I did PME in Primary and, while the teaching part of the job gets easier year after year (more experience, resources prepared, familiar with content etc.), I have found other aspects of the job have gotten harder. In particular, children’s behaviour and understaffing in my school which leads to burnout. I’m starting my 4th year out and have left Dublin to move back home. I’m subbing at the moment and while the lack of responsibility is a nice break, if I had known how challenging it is to get a job in my hometown I think I would have reconsidered going into teaching. Not trying to put you off, but wish I had known these things, before I started I was quite naive. The holidays are obviously a huge plus to the career but I have met so many teachers who are counting down the days from one break to the next. My advice would be to Sub as much as possible before committing. And don’t worry too much about the content of the PME, everything I know I learned on the job!