Would You Consider a Career in Teaching?

September 22, 2008

A recent survey found that 42 percent of 24-to-60 year old college educated respondents would consider becoming a teacher. The most common motivation for the potential career change is that most feel the job would be personally rewarding, and the second reason is that respondents would feel they'd be making a difference.

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bchicgrl 4 years 34 weeks

I just started taking classes to get my associates in ECE and then I will go for my teaching license. I would want to work with K-5 age. I think I'm up for it and being in the corporate world for the last 5 years isn't cutting it considering how much I hate my job.I think all the breaks/time off teachers get is a good thing because if they had to work the same as a corporate position there would be a lot less teachers because of the stress overload.

bchicgrl 4 years 34 weeks

I just started taking classes to get my associates in ECE and then I will go for my teaching license. I would want to work with K-5 age. I think I'm up for it and being in the corporate world for the last 5 years isn't cutting it considering how much I hate my job. I think all the breaks/time off teachers get is a good thing because if they had to work the same as a corporate position there would be a lot less teachers because of the stress overload.

kh61582 4 years 34 weeks

For me it's a little of all three. I got my degree in music education but student teaching was the worst four months of my life! I was teaching chorus and it was just too intimidating for me. I got along with the kids just fine when I wasn't teaching but I was a crappy teacher and I knew which really stressed me out. I would like to teach at the college level if at all and if my career as a singer doesn't work out then I will be doing that. College kids you can really rough up because their paying to be there and they're serious about their work. You don't have to baby them like you do high school kids.

baybug 4 years 34 weeks

I think you would have to be really dedicated to wanting to teach people. I think it is a really important job. I don't have that passion there for I would not want to teach.

thelorax 4 years 34 weeks

I would never, ever, EVER be a grade school teacher, but it could be interesting and rewarding to teach at a community college or even a university (except that you typically need a Ph.D for that level). I have a B.A. but I've taken quite a few classes here and there at community colleges, and those instructors tend to be part-time, and have a full-time job in the field they're teaching. They're usually the most knowledgeable, and actually WANT to be there. Not always the case with tenured professors...don't get me started ;-)

monkeyinabarrel 4 years 34 weeks

i would love to be professor, but high school and younger are not my thing

jkat 4 years 34 weeks

I would be a law professor. I would never be a "teacher" for K-12 kids. Yikes!

Calimie 4 years 34 weeks

I'm finishing my studies in order to be a teacher of English in high school. I want to motivate them and make a difference, I had some *terrible* English teachers myself. My biggest worries? That they won't care about the subject and their parents, the awful ones who think their little darlings are perfect.

californiagirlx7 4 years 34 weeks

I am already studying to be a teacher...it's the only career that I feel that I could be good at.

leeluvfashion 4 years 34 weeks

From age 5-11 I wanted to be a grade school teacher. However now is a different story. While I do like children (the nice ones ;) ) I just do not have the patience to be a teacher and the is a key skill needed. Besides, while it would be rewarding, my bank account wouldn't be too rewarded,lol.

PinkTulip 4 years 34 weeks

I am a school counselor which means I teach but not the typical stuff,I get paid to work from 8:15 until 2:30 but because there is so much work to do and so many interruptions in the day-I put in an EXTRA UNPAID 10 hours a week, some teachers leave as soon as the bell rings...but some don't. working in education is not for the weak! but I do get summers and extended holiday time off! two weeks in October baby!! then more in December/Feb/April!

Mesayme 4 years 34 weeks

I didn't consider being a teacher until my daughter was in jr. high and she and her friends would say to me 'now, if my teacher explained it like that, I'd like the class'... I realize now I'd be great teaching jr. high social sciences. But now, to pay to finish...not so easy.

ann418 4 years 34 weeks

I wouldn't do anything else in the world other than teach. :)

sweetpeabrina 4 years 34 weeks

I'm a teacher. I agree with melizzle about the pay/experience thing. The pay issue is huge for me. I'm a good teacher but get paid less than bad teachers just because they've been working in education longer or have more degrees. I'm putting in another year and then I'm done. I have to work in an environment where I get paid based on my worth.

ehadams 4 years 34 weeks

I wouldn't mind teaching adults but not children or teenagers.

aylee 4 years 34 weeks

Only as a professor maybe.

aylee 4 years 34 weeks

Only as a professor maybe.

allesethomson 4 years 34 weeks

I've always toyed with the idea of being teacher. Teachers have been some of the most motivating, life changing people in my experience. It's definitely a career path I would like to take in my life. What is stopping me is having to go back to school for the credential and the fact that I am so young (23). I think I would be more suited with more life experience under my belt. Further, this is a good age to try out the corporate/business world experiences... a teacher seems like an ideal job to end up with, at least for me.

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skigurl 4 years 34 weeks

i love kids, but i was never interested in being a teacher at all (even professor, even though i enjoy academia)my brother and sister both are studying to be teachers though! and they'd both be awesome at it! but everyone agrees i wouldn't be!

skigurl 4 years 34 weeks

i love kids, but i was never interested in being a teacher at all (even professor, even though i enjoy academia) my brother and sister both are studying to be teachers though! and they'd both be awesome at it! but everyone agrees i wouldn't be!

fancifulfabi 4 years 34 weeks

I agree with "big", I'd love to teach as a professor. I imagine the stress of dealing with so many unmotivated, disrespectful kids in grade school wouldn't be worth the pay. If I can teach people who are at least somewhat interested in the topic I am teaching (in my case, I'd love to teach Art History), then it would make so much more easy to live with on a day-to-day basis. Plus, having all summer free sounds pretty awesome :)

bigestivediscuit 4 years 34 weeks

Not unless I was a professor at a well-established university or liberal arts college.

lizs 4 years 34 weeks

I tutor part-time, so I'm able to do my "real" job as my 9-5 and get my teaching fix at night or on the weekends. Pays well, and I know I'm making a difference.

Renees3 4 years 34 weeks

My sister teaches 2nd grade and I definitely think it takes a special type of person to teach young children. I'm always amazed by the stuff she has to put up with. There's always at least one hellraiser in each class and I swear she always get's the craziest. Like the 2nd grader who never would do any work (I mean, it's 2nd grade so it's not like essays or anything) and during the parent teacher conference, she talked to the father (single dad) about it and he said he didnt see why it mattered, he was a fence builder and his son was going to be too. This is Second Grade!!! jeez.But I would like to teach, I think I might like older kids though so I could focus on one area, like music or something.

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