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- Rebecca Cox is working side jobs this summer after her first year as a full-time teacher.
- She's working at a restaurant and as a nanny, and did a short gig with an organizing business.
- Many teachers are financially stressed, and it could be pushing some into summer work.
Rebecca Cox hoped to take a summer break following her first year as a full-time fifth-grade teacher in Kentucky.
"It just drained me and wiped me out because I was learning so much and figuring things out as I went," Cox told Business Insider.