Teaching is a profession that is often attractive to those who value helping or serving others, so it is important for teachers to recognize the ways in which a benevolent personality-type can be more susceptible to discouragement, stress, or even being taken advantage of. Just as research suggests that teaching is one of the most rewarding professions in the world (Intuit, 2022), other studies—even many prior the COVID-19 pandemic—highlight that teaching is one of the most stressful occupations, with comparisons to emergency room doctors, among others (Greenberg et al., 2017).
