re: Possibly getting out of journalism and into teaching

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Two of the most pussified, alpha jobs for men that exist. And a failure on the first..

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I've banged reporters that are way hotter than your fat SO

Teaching what and to who?

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getting out of journalism

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into teaching by Superior Pariah

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if you are liberal stay in journalism, so you can only spew your ideas to those who choose to read what you wrote.

If you are conservative go into teaching to offset the already over population of liberal educators.

This explains the PoliBoard posts.

So now, instead of infecting the public with his BS, he is going to infect young minds instead.

Either way, good luck to you.

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You don't think bias can seep into coverage of a city council meeting?

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If you are worried about a local news story having liberal bias... you are brainwashed beyond hope. Now tell me, before you go to sleep, do you check under your bed for the liberal media?

Answer the question. I never said anything about liberal bias.

But since you did. The Advocate reported on a local story about a guy with a gun getting shot. 2 of their super liberal reporters made it Ferguson and whipped up a frenzy. So bias does matter in local reporting. Conservative or liberal.

How do I know The Advocate writers that covered Alton Sterling are super liberal? Their twitter.

I agree with all of this except the waiting to put in the stop market. Put half of saving day one. Then you can benefit from dollar-cost averaging and don't lose out on those compounding years.

Now, onto the issue of transitioning into teaching. If you can teach secondary and put up with the crap, you are a better person than me. I look at elementary, middle, and high school teachers and don't see how they do it. Teaching at the university/professional level is a blast. I could not bring myself to even entertain teaching at a lower level. You have several levels of development occurring in the same room at the same time and have to cater to that. I really feel for those teaching middle school when the hormones are awakening. Particularly the girls at that age who can be meaner than boys, not to mention they're standing in the doorway with their wedding dress in one hand and their Barbie doll in the other.

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Tell me all the horrible things I'll experience pursuing that career path.

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mainly just the pay

you're around a lot of young female freaks (teachers are up there in the freak index)

you have a pretty lax job, full insurance/retirement, lots of time off

Let's try this. WHY do you WANT to go this route?

If you are able to answer that, we just might be on the road to an answer.

Next question: Will you be better off it you do this?
Don't just think about money, but your personal quality of life, including the fulfillment thing.

If the answer is yes, do it. If the answer is no or I don't know, don't.

As for the kids, classroom management on any level is an acquired skill. At least in a number of secondary school settings you are frequently paired up with a mentor of some sort, so you have a bit of a support system. Also, look to your new found professional peers as a source of support. You'd be surprised what you can learn by just joining the conversation. Afterall, you are all in it together.