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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is being a teacher different than any other job for a wohm?[/quote]

Here is how it is different. I had a different career for many years before becoming a teacher. At my last job, people were respectful, there was no negotiating with children because their mommy will call the principal if little Johnny doesn't get his way or didn't make an "A" on a paper he didn't eve TRY to finish. I didn't worry about getting sued for removing a splinter from a child's hand (which I have had happen to me, but it has happened so it scares me). At my former job, I wasn't exhausted at the end of every day. At the end of the day, that was the of my work day. I didn't spend 10-12 hours a day working, grading papers, making copies, or looking for the best way to accommodate the child with ADHD whose parent refuses to get him/her tested or hold him/her accountable for their behavior. At my last job, I got restroom breaks, a lunch break and a chance to sit in peace when I needed, I was able to leave and go to my child's school activities because leaving didn't mean leaving a class of 20 kids by themselves. At my last job, I made the money I was worth, which was a lot ore than a teacher salary. (FYI...look into the education required by a teacher vs education required by most any other career). Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but it requires more than any job I have EVER had. All the "bad" things are much more out weighed by the love I feel for these children. But if you want to know what the difference is, work in a classroom for a day and decide yourself. I promise it is different kind of exhausted. [/quote]

Well said.

I have a student teacher this marking period and she is falling apart. This is a 30 year old woman who worked in the private sector for 8 years before deciding she wanted to teach. Every day, she develops some new ailment (she's exhausted, but she can't sleep, her feet hurt, her back aches, her throat is sore, her wrist feels weird, she has a tension headache, etc.). The other veterans and I just laugh. That's simply how classroom teaching beats up your body. She adjust to it. Or you don't. It is not a career for the weak, physically, emotionally, or mentally.[/quote]

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