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It's funny you mention that, because I feel the same way. I absolutely love what I do. It gives me a great sense of satisfaction when a kid shaves 4 minutes off their mile time or takes up soccer after being introduced to it in class. It also makes me feel good when parents say that I'm the only teacher that their kid likes. I think adults, in general, sour the education process.
I got 4 days including work days.
Dr.Coach where do you work?
Personally, I feel my career choices were one of the very few regrets I have in my life.
I understand where you're coming from.
When I was younger I wish I knew better what I wanted to do career wise. I was one of those that wanted to try a little of everything. The reason I wound up with an Econ degree is because at the end of 4 years, that's what I wound up with the most credits in.
Now that I know what I want to do, I dont have the time/money for school to do it!
Not that my current job is bad - I just see things that really interest me - and I can't get to it now that I'm in the middle of the "real world."
I just thought that thing would be very different. I thought wow it will be great, kids will wanna know about things, listen to my expierences, I will have this great job where I can help people and that the environment was built to do so... in the words of Charlie Murphy.... WRONG! And I didint spend that much time in it or really doing it. If that the one thing I can say to people, its really think about if thats what you want to do. Sure they are cases where people love it, some people love their job no matter what it is. But I wish in my education classes they taught more things like how to deal with kids, with kids who have real problems, with leaving work at work and not taking it home etc. Not standard deviation or how to average a grade.
I wish I would have went into business or forestry sciences.
I think you have hit on some very good points. I don't think that my teacher education experience prepared me for the real world. Think about it, professors who are doing the teaching probably haven't been in public schools in decades. The two best things that happened to me were being a camp counselor for an entire summer and being in the military. When you are a young person, even a college student, your wordly experiences are still pretty small. I was challenged with living with kids who came from a variety of backgrounds and had real-world problems. ADHD, broken homes, and a recently killed parent were all under the same roof. The kids became people, rather than names on an application. Dealing with the baggage, doing a good job as a supervisor, and making camp fun was a learning experience. The military experience was a no-brainer. All my youthful idealism went out the door with me on my first parachute jump. I develpoped my callouses before I started my true chosen profession. I was and am fortunate.
There's a 4 year photography degree program at VIC (as opposed to many schools that force an art degree, and include photography in it).
It took a career change or two, and a part time job from a hobby before I figured out what I really like.
Now that I've made my career path and am in the middle of it, paying bills, etc etc it's something I'll never get to. The real world screws things up!
I second that...that's basically my story as well.
I would also have to say that my teachers also helped influence the type of teacher I am. Theresa Mason, Joan Short, Buster Taylor, Ricky Blevins, and Preston Potter are a few that pop into my head. I always thought that they cared about me as much as a person as they did a student. On a personal level, they were wonderful adult role models at a time when most kids think their parents are stupid. I owe them a great deal for helping shape me through the murkiness of middle and high school.
I agree...PVHS had some great folks in the school back them. I know I respected and still respect those folks.