Remember, you’re going to be free from paper work blockage, unproductive meetings where real subjects can’t be discussed, phony administrators that need their egos stroked daily, and senseless layers of rules that leave one numb.

When you leave, dust yourself off and be glad you’re leaving a broken system that damages teachers and students alike.

Just imagine, you’ll get to think for yourself again, speak your mind without worrying about who’s listening, make decisions that you can actually act on, and call in sick without making lesson plans. Also, you won’t have to grovel for paper, or beg for paperclips, or buy your own office supplies to the tune of $40 per month.

If you’re lucky, you might work for a place that gives you tuition reimbursement, bonuses, titles, and parties with real plates. And, what about working in a real building instead of a bunch of trailer classrooms. Geez, Nancy, free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last.

Dust yourself off and go get ‘em girl before it’s too late. There’s a real career out there somewhere. There a place for the talented, the driven, the creative, and the individual that wants to shine and soar. Don’t ever look back with the slightest bit of regret.

Many, many blessings.

And, like many have said, leaving now does not mean leaving forever.

In other words, I hear ya.

Anyway, I think you’re brave for leaving something that no longer works and I think it’s honorable of you to recognize that your heart isn’t in it.

Also, like Doug sort of said, you can be a teacher in many ways, and the classroom is only one venue.