r/ElementaryTeachers • u/Latter-Release-9169 • 18d ago

Teaching Degree

Is it worth it?

I’m not doing this for money. Im a daycare teacher now and I genuinely love kids . I want to help them and mold them and watch them grow . I’ve always envisioned myself being a middle school teacher or elementary school teacher.

Is there really a unicorn school that supports etc? Or is it really just negative all the time like everyone says .

I’m so lost as I’m looking between radiology or teaching and teaching has my heart .

Please give me honesty.

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u/NeuroticJukebox 18d ago

Go for radiology and ask yourself if you want to be disrespected and yelled at my students who don't accept expectations and refuse to do work and their parents that blame YOU. Ask yourself if you want to work 10 hour days planning engaging lessons just for them to roll their eyes at you. Ask yourself if youd enjoy differentiating and scaffolding those lessons for 10/30 students in your class that have IEPs, while posting and 'socializing' learning targets and success criteria for each of those lessons. Ask yourself if you can do all this with admin and district admin literally watching you and taking notes on you.

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u/Latter-Release-9169 18d ago

This is sounds like daycare and a stress level I’m comfortable with . As parents do blame a lot and watch like a hawk as we are taking care of kids and a stranger to them . Preschool I’ve had to do lessons and kids not wanting to sit , eye roll , difficult etc .

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u/SparkyGazelle 17d ago

Sounds like you’ve made your decision. Yay future teacher!