regret?
"I regret getting into education." I said that the other day. While sitting with a fellow teacher and lamenting the state of education, the state of my classroom, the lack of sleep from dreaming about work, and the search for a new job. Maybe regret isn't the right word. I like the other teachers at my school and I have made friends. I like the chemistry curriculum that I have built over the years. I know I've made a substantial impact on many of my students. I have been paid well and was able to buy a car and a house. I have loved my undergrad and graduate education classes. But the road to education started a long time ago, for me. And sometimes I wish I would have diverted sooner. I hate the phrase 'those who can't do, teach.' Sometimes I wonder if that's how I am perceived. Sometimes that's what I think of myself. I want someone to ask me if I am a teacher and I respond with a 'no.' **** Age 13-18 I was a mentor teacher with the loc...