
Re: career change![]()
Posted by broaden your horizons on 3/09/07
Look in other states...Especially with science...Science is critical
need. Are you only concentrating on one or two districts?
On 3/09/07, Sambone wrote:
> On 3/09/07, Lisa wrote:
>> On 11/17/06, Michelle wrote:
>>> That doesn't sound encouraging.....people think a bank job is a
>>> bed of roses but I've repo'd enough cars and foreclosed on
>>> enough houses to last me a lifetime. Kind of hard to go home
>>> with a warm and fuzzy feeling from that.
>>
>> I was a career changer and fell in love with teaching immediately.
>> I only wish I had left corporate America years before! Teacher pay
>> may not be great but I found the rewards priceless! I don't know
>> anything about the online classes vs requirements but as someone
>> who got in to teaching after 20+ years of banking and marketing -
>> I say go for it!!!! Good luck!
>
> I did it and it was the biggest mistake I ever made. Have been
> unable to get a teaching job anywhere (middle grades science and
> English). Wasted 2 years and $50,000 of my own money. Stay away
> from education if you are smart.