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Which of these would you rather be and or which would you recommend?
I graduated with an undergrad in teaching (high school social studies) and long story short realized this is not what I want to do.
All my life I've been interested in society and people and making a difference in peoples lives and counseling/ educating people. I assumed translated to the idea that I should be a teacher. When I student taught I was bored out of my mind. I felt teaching kids history that many of them won't use was not rewarding or interesting.
During teaching however I realized that I loved the one on one with students, listening to their stories and trying to help them and offer advice. I'm still "educating" but in a different sense. It wasnt until after that, that I realized this kind of "educating" was social work.
I feel this field fits my desires and interests perfectly and was seriously considering going back for an MSW but have received a lot of criticism from people.
People have questioned me and said why? They said its way to stressful, you don't get paid a lot and you do with everyone else's problems. But won't I don't think people realize is that you put up with all these same things in teaching as well!!! Nothing new to me. Sure teachers have "summers off" (not really because they are changing and creating new curriculum for the upcoming school year) but that doesn't mean anything if u don't enjoy the job.... AND an LCSW can make more money than a teacher and has the option to work in a variety of settings.
I graduated with an undergrad in teaching (high school social studies) and long story short realized this is not what I want to do.
All my life I've been interested in society and people and making a difference in peoples lives and counseling/ educating people. I assumed translated to the idea that I should be a teacher. When I student taught I was bored out of my mind. I felt teaching kids history that many of them won't use was not rewarding or interesting.
During teaching however I realized that I loved the one on one with students, listening to their stories and trying to help them and offer advice. I'm still "educating" but in a different sense. It wasnt until after that, that I realized this kind of "educating" was social work.
I feel this field fits my desires and interests perfectly and was seriously considering going back for an MSW but have received a lot of criticism from people.
People have questioned me and said why? They said its way to stressful, you don't get paid a lot and you do with everyone else's problems. But won't I don't think people realize is that you put up with all these same things in teaching as well!!! Nothing new to me. Sure teachers have "summers off" (not really because they are changing and creating new curriculum for the upcoming school year) but that doesn't mean anything if u don't enjoy the job.... AND an LCSW can make more money than a teacher and has the option to work in a variety of settings.
