I just quit public school teaching due to the extreme stress I had, after 20 years in the profession. I just didn't have the emotional stamina day after day, plus working 10 or more hours a day didn't leave me energy or time for my own children. People would make remarks about all the holidays. If I hadn't gotten those breaks, I would have had a breakdown for sure. I have great respect for my colleagues who are staying in the classroom. I really don't know how they do it. I feel like a failure, because supposedly if you can't teach you aren't good for anything else either. But I am looking for a new job , a new career, that makes more reasonable demands and with less stress.