u/ButterCreamDaddy

Hey everyone! I am currently in community college, and planning to transfer over to university. I originally was sure about being a middle school math teacher, but have been second guessing myself a little bit. I am sure I want to be a teacher, I couldn't imagine myself doing anything else, and I also am sure about teaching math, I am just considering other places aside from middle school. High school has older students, who I think I may work better with and I think it would be nice to help young adults transition into the real world, but I have subbed, and done observations for high school before and it seems the students tend to be a lot more disrespectful, I had a horrible time the one time I subbed for high school and had a student cuss out the teacher with no repercussions while I was doing observations. I don't think middle school students are as bad as some people make them out to be, but it definitely has it's days, and I may have just gotten lucky subbing for a better school. I would also be interested in learning more about subbing for elementary or pre-k, the kids seem very sweet from the little time I have spent in there, but I do not know as much about those environments. I also have spent a lot of time in special education and would be interested in considering it more, but I have heard that the workload is ridiculous, and you often gets tons of pressure from the admin. I would really appreciate some opinions on what the best and worst grade levels are to work, as I am at a point where I am still deciding exactly which grade I want to work. Thank you!