Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Nothing Left To Pursue

I'm just going to be honest, there is nothing that is inspiring me to have a career in education. When I first took Teacher Cadet last semester, I did it for two reasons:

  1. To gain more leadership experience outside of a band setting.
  2. To see if education was an area of study I was interested in.
Quickly after a few weeks, I began getting tired of the same setting every day. This may have something to do with the class I was in, but I could not stand going there every day. Maybe it was the students age I didn't like? I don't know, but I know my interest is gone. Teachers simply do not get a salary I think is sufficient to live off of. Yes, the teachers we have now can make the best off of what they have, but that's it. You don't see many teachers living in super nice houses, going off on vacations, or driving around in Corvettes. My reasoning may sound ridiculous to you, but there are things in my life I want to do that I just could not do off of a teacher salary alone.
Second, I get tired of having to think of things for my students to do. I don't even teach the full class, but it is a pain to sit down and figure out what your students need to focus on. I barely even plan out my own week, so why should I be planning the week for 80 something kids?
Okay, so I may have been fairly blunt in my last two reasons, but it's nothing more than the honest truth for me. To end on a calmer note, I'll state my final reason: My heart is just not with this profession. Where is mine at then? Simple: the fields of online security. With this career. I will be protecting ALL of America from all online threats. Whether this be top secret information theft, identity theft, or stopping a serious attack against America's networks, I'll be there to attempt to make it stop. Teachers think they have the best job because they can impact their students life, but with my career; I'll be protecting an entire nation.

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