[[Non-RP related question, but I noticed you've mentioned kids and teaching a few times? If it's not too much trouble, could I ask some advice on getting into that career field? I'm looking into Elementary Ed and am not really sure how to even get my foot in the door, so some advice from someone in that line of work would be really helpful, if you have any.]]
Hey sorry this took so long to get to! Haven’t logged on in a while.
I’m not sure I have much advice for getting your foot in the door, specifically, besides just making sure to be involved with your professors and people who will be willing to give you a recommendation later. Make sure you conduct yourself well — as an Elementary teacher, you know, you shouldn’t do things like going around cursing and what not.
Keep your grades up. If you have trouble with that, get help early on. I’m not sure how it is for every state, but here you need to pass every one of your EDU classes with at least a C, or you’ll have to take it over, and I know at least at my college you don’t have time to take classes over. You’ll need a certain GPA to get into the School of Ed (which you apply to sophomore-ish year and it basically says you can take all your higher EDU courses.) I think they upped it here at least from 2.5 to 3-something.
My biggest recommendation would be that if you haven’t worked with kids yet or not in a school setting, do your best to get a feel for that early on. The worst thing is to end up heading into Observing and Student Teaching in senior year realizing you hate kids. Ask if you can shadow teachers, get input from your trusted professors, etc.
Also understand that you don’t go into teaching to make money. Really, in the US, it can be a shit job. We’re under appreciated and a lot of shit is placed on us. It’s going to be stressful. Teachers teach because we have a passion for it, because we love our kids and want to do our best to get them ready for the future. Our fulfillment comes from knowing we taught our kids something. Not because it’s easy or because we make good money.
And if your college is anything like mine, senior year is going to be hell. So make sure you get as much done before your last year as you can.
uuhh yeah that’s all for now? lemme know if you have any specific questions and i’ll be happy to fling my opinion at you~