Do you want to be a teacher when you grow up?
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This is an honorable thing you are setting out to do. It takes a lot to build a school. There are a lot of laws governing location to classroom safety. It is a daunting task that you set out to do. Become a teacher first, and find out if it's truly your calling. I so get out there and get advice from the pros.\n\nI am a teacher, and find that teaching in itself is very demanding, but I would choose it again. The job doesn't pay enough, but its rewards are in how we help others. Good luck to you!!
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You are never to old to go to school!  If you want to learn and become something, I say go for it!
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you are going to have to deal with kids that are difficult, act up, possibly threaten you...and you can do very little about it.\n\nit is very frustrating and sometimes deters people from entering the field in the first place.\n\nhowever, if you truly want to teach, then you won't be worried about the "problem" kids that you will inevitably face...and the "problem" parents....don't forget about them !!!\n\nalso, the pay can be rough at first, but once you are teaching for a few years, it gets better.  also, it's based on where you're teaching.\n\ntake care.
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maybe you can start by looking a jobs on your school.. or you can be a private teacher for the students below your level...
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Not right away. When you first start you will hate the job. The kids will test your limits, and you will be unfamilar with procedures. The more you work at a particular school and the more you bond with the kids the more you will enjoy it. Some of these kids get little time with adults or parents so when you spend time with them you will feel that sense of accomplishment. It is also a nice power trip to be on the other side of the desk for the first time. I also enjoied getting to know the teachers who liked their jobs. The right teacher's idealism is infectious. If you are considering teaching as a profession it is nice to see how a school actually works behind the scenes. It will also give you real world perspective as you learn abstract concepts in education courses.
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why not? if u have the passion to teach, go for it. teaching is something nice. just follow ur heart.
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first, consider WHY you want to be an English teacher -- is it because you love lit and/or writing?  if so, then reconsider and research being a college lit professor, literary critic, or writer instead.  too many young teachers never realized the types of classes or kids they'd be teaching.  you have to want to teach the lowest performing kids a subject they hate and to enjoy grading horribly written essays on your time "off."  It certainly has its rewards, but in this era of severe accountability, I believe it's one of the toughest jobs around.  \nOtherwise, 4 years and bachelor's in English - certification in sec. ed. w/student teaching and teacher's exam - Praxis.
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I'm not a teacher, but my parents both are. To me, it seems to be that once you're a teacher, you never, ever stop being teacher. You can't avoid taking your work home (and I mean emotionally, not just tonnes and tonnes of marking!) and you will run into ex-pupils for eternity! \n\nAlso, there are the classes that are simply unteachable. A friend's mum is also a teacher, in a worse school, and she regularly comes home with broken bones from children throwing chairs etc at her.\n\nHowever, I think what is beginning to become the hardest part of the job for my parents is all the paperwork for things like taking children on a school trip. Also the lack of gratitude that some parents have.
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I'd love to come back as myself, but.... with the same mental ability I have now. So I could experience being born, appreciate my childhood and parents more.\n\nIt would be cool knowing everything at kindergarden. \nwhen the teacher asks the class to draw a picture about the 'cat on the mat', you could write a 25 page thesis on the exploration of storytelling for development of children in early childhood.\n\nIt would be neato!
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The most rewarding part of being a primary school teacher is to help the children to learn. This is important because not every child has a family that is supportive enought to help them along in their learning prorcess. As a result, sometimes being a teacher can means being a role model and a parent as to the children as well.
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Being a teacher is probably both very stressful and very rewarding. You have a lot of responsibility but perhaps more importantly the best opportunity to help develop future generations.\n\nSome outside the profession find it hard to comprehend how complex the job is. Many "outsiders" think we just work 8:30 to 3:30 or similar and get a break every six weeks or so (well in the UK anyway). The thing is the job isn't 9-5 but it definitely isn't 8:30-3:30 either. Good teachers will always put in the extra time, whether it be working in the evenings or over the weekend. And yes we may get a break from the kids every six weeks, but it doesn't mean that we are relaxing and enjoying ourselves all the time...\n\nIf you are thinking about becoming a teacher I would thoroughly recommend it. It is a difficult job to do but it is the most rewarding job I have ever done and I wouldn't give it up for anything.\n\nIf you want more info feel free to contact me.
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Dear answer seeker,\nYes, there are many who want to be a teacher, at least in India I saw many whoc became teacher by choice. I, myself wanted to be a teacher since my school days. The difference is that after doing MBA I preferred to be a management teacher than a school teacher. I have industry experience too, but the kind of satisfaction I get by teaching is nowhere else. And same is the feeling with some of my colleagues here who have joined (and survived the program) the 3 year program on Management Teacher Program from ICFAI university, Hyderabad, India. I know there are very less persons with interest in teaching but there are some.
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I want what my kids want. Doesn't matter to me one bit. It's gonna be THEIR job for LIFE not MINE!!!\n\nDaughter always wanted to be a Kindergarten School Teacher but now has changed it.\nSon wants to do something in the Science/Technology Field. \nSon always wanted to be either Firefighter or Police Officer.
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i do! i love children! im training to be a teacher! i usually get a smile back too!
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Not at all!! You will bring years of life experience as an employee and as a person who has lived in this chaotic world. The University of Southern Maine has an OUTSTANDING program for people who want to change careers and enter the teaching profession. My daughter completed the program (It's a year long program.) when she was 37 and is now the happiest she has ever been teaching high school science. She left a high-paying job to enter this program because she has always wanted to teach. This June she will be 40 years old and has the drive, commitment, and dedication to be an outstanding, successful teacher.\n\nBTW, MOST of the people in the program at USM are over 30. If you want to teach, go for it!! We need good, experienced-in-life and in the workplace people in education.\n\nMy career lasted for 40 years, and I was as energetic and caring at the end as I was at the beginning. Don't be afraid!! Forge ahead, and GOOD LUCK!!\n\nBTW, while teaching may be fun, it is also hard work. You must have a great command of the subject you teach, be able to communicate ideas to young people, and be willing to spend hours and hours preparing lessons and grading tests and papers. However, it is worth every minute. Again, good luck.
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Being a teacher is just hard. Some days you feel like a 3rd grader knows more than you do. Sorry for the bad days but don't let it get you down. What you are doing is a worthwhile thing. Love your students and forget about the others.
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i want to be a teacher or a librarian