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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hehehe, preteachers are so overly optimistic and idealistic.

I hope it works out for you, TFA lawyer.  I really do.

--20 year veteran who teaches at a "cushy" school where new teachers still regularly cry that first year, regardless of former experience.[/quote]

I'm not overly optimistic or idealistic, poster. After decades in the criminal justice system, I've seen and endured things that would make most people despair. To suggest that I'm not tough enough to hack teaching in public schools is laughable - I've already done quite well as a substitute, so I am not worried that I can make it there.

I can make it [b]anywhere[/b], and have done so my entire life - beginning with a childhood in which I was molested and beaten on a regular basis, and witnessed my mother nearly murdered among other horrors. They don't make human beings more resilient than me. I'm certainly not going to have my feelings hurt by a bunch of kids, nor by their parents - I've worked thousands of hours with kids in educational settings already, it's not something alien to me. Dealing with difficult people - adults and children alike - has been my entire career thus far.

Save your disingenuous well wishes.[/quote]

You’ll be fine.  Teachers love to act like teaching is the hardest most grueling job on the planet.  It isn’t.  You know that, I know that, lots of others who have truly worked hard(er) jobs know that.  [/quote]

… says the person who hasn’t ever taught.

I find it fascinating when ignorant posters chime in. Clearly the exodus out of the profession means nothing to you.

If it’s so easy, tell me why you aren’t signing up. I’d love to hear. [/quote]

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