You never sleep, you're grading all the time, you're planning all the time, you're crying all the time. She estimated that 60 out of a class of around 100 took the offer and joined the network. In an Introduction forum new participants are guided in trying out the technology together. It was really lifesaving for me, it kept me grounded when I needed it, helped me see what things are mountains, what are molehills. It's a time when you are feeling panicky about the world, worried about the future of society and children.
Classmates really understand things so well.
We could help each other in a wonderful way, not naive yet still excited. Questions were often specific. Some classmates who had not found teaching jobs got on the Teachers Network but inevitably stopped participating. It allowed me to see the longer range. Discussing differences in the methods encountered in different schools enabled her to see that some problems she faced in her all-white private school were not universal.