Jeff Porter Mack P rice Solomon Razo Daniel Rockwell Annette Sandc t— Chjries-SmUh Jolie Sparks Pat Taylor Y vn Th-fmpf - Billy Weikel Ip.nnif f.r Williams Frank Wilkowski ?■ 56 STAFF

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C OMMITM ENT TO EXCELLENCE Involvement look tt)rm in an number of ' activities. Campus oianizations offered students a hance to tose their individual talents. F6r those rtth a taste for the dramatic, appetites were satisfied in many clubs. Students looking for a more phy- ' ' sical outlet released..their energy through carTipus activities. ' Financial, technical. anti academic Ciu osities were stimulated and challenged. V U. l » Cv 58 ACTIVITIES