Any teachers who have quit teaching and gone on to other things ?
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I'm in North Carolina, United States.  I am 38 years old.  In 2004, I got blisters on my feet from participating with my class in the annual field day.  The blisters got all infected and resulted in an amputation and a really nasty blood infection which zapped my kidneys.  I've been on dialysis ever since.\n\nI tried to teach while on dialysis, but I just didn't have the stamina to keep up with 19 first graders.  I love them dearly and I want them to have the best.  So, I've gone on medical leave and will resign at the end of the year.  It's so sad because I loved it and I was very, very successful.\n\nWhat am I doing now?  I'm going to school to become a Certified Internet Web Designer. I think I might design some educational sites for children.
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I worked as a bartender/bar manager for the 10 years before I became a middle school reading teacher.  I wanted to teach and I enjoy the time off even though the pay is not that great.
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What State?  I'll try to find more.\nThis is what I found so far.\n\nSanctioning Teachers for Inappropriate Classroom Speech: A Case Note from Montana \nJournal Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education
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When I was in grade 9, I had a teacher that coudn't go 2 days without blowing something up, setting something of fire, or distroying something. In the year that I had him, he ended up setting the roof of the classroom on fire, setting his pants on fire, setting his hand on fire, setting his desk on fire, setting my desk on fire, setting my text book on fire (I had a front row seat, how it worked out alphabetically), he fired a bottle rocket off in the class room, he would through white board markers at people, he through a chair at me, with the "egg drop" project, just dropping the egg wasn't good enough so they were fired up in the air using bottle rockets, that is just a small list, and after all the damage he did to the school/students/himself, he still won the Pan Canadian Student Choice Awards, and now he's an assistant principal.
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Not me personally but when I was 6th grade I had a goegraphy teacher that had like an office type room attached but private from the class romm and all the girls in the class I was friends with one by one confided in me that he had brought them back there tucked thier shirts in for them made advances towards them and touched them innaproprietly and I reported it to the asst principle in a few weeks I was called out of my class I didn't know what for next thing I knew I was in a Van on my why to the Community Center for my city where I had to testify against my teacher for what I was told he then was not in school ever again after that day.
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Where I work, we call a moving class a "looping team".  I work in a 7-8 building and we keep kids from one year to the next.  This is a great thing to do, as it builds relationships, and saves a great deal of time in the fall of the second year.  There are issues that can arise, especially if teachers and/or parents and/or students have personality conflicts, but on the whole, I've liked doing it.  I feel I know my students and their families better and as they grow and I learn more about their learning styles and needs, I can cater to that and be a better teacher for them.  Worst case scenario: You get a rough bunch of kids and know you're stuck for the next two years :)
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Not at all! Teaching is a physically and intellectually challenging job, and most teachers are up to the task. Those who are not should be weeded out to seek employment elsewhere. There are many who "can't" who TRY to teach, but they "can't" do that either.\n\nChow!!
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Here are a few to get you started.  There are so many of them that it is almost impossible to limit the list.  Just do a search for any topic in teaching and you'll be sure to find great sites.  Have fun with it!
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I'm not a teacher, but I think they would be proud to see a former student working.\n\nGo to college and finish; it's worth it.
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You can give it another try.  In some cases, the teacher is the problem.  Maybe with any luck the new teacher will help her out, instead of working against her
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This question is miscategorized.  "Teaching" refers to the teaching profession and related issues, not "teaching" you an answer to your question.
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I had a teacher in 7th grade  who unfortunately had no children but him and his wife would do many after school activities that were completely innocent with the class... too bad for the whole school that some ignorant people decided to accuse him of things he never did.  It's sad nowadays there are stories of bad teachers doing things they shouldn't.  This was the best teacher ever and he's wrongly accused and lost his job.  15 years later it still breaks my heart
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Quit . . . take a job teaching "Business Writing."
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If it doesn't have to be somebody famous, how about interviewing one of your own teachers for the "present" part?\n\nA past educator with a GREAT story was Helen Keller.  I don't remember the whole story, but she was born blind and deaf.  She had a teacher who worked with her (I think her name was Annie Sullivan), and then later she became a teacher herself - - INCREDIBLE!!\n\nGood luck!
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I taught in an inner city school my first three years of teaching. I could not afford a car so I took the job as it was in walking distance to my home. Around the middle of my second year I realized that I loved my job! The only reason I left was due to marriage and relocating. \n I want to make it clear that teachers in a high need school need to be MORE qualified! They are a special breed of people who are willing to give of themselves.They find themselves spending longer hours at the work site. They also will need to be prepared to supply some basic comforts for their students such as snacks, tissues and supplies as the parents are not able to do this and the school is on a tight budget. \nMost of the  children have learning problems "up the kazoo". This may be due to poor nutrition,or mothers who took drugs, used alcohol and smoked during pregnancy. You will find yourself working with many specialists. The reading teacher, speech pathologist, math specialist, physical therapist, and possibly an audiologist quickly become your new best friends and colleagues.\nThey will mentor students who have many emotional, physical  and social problems. It comes with the job. The school psychologists, social workers and pediatricians become not only their advocate but yours also!  It is harder to teach these children as they usually are not socially aware of the world.\nAll in all, however, I look back with great pleasure on those years. I truly believe I made a difference! \nSo to answer your question-- Why would one teach in a high need school. ? You do it because you truly want to.\nThose teachers who go into this type of teaching solely because they want loans paid off soon fall by the wayside. \nCheck out this link for some interesting reading.\n\nhttp://www.successinhighneedschools.org/journal/
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In my opinion, the worst thing that ever happened to the public school system is the teacher's union.  People keep their jobs not because they are good teachers, but because they have seniority.  Many teachers really do not like teaching, and do not like their students, but they treat it like a factory job:  do it for the paycheck and benefits.\n\nIf a person does not really like students, does not enjoy helping them to prepare for their place in the adult world, does not like teaching, then they should not be there.  As to what you can do about it, you will need to talk to your parents.  Will they go to bat for you and try to get the school to change?  Will they consider another school, even if they have to pay tuition?  Can they home-school you?\n\nGood luck!  I suspect you are going to need it.
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I also have a Master's in Education.  I don't want to discourage you, but I will start with the bad news.  Most people in this country believe it is very, very easy to teach and as a result those of us who have a teaching background are pretty unemployable in most fields even though we all know we have great skills.  I went into temping for a while because I found it nearly impossible to find anyone willing to take a chance on me.  I learned from Human Resources professionals who would be honest with me that they would rather take a chance on someone without a degree than a teacher because teachers can't think for themselves and cannot take direction.  This is a bizarre stereotype and I have no idea where it comes from, but it made me HAVE to temp so that employers could see how very capable I was.\n\nSome people DO make the leap from teaching into other professions.  Usually this leap is done over time and is hard to do while unemployed.  There are many fields that love the kinds of skills teachers bring, but first you have to analyze what it is you want to do.\n\nThis is what I finally did: After temping and being offered many full-time jobs that were not right for me, I took some advice from my aunt who is a teacher that she had from her principal: Go back to where you last felt comfortable, and move forward from there.  This was what led me to law school, and I am finally, for the first time, really feeling like I'm in the right place.  I was actually a really good teacher, but I was never completely happy when I taught, and now I finally know I'm in the place that's right for my skills AND interests.  I don't necessarily recommend this for you, but I do recommend going back to what you last felt was "right" and use that to guide you in your move forward.  As it turns out, for me, where it was last completely right was HIGH SCHOOL, where I had considered becoming an attorney, but just didn't for whatever reason.  My teaching experience and degrees were not a waste of time and money (I have to keep reminding myself), but experience.  In my case, I am very different from most of my classmates in law school because I have lived another life and have consciously chosen this path.  I also have found a field in which my teaching background is NOT considered a detriment at all (lawyers, weirdly, "get" teachers...they use the same skills and aren't overly critical of a past in teaching).\n\nSo, don't get discouraged.  If you're not sure what to do, I highly recommend temping.  You may fall into the right job, but even if you don't, you will gain a LOT from being out in the business world.  I happened to get one assignment in particular that was on Sarbanes-Oxley in the insurance field (of all things), and I liked it quite a bit, and considered staying.  I never had such exposure to the business world in my classroom, and temping is a lot like subbing: you get the experience and can try things out until you find something that works.  While you temp, you might be able to find for yourself where you last felt comfortable and move forward.  At the same time, you won't be "just a former teacher" or "just a person with an Education degree," but you'll be someone with experience and a working knowledge of business who happens to also have a B.A. and an M.A.\n\nGood luck.  This was a painful experience for me (teaching is tied up with your entire life...you can't even watch a movie without thinking of how you could possibly use it in your classroom), and it was hard to find my path since it is a "vocation" career tied up with your whole identity.  This will not be an easy switch, but it will be worthwhile.