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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JCNodak" data-source="post: 151744" data-attributes="member: 2902">I understand the position that you are in. I have been there myself. If you would allow me, I would like to play a bit of devils advocate.The same thing happened to me about 8 years ago. I looked into everything. I have looked into going into teaching. My wife is a teacher. We both went to Mayville. She even taught there for a couple of years.  It is a great teaching college. I have been married to my wife since we left college. Being an outsider to the teaching "industry", I have been able to watch from the outside the change in the system. The focus seems to be less and less about the kids and more about appeasing parents and boards and some kind of standard that someone with no experience in education has put out there. My wife loves teaching and has known she wanted to be a teacher since she was young. Even she has had doubts recently as to if she wanted to continue. My advice: ask if you can observe. Talk to as many teachers as you can. Ask about the things outside of actually teaching that they are required to do. To speak to the need for teachers in this state, I would say it is misleading. Yes there are shortages and English may be one of them. However, in the larger cities (GF, Fargo, Bismarck, etc.) the openings are snatched up rather quickly as there are many licensed teachers that are working as a para or sub or at a smaller town until an opening comes along. A lot of the openings are in smaller towns. All that being said, if you are passionate about it, then go for it. All the complaining that I get to hear at home, when I ask her if she still loves her job, the answer is always yes.</blockquote>

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