Re: just need some overall support (long)
04/11/06 03:53 PM
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Flipada
Reged: 03/02/06
Posts: 1026
Loc: West Michigan, USA
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Good Lord, don't become a teacher! I'm a high school teacher and really trying to find a way out. The stress of my job is why I am where I am....sick and sore. Unfortunately, my husband and I have two kids and are getting ready to buy a bigger house because we're going to "expand" the family so...I have to work. I'm going to give myself one more full year and I'm going to see what else I can do.
As much as everyone envies the summers of teachers, I don't feel like the stress is worth it. I know, I know...I shouldn't complain because I have all that time off but honestly, I spend at least 1/2 of it at school preparing for the next year, getting organized, or taking care of required school business. Another thing you may want to think about it the amount of work you have to take home. As a teacher, once you get home, your job is not done. If I'm not correcting papers, calculating grades, creating quizzes, or lesson plans, then I'm thinking about the stresses at school. It follows me everywhere. I also have to spend time taking classes to keep my certification (my school doesn't reimburse) and have a bazillion meetings thanks to all the crap being handed down from the state (Michigan). OMIGOSH!
If you're totally set on being a teacher because you just love kids to death, then do it. If you're doing what you really love, you're less likely to suffer from stress. But a lot of people have no idea just how much work and pressure we deal with.
13 years and I'm trying to find a way out... 
Ugh, there goes my tummy.
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Flipada - IBS-C "It's a gas, gas, gas"
**Lauren**
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