Would you go into teaching? For me, I don't know...

[dfrecore]

I am still considering it. I just need to finish an online course (ok, a series of courses) for my teaching certification. I did a long-term sub position this past spring and enjoyed myself. I didn't get to "teach" as much as I would have liked, but that's because of the long-term sub thing (the position already had the course basically taught via videos and planned out).

I plan on finishing the course, and then thinking about next fall. I live in a very nice area with good schools, so don't have to deal with some of the nonsense that other teachers might. I certainly wouldn't consider it in a district where they let kids do crazy stuff with no consequences, or a dangerous one. Nope.

I think one of the things that will fix the system is when schools realize teacher's aren't willing to teach under the conditions they give, and change the conditions. They need to back up teachers and be much harder on students. And not accept any of the craziness. The top brass have let things get completely out of whack, and that's not good for the teachers or the students (especially the ones that want to learn).