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[quote=Anonymous]Would you encourage your child to go into teaching?  No.  The best and the brightest are doing things to go for $$, the autonomy, etc.  Teachers used to be able to teach.  Now, the bureaucracy is insane, the paperwork is all consuming, the differentiation for 35+students 5 classes per day, the percentage of kids that need accomodations, dealing with crazy parents without having an administration that backs you up, having to teach to the test, and so on.  Now add in Title 1, high ESOL or focus school, so your students are also hungry, worried about money, or a parents sobriety or interpreting for a parent at a school meeting or Dr appt, or where they will live next week or about a million other things not related to school.

I know some AMAZING teachers.  They love what they do, and work their magic under ridiculous circumstances.  They sometimes (if in late 40s/50s) have a spouse that also teaches, but nowadays, you need at least one high-earner in the family.  Plus, so many get burned out within the first 5 years.  Its a career you have to do out of love or passion,  but I wouldn't wish it on anyone.  
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