..... nope, not gonna do it.

 

 

good luck, what are you studying?

Yay for restraint!!!

 

....In the BT? What?

 

Restraint is good!

 

Not here, though!

 

>.>

 

I'm doing my gen-eds right now, then I'm going to transfer to BYU and major in Early Childhood Education.

that's what my baby sister does, teaches G1.

That's so cool! I am a terrible teacher; I guess I just have communication issues. I admire people who just have an easy way of getting an idea across to others.

 

I mostly plan on using the degree so I can run a daycare. I've worked in daycare before, and I grew up babysitting, both for my parents and for other people. I love kids.

 

I'm not opposed to teaching if I can learn enough about it to do a decent job, but if I don't have to, I probably won't.

you will. the littles are easy.

Having patience is what matters most with the youngin's

That's true. I guess I also need to learn how to be patient with myself, too. That's a big problem for me.

You know what they say. Patience is an 8 letter word beginning with 'p'.

*hopes he can count*

Well, you do, so that must mean something.

Being a teacher is a very good thing. I couldn't do it. I did work as a math tutor for ukids back when I was in junior college. It was only a few kids an hour so it was not bad. Trying different ways of looking at it until the little lightbulb went on. I couldn't deal with 25-30 like were in a school classroom.

*shuders* Me either.

 

Both my parents are teachers, but I'm a high school drop out lol, so no teaching for me.

I did teach at a riding school for a bit, I could handle the real little ones but once they're old enough to get a bit of attitude... NO THANKS!!! Don't know how my folks do it!?

I loved being a teacher but unfortunately I can´t have that work anymore.

Why not?

 

What did you teach?

I have studied Swedish, Religion and History and can teach kids between 10 - 15 years old. In reality I had a lot of classes - math, English, music etc. My poor students - have me as a music teacher!

 

I got sick and couldn´t work for many, many years. Now I´m back on track (sort of) but I need a job where I can take it easy, a job that is predictable and where I don´t have to work 50 hours a week. Maybe someday I can teach again because it´s a great job. I can´t think about a job that is more important.

The crappy part is that most people don't realize how important teachers are. They get the shaft more often than not.

sadly very true.

The shaft you say?

um..... it sounds worse when you say it.

My dad was an english teacher, and my stepmom still teaches. I got mad respect for teachers, especially the good ones (sadly because of lowered standards they're not as common as they used to be)

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amen my vurrrent english teacher may as well be the god of english the stuff he teaches is INSAAAANE, off-curriculum stuff

I've only had a couple of really good teachers, but they stood out like shining beacons compared to all the rest. They're the people who make a difference in the lives of others.

They are also the type of people that drive you towards a particular career path. If your goal is college and you had an amazing biology teacher--chances are you will want to get a degree in Bio. Had an awesome English teacher? You're most likely going to pursue English.

I have studied Swedish, Religion and History and can teach kids between 10 - 15 years old. In reality I had a lot of classes - math, English, music etc. My poor students - have me as a music teacher!

 

I got sick and couldn´t work for many, many years. Now I´m back on track (sort of) but I need a job where I can take it easy, a job that is predictable and where I don´t have to work 50 hours a week. Maybe someday I can teach again because it´s a great job. I can´t think about a job that is more important.

 

How about being a substitute teacher? Thats what mum did after us kids stuffed up her full time teaching job :) Now that my youngest sister is old enough she could have gone nack to full time but she now prefers the substitute work. She's loving it because it means no meetings, no report writing, not nearly as much of the after school hours stuff, casual wages and she can work as many or as few days a week as she likes. Obviously the downsides are no annual or sick leave but at least the hours are flexible and the wages are better.

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