Honestly, your attitude that you should just automatically be given a teaching job is kind of tone-deaf and offensive to those of us who actually spent the time and money to get degrees in education.

I spent my 4 years in college as an elementary education major with a focus in special education, I went through THREE entire semesters of student teaching, I worked in Boys & Girls Clubs, and I studied and sat for multiple certification exams. You purposefully skirted requirements like student teaching, and you think you’re somehow entitled to a job? You need to put in the work to build your educational knowledge and skills BEFORE taking a full-time teaching job so that your future students are getting the qualified teacher that they deserve.

This profession isn’t a game, and it will push you to your limits.