Chase Mielke
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Chase Mielke is a high school teacher, speaker, and author of The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again, from which this essay is adapted. When he's not daydreaming about fresh dry erase markers and Barnes & Noble gift cards, he loves spending time with his beautiful wife and keeping his wild toddler from eating dog food and rocks.