“What Do You Want? A Medal?”

In a very appearance-focused world, sometimes off-putting virtue signaling is necessary

Photo by Aditya Joshi on Unsplash

I work in a job that appears very altruistic and giving. I handle special education paperwork and communicate with parents about meetings and their students’ progress. When people ask what I do, I generally just tell them I’m a special ed teacher — that’s a lot easier…