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I left the tech world to teach high school. Two years in I felt the same as you do now. Five years in, not so much - and I returned to programming. I still l
by iguanayou 10y ago
I left the tech world to teach high school. Two years in I felt the same as you do now. Five years in, not so much - and I returned to programming.
I still like teaching and still do it part time, but would not want to be a full time public school teacher again.
- kickscondor 10y agoI'm not sure if I would feel quite the same about high school - one time I showed up to work and there was a green construction paper heart in my mailbox that had YOU CAN HANDLE THIS SITUATION sloppily printed on it. No - you're right, this is all still fresh to me - second year has been even better than the first. Let me know if you ever write up your feelings, I would love to hear about your full experience.
- munificent 10y agoYou know, sometimes I could use one of those hearts at my job.
- DeBraid 10y agoCan you elaborate on why you "would not want to be a full time public school teacher again."? Thanks!
- kickscondor 10y agoHere is a prior comment with an explanation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8862793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8862793 I am fortunate to work at a public school that gives me autonomy, so the only issue I share is the salary issue. Which I genuinely could care less about - thanks in large part to the autonomy.
- patja 10y agoJust read that and concur that it rings true for many of the negative aspects of teaching I've experienced as well. Plus I work in a private school environment where there is the complication of parents being to a certain degree customers whose satisfaction matters to the financial success of the school. And then there are the big donors who see themselves as some kind of local nobility.