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Originally Posted by Britster  Any teachers in here?
I am working on getting my bachelors. I'm slow but will get there eventually  I have 42 credits now (60 needed for an associates). Teaching is something that's always been in the back of my mind... I like the schedule it provides and though I am a "dog person" -- I love kids, too, and enjoy their innocent qualities they possess (I'd wanna teach elementary school kids). I am a personable girl with a pretty good personality (I consider myself fairly outgoing) and think I'd be good in a classroom environment.
In Maryland, it seems to me that teaching is a pretty decent living according to a few people I've met. A lot of people seem to move here for teaching jobs. But I know teaching in general has been harder to find jobs... but I have not looked into this too much yet.
I've been in the "I have no idea what I want to do" boat for the past 3 years (graduated HS in 2008) and I'm sick of it. I've stayed in the community college, taking one semester off, and this semester I only did 2 classes, because I never had a real "goal" to strive towards but I wanted to continue getting a lot of the pre-reqs out of the way. I feel like if I have a goal of becoming a teacher, I will be SO much more motivated knowing what I want to do. If that makes sense. I realize life can always change but teaching seems like a realistic goal for me. If I have something to aim for, school will be more... important to me, I guess.
Anybody a teacher?? Enjoy it, just like it, don't like it at all? I wanna hear good, bad and the ugly and what it takes to become a teacher and be one!! |
Hey Brit!! My aunt is a high school teacher. The pros is that teaching can be quite rewarding. My aunt stays after school and helps her students when they need it. However, where there's good students, there's also bad students. My aunt has told me some crazy stories about the stuff her students did. Last time I talked to her, she was telling me how her students didn't do hw and so she called their parents to get them involved. Unfortunately, the parents don't seem to care as much parents should be. It gets tough, but when you put in a lot of effort in trying to help these students, it can be rewarding. My aunt teaches at a school where it's mostly low income students, which can be more difficult as students are more apathetic towards learning. Is there a grade (age-range) that you'd like to teach?
I TOTALLY understand what you mean when there's a goal, school becomes easier. I transferred last year and now I don't know what I'm going to do, which distracts me from schoolwork. I feel lost and confused. All I knew before it that I want to transfer in two years to a premier university, but didn't know what afterward. Now, I have been searching for careers and am thinking about becoming a veterinarian. I just LOVE animals, esp dogs. Thus, I kind of know what I'm going to do, but I'm uncertain because for vet, I would have to go back to Community College to finish pre-req classes. Gosh! School is getting SO HARD these days. Tuition is also unbelievably high!
I hope I find a career that I am certain of soon...good luck in your academic endeavors!
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We are the same year!! I also graduated HS in 08! lol Also, I forgot to mention, as a teacher, you have to put in a lot of work from home, such as lecture, hw grading, etc. I used to have to type up lectures for my aunt (math teacher) and grade her tests, hw, and quizzes. There's a lot of pressure on teachers too as economy is not doing so well. Hope this all helped somewhat...