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Teaching. Not an easy path, but deeply satisfying.

• CoastalCoder 3y ago
  > Teaching. Not an easy path, but deeply satisfying. I'd imagine that depends on where you teach. My sister is a public-school science teacher in a U.S. city, and it's been a horrible experience. She has very little control over the curriculum, and some students are so disruptive that the rest of the class learns little.
  • Aeolun 3y ago
    > some students are so disruptive Can you just politely ask them to… go away? My high school teacher did this and it was very pleasant for us that actually wanted to learn. I presume it was pleasant for the disruptors too since they always seemed more than happy to spend an hour doing something pointless instead.
    • CoastalCoder 3y ago
      > Can you just politely ask them to… go away? You can ask. When one of them threatened to kill her, the school administration kindly moved him to another classroom in the same hallway. But it's nearly impossible to get these students expelled, even for criminal threat.
  • klodolph 3y ago
    Every state in the US is different, and different school districts and neighborhoods come with their own differences too. I have multiple friends who teach in public schools in the US, and I have some experience teaching, so I don’t think I’m really under any illusions about what it’s like. (One person I know became a middle school teacher at a public school and described it as “easy” compared to her previous job, which was informal education. There is a lot of variability in this profession.)
  • vaidhy 3y ago
    Can you pick the school district? If so, I would think areas with higher Indian/Chinese students would be a nicer environment.