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[quote=Anonymous]Are you a performer and extrovert? 
Are you ready to plan your life around the school year before you have school age children?

My mom was a teacher for 35 years and I've had a few friends leave teaching in the last few years. Whenever I hear someone tell them they'd like to be a teacher this is what they ask.

You have to be at work on time every day. Not like my office job where 8:30 start means anything between 8 and 9 if you don't have a meeting. It means never being late. It means getting up in front of a tough audience and being enthusiastic every day - even when you're having a bad day. It means not being able to take vacation when your friends are - but only on school breaks. It means dealing with difficult and demanding helicopter parents. It means having a tough job that doesn't pay that much, that lots of ignorant people think is Over paid and can be done by anyone. Teaching is hard work and is undervalued by a lot of people. You have to be really passionate about it if that's the route you want to go. 
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