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should i quit my cushy bullshit job to go back to school to be a teacher? (hexbear.net)
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i hate my cushy bullshit job where i make obscene amounts of money. should i quit my job and become a teacher? here's what i'm thinking so far:

pros:

  • i won't hate my job anymore
  • my job is a real job where i actually contribute to society
  • summer vacation sounds dope

cons:

  • maybe i still hate my job
  • my job would be a real job where i do work
  • i won't make obscene amounts of money
  • wtf grad school is expensive

alternatively, are there other jobs i should try to do instead? mind you i have no skills and would probably need to go back to school.

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[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Right here, from the start.

Why would be teaching propaganda to kids for poverty wages make you feel better? This is not the way.

The implication is right there that there's nothing to public schools, damaged and ransacked as they admittedly are now, except propaganda. It's not a good career choice overall as it is right now. but it's still essential work that is necessary for a society.

[-] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i interpreted them as meaning that that's what OP would most likely do if they entered the public school system? not that that's what all of public school does?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Are you going anywhere else with this? I already answered your questions as far as I know regarding my position on the topic.

[-] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

are you trying to argue for everyone to become a teacher even if it makes their life shittier? idk i would prefer to just... actually pay the teachers that are currently employed a living wage rather than flood the job with people who don't particularly care about teaching but want to do it for moral reasons

like i've gotten the impression that teaching is essential but the whole "teaching propaganda to kids" thing is a thing they're forced to do and would rather like, not, so acknowledging it is something i want to do... in support of current teachers and not as a thing against them

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

are you trying to argue for everyone to become a teacher

I replied to you many times already saying over and over again that the OP (and many people in general, including myself) probably shouldn't get into teaching right now.

I don't think I can meaningfully reply to you further if you're going to be making up what I said and then getting mad at what you made up about what I said.

[-] EelBolshevikism@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

fair enough. idk i think im brain fuzzed right now

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

That's relatable. I've been there.

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