Reply to Alleged teacher shortage

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Alleged teacher shortage "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Note to aspiring teachers: change your major.

US society has decided that you are dumb, lazy, and have no viable prospects if you decide to leave the profession. Your only recourse is to shut up and put up with whatever duties and conditions your district imposed at the demand of parents.   Don’t even think about publicly supporting the union that advocates for you.  That would be a sign that you are a leftist thug. [/quote]

Teacher Career Coach (Google her). People do get out all the time! I’ve even connected with people who got out of teaching during the pandemic. Teacher Career Coach had a fb group and has a new platform for teachers looking to leave teaching to connect and share. Teacher Career Coach also has a podcast where teachers share stories of leaving to become software engineers and such (yes, many teachers are smart enough to become software engineers and make the six figures salary they’ll never see in teaching).

If you haven’t graduated with an Ed degree yet I promise that choosing a different major will be better though! But if you’re already in- you are not truly stuck. I’m hoping to get out but it’s harder with the pandemic. As much as I hate Trump, my professor for my HR class I’m currently taking works in recruiting and HR management and she told us that in fall of 2019 the amount of jobs available was the best it had been in years!! Then the pandemic happened and in fall 2020 it was what it is...

As a teacher myself I have been scared by how poorly educated some teachers seem to be, but that is rare. Most are not stupid- they just don’t want a desk job, want to make a difference, and want to work with kids. Some want a schedule that the feel works well with their own kids (although this is debatable as some districts require you working all the time since they greatly lack resources). I’ve thought of going back for nursing since I previously worked in the corporate world and despised 8 hours of sitting on my arse day after day, feeling like I was making no difference in the work I was doing. Nursing likely would have been a better fit for me but I know some nurses and I know they’re is an abundance of nursing grads. Many others who hate office life go back to school for nursing and there’s not enough jobs for new nurses. You can look it up- many can’t find jobs for a year or more after graduation. I kept hearing about the teacher shortage and tried subbing and went for it. Subbing obviously wasn’t a good way to know if it was a good fit because subs don’t deal with parents and all that. But I didn’t know that back then. I wish I did nursing from the getco but I’ll likely return to an office job once the economy is better. Some parents are so sweet and understanding but most make them job insufferable. I’ve worked in customer service positions where the “Karen’s” were less annoying because a lot of parents just don’t get that you’re dealing with more that just their one kid and that you truly care about each student you have. Many parents are such a nightmare to work with. :( Some of my nurse friends won’t do pediatrics because they don’t want to have to deal with parents all the time. People get that you care about your own kid(s) A LOT but unless a professional working to help your kid seems like a total heartless jerk doing their job for all the wrong reasons.... then just trust they’re doing what they believe and we’re trained to believe is right.

Rambling and on phone. Yes my writing here makes me look like the moron many of you believe most teachers to be. I’m used to people thinking I’m an idiot because I’m a teacher. Can’t wait to get out, but I’ll keep doing my best for the kids while I’m still in it.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics