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Faby
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I'm becoming a teacher
Well, not immediately, more like next year. I will be teaching English and German.
Any tips, guys? Anything you wish your teachers had done but they haven't? I am all ears. This forum has been really transformative for me, and it's important to hear from people who have constructive criticism to offer.
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I'm becoming a teacher
Yup. Aiming for assistant lecturer in college, but I'll have to enroll for a PhD for that in a couple of years.
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I'm becoming a teacher
Are you sure you don't want to become a school custodian? I hear they get paid more 
On a more serious note, I don't think there's any tips I could give you that you wouldn't already be aware of.
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RE: I'm becoming a teacher
First thing you have to do is actually get hired.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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I'm becoming a teacher
Bad pay, union headaches, gubament headaches, dead-end job(seriously. I don't think becoming a teacher is good for the ambitious)
If you have the will and want, then go ahead. Otherwise it's practically a terrible job for anybody interested in career advancement.
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RE: I'm becoming a teacher
As crappy as it is, there are lots of folks with degrees in education who can't land a teaching job.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
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Well it's a crappy job with low turnover because staying at least guarantees better returns than trying to shop around for another job unrelated to teaching. Something like that. I wouldn't know though cause I'm not a teacher.
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I'm becoming a teacher
Not American, guys. I'm from Eastern Europe.
Pay is still terribly shit, no advancement, you're basically one big fat joke.
Nevertheless, it's what I want to do. It's what I have always wanted to do, despite being constantly told what a terrible decision I'm making and how much my life will be a living, starving hell, and blah. Frankly, I couldn't give a shit. At this moment, it's the only thing that gives me a semblance of meaning.
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RE: I'm becoming a teacher
(08-15-2015 09:38 AM)Faby Wrote: Pay is still terribly shit, no advancement, you're basically one big fat joke.
No different in any country. Except maybe Luxembourg...cause they're all rich there.
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They do get paid about 3000eur a month in Germany, Switzerland, etc etc.
Over here, you get paid 200eur.
Which is $250.
How's that for perspective.
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There was something I saw somewhere about teachers in some country (probably Korea), getting rich and famous by doing videos online or something... I mean, if it's what you want to do, might as well make some more $$ from it, if you can.
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Korea is weird. Both of em. Good movies though...
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I'm usually averse to stuff that makes people rich and famous xD
Plus, I'm not kidding myself, I know a lot of people default to teaching when they have no other job options, and I know life might end up being a big struggle against the Man, bordering on near poverty -- I'm suffering borderline poverty right now, so it can't get worse, right? At least then I'll be making a bit of money and feeling a bit more responsible for my life AND helping a kid or two (out of thirty) learn foreign languages.
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yup, indeed
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wow they really don't pay their teachers there
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/shrug
I guess so, but what can you do?
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RE: I'm becoming a teacher
Be the cool teacher lel. How do you plan on dealing with challenging the students or whatever? Like how do you plan on getting them interested in shit that is hard and potentially boring. Or if they're uninterested.
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