I have been teaching for 21 years. Over the last few years, it has become more and more difficult to go back into the classroom. I used to have fun with my classes. Enjoyed seeing what the students were going to come up with for the day. Now....I just want out. By moving to a new school district, I ended up spending thousands to update my 1985 diploma. I could beat myself. Why didn't I spend those thousands on getting a different profession. I want out of the teaching field. But what should I do with my talents? I don't know, but I will keep looking. Or else, I will go back and spend thousands more and get a different profession that I can actually face each day.

I miss being a master teacher and only being a teacher. I just lack the energy and drive that was there for the first 18 years. Now, I just want to get them to learn something....PLEASE.... I would love to throw every iPod, telephone, and other electronic gizmo out the window. Put NCLB in the equation and school has become a chore for the student as well as for the teacher.

I am tired and without hope,
Teacher/Lost Soul