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In reply to the discussion: Where did all the teachers go? [View all]bhikkhu
(10,708 posts)38. I almost got an education degree ten years ago
When I began (here in Oregon), there were no education jobs to be had locally, but I figured by the time I was credentialed it would have to change. Three years in I talked to an advisor at the college about what their last year's crop of graduates found; out of 250, from that college alone, there were only 20 job available in our own state. The rest chose between scraping out a living hopefully as base-pay part time subs, which might eventually pan out for them, or moving out of the region. The biggest portion moved to take jobs in Texas, which was recruiting that year. I don't know that things ever improved.
I decided not to finish, though I got what I needed for my "plan B" so the college-time was all worthwhile anyway.
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As a teacher myself (college English), I told my kids NOT to consider teaching as a primary career.
tblue37
Dec 2015
#10
apparently, electing a dem president did nothing to improve the lot of the teaching profession
KG
Dec 2015
#4
it's one thing to be selfish and greedy, but why are so many Americans so short-sighted?
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2015
#5
There were too many asshole teachers and assistant principles in my life for me to care
NobodyHere
Dec 2015
#8
I used to share your sentiment until I was mature enough to realize the roles were actually reversed
LanternWaste
Dec 2015
#24
Teachers do throughout the year what St. Nicholas through Santa does for the young at year's end.
ancianita
Dec 2015
#16
But how many teachers' careers were destroyed by NCLB before she became a has been?
longship
Dec 2015
#31
I'm a high school teacher and I continually warn my kids against being a teacher
adigal
Dec 2015
#34