The best way I think I can answer this is to try and address each of your points backwards.

I believe the school I am working for believes in fundamental change of education, likely what is being fought for. They provide me a much higher than average hourly rate. Unfortunately, current enrolment is low so it is only part time (12 hours a week) currently. When more students attend and my class size grows, I will have the opportunity to teach more.

I can imagine how someone who went to school for many years, and paid a large amount to do so, would be upset about another person getting the job without jumping through those hoops.

Overall though, I believe I am a good teacher, and I was hired for my skill set.

If anything, will build confidence for students needing individualized attention as your ability to diagnose student behavior stemming from frustration for the subject and lack-of understanding vs. basic behavioral issues.

In other words, SCAB!

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Do you think your pay is appropriate for anyone, let alone a teacher, in the state of California?

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> History is something I literally study the subject the night before I teach it.

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This answer makes me glad you're not teaching my children

You may not be wrong!

You may want to remedy that, mate.

Do you know the implications of this?

Hiring those who are not credentialed gets rid of any motivation for districts and states to listen to the ongoing demands for livable wages, better work conditions and respect from credentialed teachers in the field. This tactic is demoralizing for those of us who are fighting for fundamental change in education.

None at all.

My spouse is an educator and she is now seeing an influx of folks in your situation.

What books have you purchased and read regarding classroom management?

It is not special education. However, I do feel my student is very far behind where 9th graders were when I was in High School. He was behind when I started teaching, so I didn't cause that part.

I don't fully understand your question of "person planning". Was this meant to be lesson planning? Please clarify and I will try to elaborate.

I teach Monday-Thursday.

It is much more challenging than my previous career.

I started at the end of September this year. So a little more than 2 months.

In all honesty, nothing.

I am pretty good at math, and as a teacher have an answer key.

Conceptual Physics, in my opinion, is pretty easy and fun to do different experiments with. The hardest part would be the math, which I'm good at.

I am awful at spelling, but a good writer with spell check.

History is something I literally study the subject the night before I teach it.

Is your position a special education type or regular education? What type of person planning do you do? Is it weekly or more or less often? Do you enjoy your job? How long have you been doing this?

What makes you qualified for teaching those subjects?

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Can confirm, I'm never upset to see Bobby ORR in a puzzle, even if I'll concede that Catch-22 deserves mention once in a while

>Since I was about 16 I wanted to be a clinical psychologist. It was my main goal since then.

Ah, I think you misinterpreted my question. I was asking whether it lived up to your dreams. Is it as satisfying as you hoped?

I'll check out the course, thanks. And true, there's definitely various options to consider with careers, it's not all or nothing. I'd also consider applying to graduate entry medicine which is again super competitive but I think the experience I'd be gaining would tick a lot of the boxes for that. Did you go down the support worker -> pwp/ap -> doctorate route?

Why the downvote, thought it was a legit question ?

1. Since I was about 16 I wanted to be a clinical psychologist. It was my main goal since then.

2. I'm not sure!

3. Yes Clinical Psychology is about 80% women. Probably lots of societal factors explain that difference. I don't think being a man or woman is a benefit or weakness.

4. I taught myself R to do the statistical analysis for my dissertation and I really enjoyed it. I figured if I could teach myself R during an undergraduate dissertation, that I could learn enough to become a data analyst, and from there transition into data science. I have no idea how realistic it was, but I think it would have worked if I put my mind to it.

On that note, if you are interested in quantitative analysis/maths I would recommend doing further learning yourself where possible. If you are a mature student does that mean you live at home as opposed to rooming with students? I lived at home and I think this gave me a good advantage over my peers. I wasn't surrounded by alcohol and drama and noise. This gave me the opportunity to work much harder. This is why I was able to do extracurricular reading and learn skills such as R. There's a great course by Daniel Lakens online about p-values and frequentist statistics. If you go through it you will end up knowing more than not just your peers, but a lot of the lecturers and clinical psychologists too. This then allows you an extra perspective in being able to critique research which is a really important skill in psychology.

On the topic of career, it depends on your goals. Spending another 6-10 years to become a clinical psychologist can sound daunting, but you need to reframe it. You will be spending that time learning really valuable skills, earning some money (most roles are band 5 so ~27k). For example, to some people being a PWP is their entire career. Or some will progress to Senior PWP and Band 6. There's also a new role as a Clinical Associate Applied Practitioner (or something like that), which is Band 6 (or Band 7 in Wales) and can function as a career or a step to Clinical Psychology (although like a pwp, locks you in for 2 years).

P.s I've mentioned a lot about working hard, but I also spent a lot of time doing other things like gaming, watching football, going on walks, etc. You need a work life balance.

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The Bernie Bros took on a new meaning especially with the revelations about Cambridge Analytica and Erik Prince infiltrating leftist groups.

What's the answer to today's crossword?