The classrooms have fallen silent now.
But before we close the door on the school year, here are some photos of New York City teachers taken at a different but similar sort of ending â€" the end of the day.
They were taken this spring by a former teacher in the Boston and Los Angeles public school systems, Aliza Eliazarov, who has turned to photography and lives in Brooklyn.
“After school is a poignant time in a teacher's day,†Ms. Eliazarov wrote. “It's one of both reflection and preparation - exhaustion and relief, concern and contentment.â€
Ms. Eliazarov said she made the pictures partly because she still felt the pull of her old job, and partly to bring attention to how hard most teachers work.
“Part of my frustration when I was a teacher was hearing how ‘Oh, you get out at 3 and you have summers off','†she said. “It's not like that. The work is always, I feel, undervalued, and teachers aren't often seen.â€
Enjoy. And as you head off into summer break, don't forget your teacher.
