Disconnected: How Cutting My Home Internet Access Saved My Teaching Career

On the edge of burnout, I searched for a solution.

Debra Rook
7 min readJul 19, 2018
Photo: Debra Rook

When I started teaching 17 years ago, I began collecting tote bags. Fabric bags, plastic bags — even sturdy paper bags proved useful. On weekday afternoons, I loaded stacks of papers and sets of notebooks. In the evenings and on weekends, I unloaded the…

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