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Why That Teacher Teaching From the Hospital Isn't a Feel-Good Story

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Stephany Hume, a teacher and two-time cancer survivor, recently made the news after providing her students with virtual instruction from her hospital bed while recovering from surgery.

While on a surface level this may seem inspirational, the truth is this isn’t healthy for her or her students and it is indicative of the brokenness that exists in both our education and health care systems.

As a public school employee myself, I cannot begin to count the amount of times my colleagues have come in to work, clearly not feeling well, and when asked if they needed to go home, responded, “It’s more work to get everything for a sub than to just push through.” In fact, this is such a common occurrence that it has become a half-joking tagline:

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