(Episode 8 of 10 in the Boundaries Series)
Somewhere along the way, teachers were trained to manage their classrooms — and their entire careers — through guilt. Guilt for not doing enough. Guilt for saying no. Guilt for resting. Guilt for not caring “as much” as someone else.
In this week’s Hall Pass, Oliver tears into how guilt became an unofficial management strategy in education — and why it’s time to unlearn it. Through personal reflection and some uncomfortable truths, he explores how guilt-based culture keeps teachers compliant, burned out, and disconnected from their actual purpose.
This episode is both a wake-up call and a relief — a reminder that letting go of guilt isn’t selfish; it’s the first step toward teaching (and living) with integrity again.