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Mmmm, I'm a student teacher, not the real deal yet. But if you like kids and hard work and aren't easily derailed by the unexpected (or at least can put yourself back on the tracks quickly), you can do this job. Oh yeah, a sense of humor helps _a lot._
It also helps a lot if you are a literate, educated individual who actually enjoys or appreciates the things that you're teaching. Nothing worse than watching a teacher teach a subject that she or he doesn't know well or care about. What a waste of everybody's time.
A lot of times it's a pain in the ass and there are kids you can't help. But sometimes you have a breakthrough with somebody who's been struggling, and then you feel like you're walking in the clouds all day. There are bad days, when I question whether I can help _anybody._ And there are good days, when something so amazing happens that I laugh in the car all the way home.
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