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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because we didn't know the reality and it is hard to change careers. In fact, it is hard to even change jobs within the  career- a teacher has a small window to resign from a school system and get a job in another. One day over that improbable limit- bam, the license is revoked in the state. Secondly, in order to retain certification,  a teacher needs a master's degree and further continuing ed, which is all really time consuming and costly , and literally never ends. Thirdly, there's not one practicum or student teaching that shows the daily  24/7 time suck- a teacher never stops working,   there's also the demoralization of teachers by children's behavior, stupid micromanaging  by incompetent administrators,  and the religion of standardized testing where teachers are actually held accountable and penalized for a school's lower test scores as if they, the teachers, were responsible for each child's lack of parenting, language skills, nutrition, abusive home life, disabilities, behavior, lack of early education exposure: books, experiences, language, and emotional capacity. The tests are given in March, and that child may have actually crossed the Rio Grande earlier that July, been beaten daily by caregivers, hasn't had a  real meal since a grandfather's funeral 
repast 2 years ago, cannot see, has an emotional and or  learning disability,  and/ or with no resources to speak of, but, yes, that teacher is responsible for on level test scores six months into the school year. Despite all this training, school boards prescribe scripted nonsense that was purchased for political reasons and fails to teach anything.

That is why. We wish we could actually teach children.

**I learned one year that most of my teacher colleagues were on some type of medication-anti anxiety, sleep, anti-depressant, etc. I remember wondering why it didn't occur to me to ever explore that, I probably should have. [/quote]

Some of the above might be true in some private schools, but most of the above is not true in most private schools.  Private school pay tends to be lower, but often (not always) there is less crap, a more supportive administration, and more opportunity to actually teach.  Privates do not require licensing, but probably prefer (not require) a masters degree (sometimes a masters in the subject is preferred over a MEd).  Privates have both pluses and minuses relative to public, but definitely not an identical experience.
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Not really anymore, but please remember  all private school kids can be booted out of school. Public school cannot do that- so after awhile private looks manageable, but in reality it is privilege. And yes, pay is much lower, rarely are there benefits or any decent benefif, and absolutely no retirement system. Teachers have to serve parents in private school. [/quote]

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