[HPFGU-OTChatter] Teachers on this list.

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I teach at a small private school for children with dyslexia, and i do love my job and feel like I'm changing lives and making a difference.  However, I'm now finishing my masters in sp.ed. and, for my student teaching, i taught for a semester in a public highschool.  to be totally honest, if i didn't have my job back home to return to, i would have dropped out and changed professions based on that experience.  It is incredibly difficult, filled with paperwork, politics and verbal abuse from students.  i met many strong men and women who can do that job well (and you may be one of those, Melanie), but it would definitely not be the job for me.  
But then, every school is different...and every class is different.  Out of three classes (we were on a block schedule so each class was 90 min. long), i would say that only one was truly and consistently  difficult.  The other two definitely had their very rewarding moments.
I take it you're studying for a degree in education.  My suggestion would be to wait until you do your student teaching before you really decide.  It sounds like teaching means a lot to you and you shouldn't give it up lightly.  Do some observing in different schools, talk to people in the schools near you. To me it's kind of like the peace corps: the toughest job you'll ever love.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Melanie Brackney 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 5:24 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Teachers on this list.



  I have a question for all the teachers on this list, there seems to be quite a few of you.  Do you truly enjoy your jobs?  I heard so many stories in Education classes in college about how stressful teaching can be, and it has seriously made me decision to become a teacher.  I know that it has always been my dream, since I was a little girl, to help change a persons life.  I feel that as a teacher I can truly touch a child's life, not just by educating them, but by helping the realize the beauty and potential that they hold.  I guess if I can make one person feel a bit better about themselves, and help them to realize that they have the potential to be anything want to be as long as the work hard, and never give up.  I have been told by many people that I'm probably better off being a psychologist, to switch my major now before I  get trapped in the system.  I just want to hear from teachers themselves, do you really feel like you are making a difference?  Are you happy with your choice of careers?

  Melanie



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