So true. And even if you do it seems like just about every teacher burns out in 15 years or less and only a few tough cookies who started teaching young make it through the burnout phase to continue teaching until retirement.
I would have taught longer if we had stayed in TX, but I don’t want to teach high school here in Palm Beach County. Of course, I was also older when I started teaching, had already raised my own kids.
Personally I think it would be great for schools if there were programs to get professionals from other walks of life into the classrooms for a few years and then out. They would not get burned out and they would bring real life experiences to the job.