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I left teaching despite loving working with kids. The pay was too low and my stress had reached its limit.

I taught at one of the coolest places on Earth, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. I loved working with children but the job left me feeling stressed and undervalued. I left teaching to go back ...
Business Insider

I left my teaching job after 8 years and became a ski instructor. I get to teach without the anxiety of a classroom.

After being a teacher for eight years, I quit my job. At age 30, I realized I couldn't keep walking into class with anxiety about what I was going to find I decided to become a ski instructor, where I ...
AOL

Teaching Left Her Deeply Unhappy — A Job At Costco Brought Her Back To Life

Maggie Perkins used to be a self-sacrificing “teacher martyr” who got paid “pennies” to take care of other people’s kids while barely making rent, she said. This is the little-discussed “dark side” of ...
Entrepreneur

I Chose TikTok Over My Job. I Still Love Teaching, but Influencing Pays My Rent.

Molly Rutter left her teaching job to pursue influencing in August. She’s faced challenges online but says it’s still easier than being overworked and underpaid. Now, she earns money through TikTok’s ...