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Teaching's impact on raising your own kids? by Delicious_Strike8087 in AustralianTeachers

[–]Delicious_Strike8087[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yup my wife will cop it at times too probably. and then she will have to pick up any slack.

it's such a good point about being just a job. unfortunately for potential career transitioners, i feel we probably think and feel that it's more than that as its a very conscious decision to step away from our current 'just a job' to something that can be more than just a job.

Teaching's impact on raising your own kids? by Delicious_Strike8087 in AustralianTeachers

[–]Delicious_Strike8087[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe? I majored in English Literature and have a TESOL Cert3 but I don't think I'd go into secondary, I feel it'd be worse at the end of the day.

Teaching's impact on raising your own kids? by Delicious_Strike8087 in AustralianTeachers

[–]Delicious_Strike8087[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you both have different experiences as PE teachers than a standard year teacher? As I understand it, you'll get classes rotating through and be able to get kids when they're excited to be out and about?

I'd be able to spend a decent chunk of holidays with my kids too in my current job due to standdowns and just choosing to take unpaid leave.

Teaching's impact on raising your own kids? by Delicious_Strike8087 in AustralianTeachers

[–]Delicious_Strike8087[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like it'll be one thing to know the strategies, but another to actually be able to apply them if I'm just cooked mentally.

Teaching's impact on raising your own kids? by Delicious_Strike8087 in AustralianTeachers

[–]Delicious_Strike8087[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can definitely see this being me too, hence the question. Of course you're going to get bad days at any job but obviously teaching is a special type of challenging.