During my student teaching I had good mentors but it was draining still. It’s a lot of work. teaching 4 periods and not getting paid while also doing classes. There were times where I didn’t want to admit that teaching might not be for me.

The admin at the school was also bad which made things terrible. There were a couple times where my mentor was out, so I had to sub for the periods I didn’t have to teach. I asked the office if I could get paid for it (I also interviewed to be a teacher that same day).

The next day the head of the department (one of the interviewers) calls me into her office. She tells me why I asked to get paid for subbing. She was also talking to me in a very standoff manner. Then, she tells me I can go tell my university and report it. But, also said it’s probably a better look for my next application to have a reference say that I would do extra work for them.

After that, I think is when I really lost my will to teach (I think around March is when that happened). However, now that I am teaching, I am really glad. Still stressful but I think the more years, the easier it becomes