Anyone else feeling deflated by US politics? But

To clarify this is not a political discussion whatsoever… my main issue is the utter deflation I am feeling having our holidays end alongside all of these political events.

I just want to teach my subjects but I feel I’m going to have to constantly be the mitigator of political debates / innapropriate conversations in the classroom.

Most of my kids don’t know who their elected officals are but so many of them are loud and boisterous about US politics.

It’s just another thing weighing me down during lessons.

Anyone else frustrated to be returning amongst the shitstorm that is US politics.

For example, I am a bit triggered because in term 3 we had to ask a bunch of y12 boys to take their maga hats off during their final week celebrations and they adamantly argued about us hindering their ‘freedom of expression’ and it really just made their last few days unnecessarily insufferable.

Anyone else already feeling exhausted?

Reminder - this is not a post to discuss political beliefs, just the frustration of the complications they bring to our classrooms.