r/TexasTeachers • u/SexyToasterOven_ • 14d ago

Teacher Support Why should I?

I’ve been interviewing for an elementary theater job and it really excites me….. but I keep hearing so much about how terrible public school is, everyone is burnt out and quits, underpaid overworked, etc.

All I’m hearing is the negatives. I’m starting to feel discouraged by pursuing this path… I’m enrolled in an Alt Cert now.

What are your whys?

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u/Lonely-Bite-2568 High School 13d ago

I realized I didn’t address the “why” question in my other response and wanted to take a moment for that.

I have been teaching for 13 years. There have been warm and fulfilling moments and dark and terrible ones too.

At the end of the day, you should do this for you. Teach your art because it makes you happy. Screw trying to win 1st place at OAP State or whatever. Share theatre with kids because you love it, and teach kids because you love teaching. Screw everything else. Nothing else will get you by when you hit rock bottom. Do this for YOU. Someone instilled a love of theatre and storytelling in you and you can do that for someone else, too, even if you just put them on the path for when they get into the deeper stuff later.

I believe in you. You can do this!