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[quote=Anonymous]44K and this is a hard decision to make? Why? Your income is going entirely into taxes now as a result of your husband's income.

Teaching, unfortunately, appears to be something else while studying for it, and quite another while actually doing it. A bad  secret no one tells you for this field.

You are on a bottom rung now- just started- quit NOW before you accrue more years and more excuses not to quit.More years toward the pension, more years invested in a career you will ALWAYS hate.  All teachers do now is calculate how many years they have left before they will receive a pension- too many years into it to justify quitting. They have kids they have to put through college, etc. You have none of these issues right now-it is actually a net benefit because you will not have to pay for daycare, and you are not invested in a pension that you will lose. Teaching is not what it was. It has turned into a ridiculous business model with impossible paperwork and accountability metrics. Just check the recent Washington Post articles about teaching ( Strauss). If reading those posts do not convince you, nothing will.

Stick it out until June. It's just 22 weeks away or less depending on where you are. Don't burn bridges. After that, you can tutor, you can teach online in virtual schools, you can teach in community colleges, you can do just about anything to make the same net income (because you are not paying daycare) including selling stuff on ebay..really. This is not a hard decision. If you were mid career, making even 30K more, we might be having a different conversation.[/quote]

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