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I am interested in gathering material for an article about teachers who were at least 40 years old when they started teaching. Any information any one is willing to share as to challeges, fear, disappointments, and successes are more than welcome. Thanks.

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Leslie On 1/19/12, Raquel De La Parra wrote: > On 1/18/12, Glynn Scott wrote: >> I am interested in gathering material for an article about >> teachers who were at least 40 years old when they started >> teaching. Any information any one is willing to share as >> to challeges, fear, disappointments, and successes are more >...See More
Jan 19, 2012
Mary On 1/18/12, Glynn Scott wrote: > I am interested in gathering material for an article about > teachers who were at least 40 years old when they started > teaching. Any information any one is willing to share as > to challeges, fear, disappointments, and successes are more > than welcome. Thanks. > > Glynn

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Feb 20, 2012
Lori I am over 40 and just recently finished my undergrad and am now completing the credential program to teach elementary school. I have always wanted to be a teacher but I got married young and then had four sons over the next ten years. After my youngest went to school all day I decided now was the time for me to follow my dreams. Like others who hav...See More
Feb 22, 2012
Texas Teacher I started teaching close to 40. I got my degree in the 60s and my first teaching job in the late 80s. I was told many times if I had gotten a degree in elementary ed. I could have gotten a job easily but I majored in Spanish and history and minored in secondary education. I did go back for elementary certification. I was hired on emergency for bili...See More
Feb 26, 2012
LJ Eight years of part and full time teaching and I've come to the painful conclusion that becoming a teacher was by far the worst decision I've ever made in my life. I have never been more humiliated, lied to, manipulated and used than I have since becoming a teacher. The administrators are scared and cutthroat. I have lost all faith in people. I use...See More
Mar 23, 2012


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