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[quote=Anonymous]I also made the switch from corporate. The massive pay cut aside...they are both stressful in different ways.

The pros of education is that I do feel like a make a difference - not every day but once in a while there's a huge breakthrough where you know you matter in a kids life. In corporate, I enjoyed what I did but I still felt like a cog making money for the man.

The cons of education (compared to corporate) has been being treated like a child and the lack of respect. Sitting on hard benches in meetings, being talked down to, doing ice breakers, and told to brainstorm with a partner you don't know on a topic that is irrelevant to your position. It's insulting. For that lower salary, and disrespect from your "clients" as well as your superiors. The parents like the ones on DCUM don't respect us. In corporate, my clients wanted and appreciated my work. I was recognized with industry awards, sent gifts and thank you notes, recommended to other clients. My corporate office handed me a staples catalog and I was told to submit what I want. This year we were told that the supply budget has been cut and to not count on the supply closet we usually have. My $50 request was denied last year for some books. It's those day to day things that make it far more of a slog than any corporate job.[/quote]

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