Keep trying to get a teaching job, go to grad school for something else, or try to chase “adventure”?
Hi all,
I will try to make this as brief as possible. I am in my early 20s and graduated with a bachelor in education and a public school teaching license 2 years ago, having completed multiple student teaching internships with great reviews. Meaning I am now on my 3rd year of applying to teaching jobs and have gotten zero offers. I am currently working as a special education paraprofessional because that is the only work I could find, but unfortunately it’s not financially sustainable for the long term future. I am living with my parents in a small town, I am single and don’t really have friends in my area, and I’m just… at a loss. I feel like I’m wasting my life and going insane applying to teaching jobs over and over and not understanding what I am doing wrong, while being told that teaching is a super easy field to get a job in.
As the school year comes to an end I feel like I now need to make a decision. Do I keep repeating what I have been doing and hope something clicks? Do I take out more loans to get a grad degree in something more employable? Or do I try to “follow my dreams” of travel, working abroad etc since I can’t find anything worthwhile here anyways?? I am really grateful to have the job I do have, but I also don’t want to look back on my life and regret the way I spent my 20s.