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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There isn’t a shortage. There are enough certified teachers to work but they are choosing not to. Of course, the school districts don’t care about why teachers leave. [/quote]

If I had a rich husband, I’d quit too.

Any teacher I know who quit answers the question “what are you doing now?” with “I don’t need to work. Hubby/DH will pay for everything! He has a fabulous job and makes 5x more!” Well, basically that’s their response. It’s annoying when you aren’t part of the “rich hubby club.” But, good for them! [/quote]

Whelp that’s a generalization. I left because I was able to turn my second job into something more lucrative than my first. There are a ton of former teachers who go into other industries. There are plenty of people in all industries who leave because a spouse makes more. [/quote]

Many are able to take the time off to focus on building a business or returning to colleges because their spouse financially supports them. I know a lot of single teacher that would love to go back to school for something else but they cannot afford to. There is a privilege that comes from being married called two incomes and the ability to join someone else’s health insurance...[/quote]

There are two incomes if both people are working. My spouse makes good money, but there’s no way I could have left teaching before having another job. My salary want much, but it allowed us to pay for daycare and not live paycheck to paycheck. Once we had kids, my husbands paycheck wasn’t covering it. This is a high cost area.

But plenty of teachers leave to do other things non education related that don’t require another specific degree. It’s not as impossible as people on here seem to think.[/quote]

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