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mullethunter111 t1_j0x7cvx wrote

Coming from a family of educators, don't. Change careers while you can.

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FuzzAldrin36 t1_j108g4p wrote

This is the answer.

As a former educator who is licensed in CT, I ended up leaving teaching when I moved to MA.

The difficulty of the (lack of) reciprocity to be licensed here gave me just enough pause to really see how horrible the conditions of this profession I love so much really are. They don't improve from state to state.

It's absolutely heartbreaking how freeing it is to leave that career.

(To be clear, this comment applies to the career of public teaching in the US, not any specific conditions of teaching in this state.)

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poprof t1_j11971y wrote

What did you transition to?

Maybe more importantly - what was/felt different in the new job? I’m 15 years into teaching and not sure I can do 20 more.

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