Teachers on this list.

[Amy Z]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> 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 was only a teacher for two years (plus several months "teaching" 
in day care and years and years of related quasi-professional work 
with children), so I can't speak to the burnout issue, but I loved it. 
 It was a lot of work; people do say it gets a bit easier after the 
first few years, because you've worked out some lesson plans and such. 
 I taught in private schools (I didn't have certification; I was just 
mulling over the possibility of making teaching my career), which 
generally pay worse but have fewer discipline issues.  

It was frustrating and rewarding.  I don't think I ever would have 
stopped feeling like I was making a difference, although there were 
kids I didn't know how to reach and that always made me sad.  What I 
loved best was the personal connection to the kids, particularly those 
few in each class who particularly tugged at my heart.  I do a lot of 
teaching of both kids and adults in the work I do now (I'm a 
minister), and it's one of my favorite aspects of my wonderful job. 

Amy Z