Reply #37: I agree femmocrat.

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My Daughter graduates college this year and she will embark on her chosen career as a H.S. teacher.
I tell her that she will be so disappointed because of the restrictions that will be placed on her actual teaching. I taught for a short while, before standardized testing was the norm. The money I earned versus the hours I put in, plus all of the crap from parents and some students (the ones who did not want to learn) encouraged me to join the carpenters Union. Carpentry was my second "love", my first was the "light" that appeared in a students eye when they actually understood a new concept. After my Father was disabled (due to hereditary heart disease) and forced to retire as an Army pilot, he substitute taught for a few years also.
I tell my Daughter that since she "has the calling" to teach, (it has to be a calling, she is a Presidential Scholarship recipient who has a 3.9+ G.P.A. and could earn real money in another profession) she should at least become a Teacher on a military base. There she would have job security and higher pay because of the Federal Employees Union.
She wants to teach in under-privileged areas, which makes me very proud, but unfortunately, I fear she will be "burned out" in a year. She would succeed at almost any profession. She could even be a model if she weren't short like her parents. Oh well....live and learn.