Survived yet another school year. I look around at the people who graduated college with me and SO many of them are no longer teaching. They have quit to go back to school or to start a career in another field. Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I were to ever leave the teaching profession. I really have absolutely no idea. I can picture myself doing anything else. And yet, sometimes, I think that this profession is causing me to burn out and I only just completed year 5. I really hope that there will be changes made to better the teaching profession here in Florida...but so far...it just looks like it's getting worse.
Is anyone else dealing with burn out as a teacher? How do you combat the burn out? Anyone QUIT teaching thanks to teacher burn out? What did you decide to do instead of teaching? And do you love it?
P.S. - The kids at my school think I am OBSESSED with Star Wars by the way! My room theme was Star Wars this year...and it was my first year at this current school. They don't know that I change my room theme every year. I had a lot of students comment, "You must REALLY like Star Wars, don't you?" and "Do you like anything BESIDES Star Wars?" To that I would answer, "Of course I like things other than Star Wars! I LOVE music!" ;)
