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[quote=Anonymous]I scored really well on the SAT. Better than our salutatorian. My grades weren’t as well at all though unless it was a class I really enjoyed. I didn’t have the type of family that pushed me to get straight A’s like many other kids. I also worked in HS and just had trouble balancing that with homework and studying. This doesn’t mean I’m an idiot. My Myers-Briggs personality type is INFP. I studied psych and wanted to be a counselor but after subbing I decided to get a master’s in education. Subbing didn’t paint the picture of what teaching was really like for me. I didn’t have to spend any time planning or making materials or contacting parents, etc. I only had to do the fun parts and teach lessons they left me. But I was naive and had no idea and no one warned me what it’s really like. I didn’t have family or friends who taught. So, I studied it. I worked as an aide during and subbed after. Being from a competitive state I moved and taught in northern VA last year. It was so overwhelming and I’m not 22.... I stuck it out but I think part of that is being older I saw the huge responsibility it was and needed the check, but also I thought maybe it would get better. Second year finally teaching in my home state and it’s been worse. Student teaching was wonderful but gave me zero idea of how much work it normally is as that school used traditional methods like texts, workbooks, etc. They had a spelling curriculum and taught grammar. Stuff I understood because I was taught that way. I don’t understand or really believe in the currently education trends. This will be my last year. I’m 30, not 22. I’m enrolled to earn an HR certificate and if that doesn’t work out my sister is a real estate broker and I could try that. She has a much more flexible schedule and already owns her own home. She’s only a year older. Study education was a huge mistake but I’m glad I made it now and not later. A lot of people switch in their 30s and 40s to education and get the shock of it all that late. I’m glad I moved from the experience and can move on after this year. My position is one year only anyway. So, I’ll try my best this year for the kids then move on. I really don’t blame young 22 year olds for crying because they don’t have time for a social life. I’m newly single and want to cry with the lack of time I have to date right now. I miss 40 hour a week a jobs. I’m an idiot for ever leaving, but you live and you learn. Add to this all the crap the general population of non-teachers gives teachers and I feel bad for the young people out there feeling lost and regretting their degree. Yes, we have July off work but we are not paid in July. Some of us, like myself, get bored during that time. For some it keeps them in the profession to have a whole month off. It’s not that special for me and never has been. I always tried to work in summers if I could but that’s annoying as well, as usually I could only nanny or work retail. I’d rather have a normal work schedule year round. I feel bad the system is such a sad mess because it really hurts kids. I hate teaching Lucy Calkins but have to. I hate how bad kids are at writing these days but I’m told not to correct their misspellings and errors, and not to explicitly teach grammar and the like. Give me a freakin’ break... I feel bad for everyone’s kids. I don’t want my own and part of that is because I’d be so scared for them to be educated in this current system this country has. I like kids, but I can help kids in other ways through volunteering. I can be the best aunt ever.

The system is a joke. I don’t want to contribute to it anymore by working in education in any way, shape, or form. I feel so bad for parents. [/quote]

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