u/Quiet-Advice311 — reddlx

Hi everyone,

I am currently a year 12 student in Victoria trying to hone in on some of my interests ahead of university applications later this year.

Teaching is one of the fields that I am really considering. I have always loved education, and I would be open to teaching at either the primary or secondary level. Ideally, though, I would love to teach VCE English Language, another humanities subject, or possibly one of the languages that I currently am studying. English language/linguistics has been a long-standing passion of mine.

I have a few main questions for those in the field:

How do you see teaching evolving over the next 10 years?
What do career prospects look like, particularly at the secondary/VCE level?
What's the best pathway to becoming a VCE teacher, especially for a subject such as English language?
Is it better to do a Bachelor of Education, or a separate degree followed by a Master of teaching?
What made you love, stay in, or leave teaching?
What are the biggest challenges new teachers face?
Do you think demand for teachers (especially in humanities/English/languages) will be increase?
What does a typical day or week actually look like as a secondary teacher

Thank you in advance for your insights!