Another down. When social studies teacher Shannon Nolan graduated from K-State, her education department’s class was 23 students hoping to be teachers. A year after graduation, there were 20. The next, 15.  The most recent, an elementary education teacher, promised she was in it for life when they received their diplomas in May of 2019. “I’m out,” she texted in the groupchat of Nolan’s graduating class — only seven of whom are still teaching. While the other 16 teachers who have already moved on from the profession sent their congratulations, Nolan finalized her substitute plans — crying to her fiancé while praying her students wouldn’t tear up her classroom or fall behind other hours. Despite the low pay and stress that drove the rest of her class from the profession, Nolan is still committed to teaching due to her love of kids. But that doesn’t make handling the stress any easier. To read the rest of Peyton Moore’s News Feature visit smeharbinger.net #storybypeytonmoore #phot...