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Originally Posted by Skull&Crossbones
I just feel like a terrible person asking students to call me Dr. I'm such a fraud. I applied to a well-known school in my field but didn't make it in because they didn't want me for a TA. I was clearly to worthless and stupid to apply to any other better schools so I just applied to where I got my Masters. I'm clearly not good enough to teach college so I'm hoping I'm good enough to teach high school. Probably not as I'll have to beat out people who just graduated with their bachelors. You know, with a REAL education degree instead of a doctorate and a certification. I'll never be a real teacher. I'll never be a real ANYTHING. No wonder my ex left me...he's a REAL college professor, a REAL musician, a REAL person! I'm none of those things and never will be now. I shouldn't have lived past 24 or 25. That must be the biggest mistake I ever made.
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—don’t ever be ashamed of your intelligence. Shame on you. Just because the one school didn’t need you as a ta doesn’t make you a loser. And how does that mean you are not good enough to teach at the college level? Have you even applied to other schools? If it’s not meant to be, sometimes this kind of experience can point you towards something better for you, tho finding ones niche is not always easy. Be aware that there are significant student discipline aspects in teaching high school. But who knows, maybe you would be brilliant at that. There are many ways to use a degree. You didn’t say what yrs is.
I loved this thread because street smarts is important as Are people skills. Tho I have a masters degree, my bff had only hs but she has a 30 pt higher IQ and is my mentor in life. Stop beating yourself up. Things will fall into place. Hugs!