Recently, I have spent countless hours searching for new job posts on craigslist, Zotlink, and Monster. I have been on interviews for advertising jobs, administrative positions, and a plethora of sales jobs. In all of these jobs your success depends on the "number of items sold". Money must exchange hands in order for business to exist and thrive. On a different note, in the education field, teachers "sell" education to young minds. Success is measured much differently. Now seeing that I am currently seeking job opportunities in other fields I must admit that I am satisfied by the notion of being around young people and teaching them stuff everyday. However, I am also attracted to the idea of working as a business woman in the workforce of the adult world and hopefully making good money. Only, making money is never easy no matter what job you have.
Lately I've been thinking that once I get "burned" enough times in the sleazy sales world of dishonest business people, I'll probably go back to pursuing teaching. Although teaching has it's cons also. For starters, the bureaucracy of the education system is enough to make anyone go mad. Secondly, the classroom demographics are often so diverse that it is impossible to meet the needs of all your students. For instance, I student taught in a 4th grade classroom with 34 students where 19 of them were not fluent in English. A handful of these students could not speak English at all! Now how is the teacher supposed to create meaningful, educational, challenging and inspiring lessons everyday that reach everyone in the class? Some students will be bored out of their minds from lack of cognitive stimulation while others will be bored out of their minds from not understanding a single word. I found tasks like these immeasurably daunting and exhausting.
As I continue to pursue my career in this world I'm hopeful that I will find a place where I belong in this universe. I desire a respectable profession that keeps me motivated, happy, and satisfied where I can be inspired to grow and benefit the world everyday.
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