Here’s a confession you might not hear from many teachers. (Although judging from the retention rate for teachers, it’s probably not all that uncommon.) Late every winter I start to daydream of other careers. I see photos on Facebook of an accountant acquaintance taking his family to Cancun in the middle of February and think about how I’ve already spent half of my personal days for the year. You can’t exactly make it to Mexico and back over a three-day weekend. On Sundays as I grade papers and post depressing photos on Instagram using the hashtag “englishteacherproblems”, I envy my neighbor who leaves her nursing shift without bringing stacks of paperwork home. The proverbial grass is always greener, I know, but in early March nearly every other job looks more desirable than mine. I had once thought of life as a lawyer. How much studying would I have to do to get a passing score on the LSAT? I love coffee. What about a job as a barista? If my husband got just a few more clients, surely we could swing the decreased salary.
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