[Michelle]

I am a teacher of a dozen + years and would not trade it for anything. I teach special education and in the past have taught regular education. I currently teach Pre-K students up to 5th grade, yet have taught at just about every level. I agree that the pay is low and that parents are often as big a problem as the students themselves; however when you have worked with a student for months and finally he/she works a math problem of reads a story without any help, and he/she looks up and smiles and says ‘I did it!’ you quickly forget the stressful times. It is unmeasureably rewarding to watch a child that has been wheelchair bound for two years to take those first few steps without you holding her hand. I sometimes think it is like having a child– the pain of childbirth is sometimes almost unbearable; but the first time you hold this new soul that you helped create and the first time he/she cries for only you, mothers quickly and without regrets forget the pain and sometimes agonizing torture they experienced getting the child here in the first place. I love my work and I think it is ashame that there are so many others in my profession that have not had the great fortune of truly touching the heart and life of a child. ( Not to mention the parents out there that have come with tears in their eyes after witnessing their child’s accomplishments- whether those accomplishments are accademic or behavioral.)

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Name : Michelle, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Baptist, Age : 30+, City : Liberty, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : teacher, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,