Originally Posted by Jeep_Bike_Teach
Easy to become a teacher? Not here in Washington!
Last quarter I had 5 classes and they were 3 hours each night and a ton of homework every night and all weekend. I was working at my regular job and teaching at the elementary school science club on Fridays. By the time I went to bed, my husband was getting up to go to work! Oh, and wait, then there is my daughter who needs parenting! This summer I have 4 classes and they are 5 hours long, 2 days a week - that way they can cram in 12 weeks of education and work into 8 weeks.
Yikes!
That doesn't make it hard to become a teacher though. If you would have done the schooling while your parents paid for everything giving you plenty of free time to drink beer like how many people do it, it would have been easy.
You are just doing it the hard way. But, your way adds the most character and that is very admirable. Good luck.