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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, it takes a teacher many years to find their stride. There is a sweet spot of feeling experienced vs. feeling jaded and I read that occurs around 7-10 years in. So that could be why many quit prior. The burnout is real and the pay doesn't adjust fast enough to make it feel worth while.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our last remaining teacher resident quit yesterday. Despite having lots of “real world” experience in his subject area, he couldn’t make it past 7 months. Maybe teaching isn’t as easy as the keyboard warriors suggest?[/quote]

I think any career transition is difficult. The ones who do it successfully are the ones who transition in their I’m still moldable 20’s or the I don’t give 2F’s I’m doing it for the cheap insurance late 50s.

Switching careers is very difficult for most people for the same reasons a mid career teacher moving out would flounder and probably fail in the corporate world.

Teaching is a job just like any other job. Period.
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After twelve years of teaching, I transitioned with no problem.  I had been an elementary teacher and enjoyed being able to use restroom without worrying and having a total duty free lunch.  I did not have a duty free lunch in my first years of teaching.  And, wonder of wonders, I could even go outside the building and eat.

That was not why I left teaching.  I left because of a move and decided to try something new.

But, done well, teaching is an extremely demanding job.  Not the only demanding job, though.[/quote]

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