There's a statistic that says one in five teachers will no longer be teaching within the first 5 years of starting their career. I never thought I would contribute to that statistic but here I am writing to tell you that I will not be teaching next year.
I have decided to take a position with a company I interned with for a summer a couple of years back. I will be working in the marketing department surrounded completely by adults, weird. It was a really difficult decision to make but I feel like it was the right one. After a year of being in the classroom I know what things I really do like about teaching but also the things I don't like so much. This opportunity will allow me to really figure out what I want to be doing!
I think I really struggled with this decision because I didn't want to be considered a "sell out" or somehow minimize how important I feel children are to our world. However, teaching will always be there and if I find out that that's really what I want to be doing then I can always work my way back into it. I have worked with kids since
I was a kid because I enjoy their company. Their view of the world is different and interesting to me. Yet there is part of me that is curious what it is like to interact with adults, have adult conversations, have adult conflicts, and push myself to be a professional in a way I have not explored; this opportunity will allow me to do that.
It is time for me to step out of my comfort zone and into a world I don't know much about. To me kids are pretty intuitive but the business world? Not so much. Don't worry though! I've created a plan to keep kids in my life and give back to the community. I will be volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas once a week!
We'll see what the world has in store for me but for now I'm taking changes one day at a time. Because, well, that's the name of the game.
