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Originally Posted by Russic
My wife completed it 3 years ago and her sentiments are similar. Classes were based around theory and largely taught by teachers who hadn't actually been in the public system. For this reason there was a lot of "each child is a unique little snowflake and you must adapt your teaching style to each one". After a week on the job my wife realized that's not exactly how it works in the real world. Being a teacher is hard work and you definitely need to strike a balance between meeting the needs of the students and meeting the needs of the school ... my wife feels the uofc program doesn't cover this because many involved in the teaching have never had to deal with a real classroom.
The upside (as was mentioned) is that she makes more than her peers because of the extra year. The pay is quite nice even though it's too much work for my liking.
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Yeah, being a teacher is more a 'lifestyle choice' than it is a job.