Seriously, when my wife was unemployed, she applied for a job as an English teacher. The job interview lasted excatly one sentence long. After reviewing her Corporate America resume, the principal said, “So, you’re tired of making all that money, huh?” Then he told her she was over-qualified and showed her the door.

I also had a high school History teacher who found out that garbagemen made more than high school teachers. He applied for a garbageman position but didn’t get the job because he failed the psychological exam. He would then tell this story to all of his students as a cautionary tale, letting them know that teaching was not a viable career because not only do you get paid diddily, all of your co-workers are going to be a step beyond garbageman crazy.

HOWEVER, if this is a serious career move consideration, I can arrange for you to talk with some working teachers about what the job is like. Because the movies don’t always line up with reality.

-RT

I want to spend a day with a teacher at some point, though figuring out the how will be a challenge.

And I’m an architect. The salaries - right now, at least - are comparable.

I wonder how you’d deal with the first student who has a crush on you. And there will be one. Maybe even a boy.

i will also say that i went to a sub-urban high school and i think that it’s important to get a range of ideologies in the teachers. our city is something like 98% white and is about 16,000 people. there were some teachers at my high school (a few not a lot) that really challenged people’s thought process. i think that a lot of students gravitated to these teachers and they definitely had an impact on me. i think that even if you don’t thin you’d like the suburban areas, that you would be good for them. i think kids today are progressively forward thinking (or i like to think that me and my friends were). i wouldn’t lump everyone in with the traditional suburbanite.

I’s be a good teacher.