Those going into the field should know the job outlook ahead of time. (Oh course that is true for any job.) Don't just listen to "teachers are in high demand." SOME areas are in high demand. Others are oversaturated. If you want to teach and want to be have the best chances of landing a job, areas that are best are special needs, forgein language, science and math. Ones that you may struggle to find positions include elementary, English, health/PE, and social studies. Again, this will vary depending on your locality.

 

No matter what job you want to go into, do your homework ahead of time.

 

Well I was young and stupid in regards to my thought process on getting a job as a teacher. I listened to the "teachers are in high demand" crap and it certainly came back to bite me in the butt. I thought about going back to become certified in another field but the more I thought about it the more I realized it would not be fair to the students. I have no subject that I am as passionate about in education that I would be as effective in teaching. So I decided to pack it in, write off those years and start the process for pharmacy school.

Wow, teaching, how could I not post on this one. I have been a teacher for 21 years - I took the very first NTE(National Teacher Exam) to be able to graduate from Morehead in 1986. My husband is a teacher also. We have a daughter that scored high enough to receive a full Presidential Scholarship and she went into teaching. Our oldest son is going into Accounting and our youngest son informed us at the beginning of his senior year in hs that he is going to be a teacher and coach. Are we trying to talk him out of it? NO WAY, he is a born teacher - we see it and so does everyone else that watches him. I'm 3rd generation teacher so is my husband, we understand that we will be spending many hours getting ready at night, grading papers, sponsoring events, taking pd during the summer, and not make anymore money for our time and effort but when a former student tells you "Thank you, I learned so much in your classroom", this just happen yesterday at Wal-Mart, I couldn't even remember his name but I remembered the face. He did say, that it was 20 years ago that I had him in class.

I love teaching and as long as I can keep excited about teaching and enthusiastic, I will stay a teacher.

I don't want any teacher that says the main reason they want to teach is because of summers off. Pass.

Wow, teaching, how could I not post on this one. I have been a teacher for 21 years - I took the very first NTE(National Teacher Exam) to be able to graduate from Morehead in 1986. My husband is a teacher also. We have a daughter that scored high enough to receive a full Presidential Scholarship and she went into teaching. Our oldest son is going into Accounting and our youngest son informed us at the beginning of his senior year in hs that he is going to be a teacher and coach. Are we trying to talk him out of it? NO WAY, he is a born teacher - we see it and so does everyone else that watches him. I'm 3rd generation teacher so is my husband, we understand that we will be spending many hours getting ready at night, grading papers, sponsoring events, taking pd during the summer, and not make anymore money for our time and effort but when a former student tells you "Thank you, I learned so much in your classroom", this just happen yesterday at Wal-Mart, I couldn't even remember his name but I remembered the face. He did say, that it was 20 years ago that I had him in class.

I love teaching and as long as I can keep excited about teaching and enthusiastic, I will stay a teacher.

 

Wonderful post! The appreciation from former students (and even current ones!) makes everything else worthwhile.

I don't want any teacher that says the main reason they want to teach is because of summers off. Pass.

 

I agree. I don't know any that choose the profession because of that. If they do, they wouldn't last long.

I've noticed it more aroung the sporting world, because it seems like a lot of kids who may or may not play college ball feel like after they get out that it is their only way to stay with their sport.

 

We've all been taught by both kinds of teachers -- the kind that plan each minute of class in painstaking detail and the kind that read aloud from the book. Not saying that either cares more than the other, but who really should be there?

 

I agree with Clyde on this one -- summers off are great but you need to be there for the right reasons...

Stuart, Jesse

 

"I am firm in my belief that a teacher lives on and on through his students. Good teaching is forever and the teacher is immortal."

 

This says it all.

I've noticed it more aroung the sporting world, because it seems like a lot of kids who may or may not play college ball feel like after they get out that it is their only way to stay with their sport.

 

We've all been taught by both kinds of teachers -- the kind that plan each minute of class in painstaking detail and the kind that read aloud from the book. Not saying that either cares more than the other, but who really should be there?

 

I agree with Clyde on this one -- summers off are great but you need to be there for the right reasons...

 

That's another reason I hear often. :thumb:

It is all about passion and having fun!