Education
Overview
Do you dream of shaping young minds and preparing children for their future? Perhaps you envision classrooms full of eager students, sitting at rapt attention, putting your vast knowledge to practical use. While you may realize these dreams if you choose a career in teaching, you will also typically deal with tremendous amounts of paperwork and cope with misbehaving—or even violent—students. Other teachers have to deal with adults who have no study skills and no time to learn them.
And summer vacations, which used to be the biggest perquisite for educators, are becoming increasingly rare in many settings. As continuing education requirements for teachers get more stringent, you may be forced to spend your summers at professional training workshops. Not to mention the fact that you may be compelled to get a summer job, in order to make ends meet on your salary.
Whether you're a schoolteacher, a special education teacher, an adult vocational-education trainer, or a college professor, your career as an educator may comprise all these things and more. So, before embarking on a career in education, you should weigh the pros and cons and decide if the many rewards are worth the trouble.
(Note: This career profile focuses on careers for teachers, professors, and instructors. In addition to those folks, though, there are all kinds of support and administrative personnel—elementary and high school principals, guidance counselors, college deans.
Read article at WetFeet.com