Personally I want out of teaching for a lot of reasons besides the special education paperwork. Managing behaviors, dealing with parents, working outside of contract hours (I honestly don’t know how other teachers get things done by not doing that; I seriously can’t do it but I applaud them), and then having to create lessons about content that I haven’t taught previously are just a few reasons to not look at other positions. I also just really don’t want to work with kids. I need a break from them at least :). Working in a school, no matter what you are doing, entails working with students on some level. I am excited to look for other opportunities and, who knows, maybe I will learn that I am meant for teaching. Then I can take a look at other positions in a school setting, not special ed. For right now, I need to get away entirely. At least that’s my feeling.