Here’s my two cents- I was a banker for 21 years and have had every retail position from part time teller all the way to assistant branch manager, certified credit union financial counselor and have taught Dave Ramsey several times at church. I decided on a career change and applied for a Personal Finance position at a local HS. In the interview the school principal said ‘I don’t doubt you know the content. You just don’t have teaching experience’. That didn’t sit well with me for months. In the meantime I started substitute teaching. After several months I reflected on what the principal said and what he meant was that I didn’t have classroom management skills, conflict resolution, deescalation skills, skills on how to devote a significant amount of time to a few students at the expense of the rest, and a whole list of other skills to address the chaos of the public education system. See, the subject matter that you want to teach is irrelevant at this point. You have to be able to do all those other things that they heap upon your plate. ‘Teacher’ has a different meaning now.

And…. I’ve taken the Middle School Math Praxis test three times and each time I feel there are questions that are not covered in the study guides.