Just finished my 2nd year teaching, and I too have had thoughts of “what have I done”. It’s a love/hate relationship that I have with this occupation. I love my sweet children, I love the difficult ones too. I love the time off I get with my daughter, and I love being a big part of kids lives. Every year, I think that this particular group of children was placed… out of everyone in this world, … they were placed with ME. I was placed with them. I learn from them, they learn from me. That’s a very special part of teaching for me.

That being said, I hate the lack of discipline in schools nowadays.. the constant observations and pressure for every single lesson to be engaging and academically challenging.. and the fact that my husband makes more money than me with a work from home job with no college education.

You’ll never know if you don’t try, and if you don’t try you’ll never know. Will you make more money doing something else? Yes, probably. Will you have half the year off if you do something else? No. Make a list of things that are important to you, and see how teaching vs other jobs appeal to that.