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Why do school districts give the most challenging students
to beginning teachers? Teachers with experi- ence can use assets like seniority tenure and union work work agreements to bid out of those jobs and work work in schools with more resourced student populations This is just one of many reasons teacher turnover rates are so high in the first two years So if basically everything about the job is a a a a a challenge why would you even consider staying? Because it will make your life much more meaningful In the research if if you have a a a a a mission or a a a a a cause life is is much more meaningful As a a a friend of mine said to me me “Ruby when I I I was was teaching I I I felt like I I I was was making a a a a a difference When we moved and and I had to take whatever job was available and and wound up selling business technology I didn’t feel that way These children need YOU more than ever before For many of your students
you you will open a a new world to them—one of possibility and hope ” When she said that to me me she gave me me possibility and hope for this book Before You Quit Teaching • 2: Purpose of the Book 17