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I'm a 5th grade teacher. Here's what it's been like to teach during a pandemic

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I'm a 5th grade teacher, here's what it's been like to teach during a pandemic
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ByElisa Tang
Video byElisa Tang, Asher May-Corsini, and Jessica Naudziunas
January 27, 2021, 5:16 PM

Katie O’Connor is a teacher in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

She documented her emotional experience as a fifth grade teacher during the pandemic for "Good Morning America."

This is her story.

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