It's like an attention struggle between the teacher and the potential students. The kids want to go off on tangents and the teacher wants to impart precious knowledge on the students, who know less. Thankfully I did this program before applying to Teach for America. My experiences here and research I've done on that program have gotten me to change my mind. Before this, I was certain I wanted to be a teacher. Now I am certain I don't. The job of teacher always seems glorious to willing students like me, who sat bright-eyed and bedazzled behind our desks, soaking up knowledge. I don't want to fight my student's attention spans to be able to work with them. I'd rather avoid the educational establishment altogether.
So now what? Now that I've decided that this stressful path isn't for me, what is my next step? Perhaps an internship with a non-profit company. Or an actual job with a non-profit. What do you do when you've been trained to study and read throughout your whole life, and you graduate into the real world knowing that heading into grad school right away is not an option (if you want to keep your sanity that is)? Job hop, that's what you do. You try on different hats until you find a hat that works for you. That's exactly what I'm doing, and it's all I can do. What hat will work for me?
It's good that you're figuring this out now rather than years down the road. Keep exploring all your interests until you find something you're happy with =)
ReplyDeleteWill do :) This experience and working experience in general makes college seem backwards bc it doesn't give you real working world experience. They just tell you to pick a subject and you're supposed to go with what you like best, which may not necessarily translate into a real world job.
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