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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would help OP instead of rubbing it in. Would be nice if DCUMers could come through for someone a lot like all of us. There but for God go I…and so forth.

I like the healthcare retraining idea for something practical. Could he do college consulting or SAT prep? Pays beaucoup bucks in this area. I paid something like $200 an hour before I realized the tutor didn’t know much more than what I could teach my DD. What about getting his teaching certification? [/quote]

Some of us have been trying to help. I posted above that one shouldn’t just rush into teaching. It’s a lot of work to get alternative-route certification, and then many career changers quit after the first couple years. I have direct experience with this as a career changer myself who now mentor new teachers.

And content knowledge is only a small fraction of the job. Yes, you can teach your DD. Can you teach your DD and 150 other students a day, many of whom are resistant and a couple are actively combative? Yet you are personally responsible for all of their outcomes, more responsible than the students are themselves these days.

And this isn’t written to discourage OP. But if OP follows this path into teaching, it’s best to do so with open eyes. Having realistic expectations would actually help OP make it through the first couple of years. [/quote]

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