walking stereotype of first-year teacher wrote:
Becoming an elementary school teacher. I left an easy job in publishing for something more challenging and with greater social value. I used to work remotely, and my biggest complaint was that editing all day was kinda boring. I'm now three weeks into teaching in an urban school district and severely questioning my choices. The kids won't listen, the hours are insane, my weekends are ruined by planning, and the general level of intensity of the work day is ratcheted sky high. I went from being a top-performer in my prior field (with little supervision and lots of flexibility) to being a struggling zookeeper. I know it's early days, but holy heck what am I doing with my life??
"Urban school district." --There's your problem. Run for your life. It will get worse before it gets better.