Voices in the Feminine - Digital Delights

Only a former teacher can truly appreciate how much a person has to give of one's time and energy to be successful in the classroom. And only a former teacher gets the level of frustration a person will endure in trying to meet the expectations of an administration, of parents and of the community-at-large while not having much say in school decisions. Mix that in with lower pay and benefits compared to what most college-educated professionals can command, and former teachers know better than anyone that teaching is a hard job. It's not really even a job so much as a complete lifestyle choice. Family, being caring and protective, don't want to see their children have a hard life and will try to steer them into other professions. That's a shame, because teaching is a wonderful career that any parent should want their children to enter. We have to make teaching in America an attractive profession, just as it's viewed in so many other developed nations.