Letter To Anyone That Asks "Really?! You Want To Be A Teacher?!"
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Letter To Anyone That Asks "Really?! You Want To Be A Teacher?!"

We get it. We've heard the comments. Yet we still want to teach. It will be okay!

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Letter To Anyone That Asks "Really?! You Want To Be A Teacher?!"
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"What are you majoring in?"

"Early childhood education"

"Oh goodness, really?"

Why yes. Yes I am.

As an education major it seems like everywhere you turn you hear someone saying, "there is no money in teaching" or "I could never handle kids all day everyday". Okay, well maybe you can't and maybe there isn't any money in teaching but it is enough to live comfortably off of.

Hearing these responses can sometimes be frustrating and sometimes it is hard to stay calm and just respond with a giggle and a nice little "well yea" in hopes that the conversation will end there.

I chose this major for a reason. Along with every other early childhood education major. Or education major period.

We all have a heart for kids. We love them and we desire to see them grow and learn to the best of their ability. We want to take part in helping create the future leaders, teachers, farmers, etc of America.

Kids are our future. They have to be taught so if everyone listened to all of the "you sure you don't want to change your major?" comments who would teach your kids or grand kids?

No doubt it is going to be tough at times. That comes with any job!

No doubt sometimes money may be tight. That also comes with just about any job!

It's life.

Teachers always seem to catch all of the rude comments. The unnecessary comments.

Yes, all of them are true majority of the time but it's not all about the money. God will provide, promise ya that!

It doesn't bother us to have to spend hours at the school even when school is over to make sure that everything is ready for class the next day or to grade papers.

We understand that sometimes kids will not listen and they will give us a hard time but that comes with kids in general. You have to expect that every now and then, Everyone has an off day sometimes.

So with all of this being said, the next time someone tells you that they are majoring in education rather than coming at them with the comments above (or comments along those lines) try encouraging them! Guarantee you that watching their reaction and seeing how they respond may change your outlook on it all.

Keep in mind that we ALL know what we are getting ourselves into. We know that the states guidelines are ridiculous at times, that there isn't a whole pile of money involved like there may be for a doctor or lawyer, that kids are going to be kids so there will be bad days. We know all of this yet we still have a huge desire to help better the future of our country by doing our best to teach and train the students that come through our classrooms.

Thank you,

Every education major

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