<p>I've decided on either becoming a:
high school math teacher
high school science teacher
engineer
Which one would be the best for someone who wants to have a lazy/easy life?</p>
<p>science teacher (unless you’re naturally really good at math)</p>
<p>^As the above poster said science teacher would be the easiest unless you have a natural aptitude for math.</p>
<p>I think teaching would be boring but alas, easier, corresponding with lower pay of course, varies.</p>
<p>3 months vacation? No weekends or holidays? And you aren’t even teaching the entire work day? Teacher for sure</p>
<p>^That’s three months with no work; plus endless grading and conferences (with students, parents, teachers, outside organizations, etc.) even on weekends, holidays, and after each schoolday. ;)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call teaching easy, particularly if you’re teaching in a school that has a lot of disciplinary issues. You’re always going to get disrespect from your students, not to mention the new generation of helicopter parents that will barge in and yell at you every time their children gets less than an A on a test. </p>
<p>According to the NYTimes, most teachers don’t stay at their job for very long because of all the stress.</p>
<p>According to my own teachers and friends who went into teaching, the first few years in the classroom are EXTREMELY stressful. But once you have taught every class a few times and got settled in a routine, teaching is supposed to be a comfortable job - provided you are teaching students without major behavioral problems, of course.</p>
<p>Anyone who thinks teaching is easy is very ignorant.</p>
<p>try being a surrogate parent because you teach in an inner city school where the parents are either working two jobs to make ends meet or are total deadbeats who don’t bother raising their kid properly, all while earning a so-so salary and having your complaints ignored by the administrators because they don’t have to deal with the kids themselves</p>
<p>I think I’ll take the six figure salary and general prestige that comes with being a neurosurgeon over that any day of the week.</p>
<p>@girl- Have you ever been a teacher or worked in a school district? Serious question.</p>
<p>Nobody said being a neurosurgeon was less stressful than a teacher. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not stressful to be a teacher.</p>
<p>dont be an engineer. it requires a lot of hard work. depending on your interest opt for science or maths teacher. A more better option is to be a professor in a university. you have to teach just for about 2 hours a day and pay is also good.</p>
<p>^Professors generally get paid the same or less than high school teachers. And yes, they only teach a couple hours a day, but they spend much more time than that doing research and writing. Plus you have to get a Ph.D. and then a professorship just to get the job. It’s NOT the easy way out.</p>
<p>Professors also write books and make money from said books.</p>
<p>Every job is going to cause you some amount of stress at some point or another.</p>
<p>“On average teachers are pretty well paid given what they do”</p>
<p>Not really, no. If you think about it, teachers are the ones who have some of the most influence over young people. They shape their childrens minds and give them a worldview. Not to mention being a confidante, teacher, and scapegoat for kids poor behavior/grades. Teachers should be paid way more, in my opinion.</p>
<p>if you want an easy life, win the lottery</p>
<p>e: I agree with Mahina. Hell we still have the saying “Those who can’t do, teach” despite the fact that teachers are probably the most important people in our lives. If it wasn’t for teachers, I wouldn’t be able to type this sentence.</p>
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The pay really isn’t good. Professors might only have to teach two hours a day, but there is grading, research, grant proposals, publications, applying for tenure, the sheer amount of time it takes to get a PhD, etc.</p>
<p>my accounting professor I had last semester makes like $150,000/year, and my statistics professor makes about $100,000/year.</p>
<p>My mom and most of her coworkers make $55-60,000/year. Salaries also depend on where one teaches.</p>