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[quote=Anonymous]Just be aware how much work you'll be doing. I was a student teacher that became friendly with a man who was doing a career switch (History Teacher). Previously he was an Asst District Attorney for a major metro city. Many years later, I even saw him on a repeat on one of those true crime shows. He said he's never worked so hard being a teacher. He said (and I agree) that in non-school jobs, you have ebbs and flows, really busy times and less busy times. But in school, you don't have that. It's always really, really busy. You always have 10,000 things that must be done NOW. Yes, you have your vacations. But vacations during the year, you'll be doing work just to stay afloat. And SpecEd Teachers are really doing 2 jobs, case worker and teacher. So twice the work load.

I'm not trying to discourage you. Just want you to be realistic. You can't become a teacher because you'd like to have summer vacation. You have to have a passion for making a difference in a child's life. You have to be willing to sacrifice yourself for your career. It will be the hardest job you will ever do. But seeing one kid "get it", finally understand something, soooooo worth it![/quote]

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