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Hello, I am starting a new position as a 5th & 6th grade ELA teacher and one elective class for 5th through 8th in journalism, in charge of the school newspaper. I have taught for 10 years, (midlife career change) and now my children have followed my footsteps and are teaching with one starting her first year as a 3rd grade teacher and the other as a middle school teacher and lead teacher for the whole school (she has been teaching for 3 years). My other child is an assistant principal after teaching for 4 years. I was a principal but had to take a step back and go back into the classroom after having a very horrible year with the loss of my mother-in-law and having doubts about if I was where I wanted to be. Now I feel like a failure because I have left the network where my children work and I am back in the classroom while they are all moving up. Why the move back to teaching? I think I feel better in the classroom doing what comes natural - teaching. But I feel like a failure be...See MoreHello, I am starting a new position as a 5th & 6th grade ELA teacher and one elective class for 5th through 8th in journalism, in charge of the school newspaper. I have taught for 10 years, (midlife career change) and now my children have followed my footsteps and are teaching with one starting her first year as a 3rd grade teacher and the other as a middle school teacher and lead teacher for the whole school (she has been teaching for 3 years). My other child is an assistant principal after teaching for 4 years. I was a principal but had to take a step back and go back into the classroom after having a very horrible year with the loss of my mother-in-law and having doubts about if I was where I wanted to be. Now I feel like a failure because I have left the network where my children work and I am back in the classroom while they are all moving up. Why the move back to teaching? I think I feel better in the classroom doing what comes natural - teaching. But I feel like a failure because look how much better my children are. Isn't that what we want - our children to do better than us. Oh while being a principal for the first time in my life, I was in school to get my principal license after putting my doctorate on hold because I got a scholarship that is paying for my second Masters for Leadership and Innovation to get this license. Am I losing it or what is wrong with me? Be easy everyone, I am new to the site and I am not just dipping my toes in the water, I am diving in - full belly flop or wonderful looking dive! It all depends on how this post works out. Any advice or words of wisdom for someone who feels lost. The only thing I know for sure is that I am smiling when I think about entering that classroom and teaching those eager and spicy little faces! Also my school does not have a journalism curriculum, and my first masters is in curriculum and instruction so I am building one. Anyone interested in the general outline I created in one day? Let me know and I will share it here. Thank you.

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keane You're not losing it. Everyone has times in their lives when they feel they could be doing more, be higher up and so forth. But the bottom line is that you are still in education, you still have a job and your children are in good jobs too. I was a teacher for some years but mental illness made me take a step back and I'm now the business manager a...See More

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