I am an ESL in Colorado
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May 3, 2008
I know there are going to be some people who get upset no
matter what I say, but here goes anyway. I have wanted to
teach since I was sixteen years old and started tutoring
high school students. I ended up majoring in science at
university and got high paying lab jobs, instead of
teaching. I am now going back to school (at night) to
finally teach.
The only messages I seem to be hearing from teachers, on
this board and others is how much they hate their job. I
spoke about this phenomenon to the local school district
hiring manager (and this is the point that is going to
upset people) and he told me, "since most teachers haven't
held another job, they don't know what it is like in the
real world and think they are working too much". Before I
get really flamed, I should mention that I work 50+ hours
a week, 6 days a week at my lab job. I make twice as much
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I did not mean experienced as teachers, I meant experienced in
life...having held other jobs because that was what the hiring manager
was complaining about.
I still don't buy it though that all of the unhappy teachers are just
malcontents. You younguns are too young to remember that book the
Happy ...See More