"I didn’t quit teaching altogether; I am still a teacher. However, I was teaching kindergarten at an inner city public school, and I left in the middle of the school year and went to teach fourth grade at a private school, with a pay cut. I have never been happier!"
"I quit when my principal did not support me while I was recovering from cancer... I was a first-year teacher without a state-required mentor, so it was already a struggle. Getting cancer at 22 made me re-evaluate everything." - syeppers1904
"After 12 years of being a middle school educator, my last straw was being assaulted by a student, then docked pay for leaving for the day. The student's consequence: write an apology letter. It was time to move on; my safety and salary were at risk daily."
"My last college semester before graduating was when we did our 'student teaching.' It was so bad, I was like, 'Screw this. There's no way I'm doing this for a living.' So, I enrolled in more schools to get a different degree, and now I'm in a field far removed from my original undergrad studies. No regrets." - c49a679543
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