[Lady of Pearl]

As an urban school educator for several years, the best thing I can advice you is to specialize within the field of education for example either in early childhood or special education, the opportunities are much greater than in elementary education, also do not plan to come to the midwest especially Cleveland, Ohio budget cuts are rampant I'm probaly going to have to relocate down south just to get with a major school system. There has been a hiring freeze here in Cleveland for two years! just when I got my license renewed! go figure. I probaly advise someone young not to go into education unfortunately because of the politics of this field-unless you specialize in the above mentioned areas that I mentioned. Other than the politics of it I've had some memorable events each class gets tougher with each passing year but there are some students lives I have touched like the boy who got fifteen suspensions last year but did not have any this year in my classroom, the students who did not know their pre-primer sight words upon entering my class who now know them plus those words on first grade level and the student who failed second grade and could barely read now knows his second grade sight words and is the most improved in reading!