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Originally Posted by luvyrself
—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!
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Oh, I'm very aware of discipline issues in high school. I worked at a high school with a significant amount of low income families, immigrants, etc....so pretty much an "inner city" school. I worked in the special ed department so I've seen worse discipline issues than most teachers outside of special ed. And I'm certainly not someone who's afraid to step in and break up a fight as I've done it twice in the last year. I actually have a pretty good sense of when a fight will happen and then I can step in before it can escalate.
And honestly, the mild discipline issues (like constantly talking, not listening, and making noise) that continues through undergrad. I have no patience for it regardless, but I'm more forgiving of high school kids because it's part of where they are in their development.