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[quote=Anonymous]If you're teaching ECE, then you won't have the same problems that cause most teachers to flee. That isn't to say that your job won't be difficult, but you don't have to worry about kids your height trying to fight you, cursing you out, and walking in and out of the room at will. You also won't have the large achievement gap to contend with. It's hard to teach Algebra 2 to a room full of kids who can't subtract double digit numbers.

At the ECE level, you'll have your own challenges, but the biggest ones will probably be the attention deficit city leadership. The money is good, but you definitely earn it. You won't feel like you lucked up by coming here. The parents are either hyper-involved or completely absent depending on where you teach. The helicopter parents are annoying and can bring you to the point of rage on occasion, but it's easier on your emotions than constantly seeing the kids who are coming in with no coats, sandals in the winter, and malnourished. At the same time, you feel like you want to be there for the latter because they have no one else.

Like I said, you earn the money either way. [/quote]

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