Re: Michelle!

Posted by On both sides on 6/20/07

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I think everyone is right. There are some awful schools (and
maybe even the majority of them are awful) and you'll be sorry
you spent the time, money, and left a good job for the worse job
you can ever have. There are some really great schools, but it's
hard to get jobs in them because there is little teacher
turnover (duh). If you can be extremely flexible and move, if
need be, then you can find one of those jobs in a good school.

I'm not so flexible, so find myself in the position of the
naysayers. In May I resigned after two years of teaching (prior
to that, like you, I had a great, well-paying career, but I
wanted to spend more time with my kid and I thought teaching
would allow me that). I am still trying to psychologically
wind-down for those two years, I believe I had close to a
nervous breakdown shortly after school let out. There were two
occasions near the end of the school year when I fell completely
apart at home (poor hubby). I resigned, literally, to keep my
sanity.

All my hopes are pinned on the one nearby school district that
IS good, but nothing is likely to open there.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• career change, 11/01/06, by Michelle.
• Re: career change, 11/13/06, by Katherine.
• Re: career change, 11/17/06, by Michelle.
• Re: career change, 3/09/07, by Lisa.
• Re: career change, 3/09/07, by Sambone.
• Re: career change, 3/09/07, by broaden your horizons.
• Re: career change, 4/29/07, by Dreyfuss.
• Re: Michelle!, 5/06/07, by TeachersPet.
• Re: Michelle!, 6/20/07, by On both sides.