What are the pros and cons with being a preschool teacher/special pedagogue?

-I'm planning to study at university to become a preschool teacher since I'm great with kids and consider it fun and an important job. After a few years I plan to continue studying into a special pedagogue.



What would you consider the pros and cons with these professions?As a Pre-K teacher, I say you must REALLY love your job, love the children, because it is ROUGH.



The cons are downright innumerable: low pay, low respect (there's this attitude that the younger the student, the less intelligent the teacher) ... there are issues when it comes to finding a proper school to work at (a lot of places like to jam-pack their classroom to maximum capacity, or they aren't properly managed, etc). For me, I find myself just getting into situations where I feel like I cannot do any right. Parents complain if I don't immediately say, "Good morning" to their kid, or if I sighed before telling a parent about their child's day (that actually just happened to me last week -- a parent complained to my director, saying, "Well I know my child is energetic but the sigh made me feel like dealing with my son is a pain!"). I also had a parent point out that I sometimes misspell words on the white board that I use to write about what happened in my classroom that day.



All this work, plus the staff meetings that take place after hours, the late night parent-teacher conferences, the constant workshops to maintain certification (at least that's how it is in my state) ... it can be too much sometimes.





But you know what? The rewards might be few in number, but they're great in quality. Seeing a child finally get how to spell his name, hearing a child "use their words" when in conflict with another child, hearing a student laugh when you know that child had a history of being upset in school. When a parent comes in and she's so excited to pick up her son and find out about his day -- to see her look at that whiteboard, not to be picky about spelling but to find out what her son did.



It seems like you have to be a glutton for punishment to do this job, but I could not see me doing anything else.Nothing. These professions aren't highly respected. Be a police officer.
dont do it