Since I don’t have much to blog about these days, I’m going to bring you on the journey of becoming a teacher in Ireland.
First of all, why do I want to become a teacher? Lets look at the pros and cons of going down the road of teaching.
The Cons
- Dealing with kids all day
- Some kids don’t like to learn
- The pay
- Bureaucracy
- The nicknames
- Dealing with parents
- Lack of respect among other educated professionals
- Car getting keyed
- Early mornings
- Uncertainty in the current economic climate
- Teaching people
- June
- Influencing them to do my bidding once they have grown up (may involve subliminal messaging in my teaching methods.. haven’t quite figured this one out yet.. I’ll keep you posted)
- July
- Job satisfaction
- August
- Job security once you have one
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So I’ve now talked myself into taking the first steps and consciously making the decision to become a teacher. What is next?
I need to be trained. More next time..
Don't become a teacher... It means years in college and of course dealing with kids is a very big con!
ReplyDeleteCorrection. It is only one more year in college and even at this it is half spent in school!
ReplyDeleteNow it not the time... I know a cople of people that did the HDE and cannot find any secondary school teaching jobs in Co Cork, or indeed Ireland.
ReplyDeleteHowever, considering your impressive CV :) it might be different for your goodself.