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[cosmicgirlie]

You know Adventurer if you speak French fluently and are bi-lingual in that area than getting hired as a French Immersion teacher is a golden ticket--the kids in those programs come from great families who care about their child's education therefore your behavioural issues in the classroom are very low. They have them but they're usually weeded out by grade 4.

As for a degree in Psych--sure there are jobs in that area and working one on one with kids can be much more 'rewarding'--however you run into the same kind of problems with parents. They want you to 'fix' their kids without taking any responsibilities for their kids. I know this as I've dealt with this first hand in both the public and private sector as a child and youth counsellor. Parents don't want to take any responsibilities for how they've raised their kids--hence me leaving the profession. Now there are adults who seek help--so that might be worth the degree but avoid the 'family' counselling cause parents are not looking to fix them just their kids.

[kreitler7]

I taught Math in an Albertan rural school for one year. I was counting down the days until I was finished. It was terrible because:

1) My principal didn't support or help me with discipline issues. He refused to allow me to decide what was appropriate discipline. He decided.

2) You have too many people telling you what to do. You have to please the parents, the principal, the superintendant, the kids, and your fellow teachers. There are just too many interested parties involved.

3) I know respect is earned, but man is it hard to earn. Kids would drive by and yell obscenities. Some would say f*ck you in the classroom too.


The best thing about that year was coaching badminton, I really enjoyed that.

I would spend hours preparing a lesson, and might only do 25% of it, because I was too busy trying to keep the class under control. What a waste of time...

So, you have to ask yourself, "Is it worth it"? Some people can be amazing teachers, but it takes a very special type of personality to be able to do that. I would say that teaching is 20% about knowledge and 80% about personality. I mean, just because you are a wizard at physics or chemistry, it doesn't mean that you can be a successful teacher.

I think that the success or failure of your teaching experience will largely depend on the principal and how the school is run.

If you want to know more, PM me.