Mums, please help me. I am currently studying online to become a primary teacher (second year out of 4), but not feeling very motivated. I feel exhausted all the time, uni assignments are quite complicated, and I just down enjoy it anymore. My twins started school full time this year and I have been volunteering a lot at their school... and starting to realise that teachers are completely overworked, stressed and underpaid. So I am not that sure that all the effort that I am putting at uni is worth it, I mean, I want a job to keep me occupied, but I don't want to be stressed, working on weekends, etc. So I was thinking a teaching assistant job would be a better idea for me? Anyone could help me with some input? Money is not an issue (husband is earning pretty good $ and I have my own assets, in case marriage goes wrong). Ah, important info: I live in a very remote area, so there seems to be a very high demand for both school teachers and teachers aides. Thanks :-)
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Im a teacher and I actually think TAs are worked harder, respected less and paid much less.
If moneys not an issue, and kids are at school, why not take the time now to get into whatever you really want to do. Set yourself up ready as you may be working into 60s, whats 4 years now, its going to pass anyway, just think about where you would really want to be.
How do you know they’re in high demand?
It’s a very tough gig to get permanently, I would stick to teaching,