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[quote=Anonymous]I was a MS teacher and it was by far the hardest thing I've ever done. I had to leave teaching for my health. But I still miss it every day. I miss the students and the energy. I miss seeing students as they grow and learn.

I do not miss the long hours, the inability to have control over my day (going to the bathroom shouldn't be that hard), always having to be 'on' and no 'slow days' and the worst was if you were sick or had to be gone--having to plan for every minute of that day. Imagine you were gone from your job and someone was going to sit at your desk. And you had to plan for every minute, who they would call, which emails they would answers, what meeting they would attend of yours. Now imagine you are sick and are trying to pull something together. Now imagine that being sick one day throws off your planning for the next 4-6 weeks.

I worked with someone who used to be an Asst Dist Attorney for a fairly large county. He said teaching was way more difficult and hard. The reason he said was, there were no ebbs and flows in your work load. Most non-teachers have busy times where things ramp up, you work longer hours, then once that is over, you have periods where it is slower and you have time to answer emails, file papers, take a longer lunch. Not so in teaching. Every day is like you are on 10 for work load, and it never stops--not at 4:30. not weekends, not breaks.

I equate it to being launched off an aircraft carrier in Aug, then you are on and alert until your screeching halt of  landing in June.

Hardest job I've ever had and it almost killed me...and I still miss it everyday...[/quote]

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