“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” — Helen Keller
In recent years, a growing body of scientific studies have examined the question of happiness. What is it that makes people happy?
The answers have been fairly conclusive: pursuing happiness (or comfort or pleasure) is bad for your happiness. The best possible thing you can do to ensure true long-term happiness over the course of your life is to pursue things that you find meaningful, things that strengthen your sense of purpose and worth.
One of the many reasons we encourage people to consider a career in teaching is because teaching is a deeply meaningful profession with tangible and intangible consequences for the world and people around you.
Should I Become a Teacher? Exploring The Untold Benefits of a Teaching Career
Today, we’re unveiling a new resource, designed to answer these common questions: should I become a teacher? Is teaching for me?
Over the course of human history, teachers have been revered in most cultures for their wisdom and their commitment to the noble task of shaping other human beings. But in more recent years here in the United States, we’ve lost our sense of teaching as a noble calling with significant personal and professional benefits. Instead, we seem to hear mostly about budget cuts, long hours, and the challenges of helping students who lack family support or access to resources.
There’s no denying that a teaching career comes with challenges, but so does every other career choice. Teaching also happens to open the door to meaningful and professional opportunities in a way that few other career paths do.
This new resource focuses on re-exposing the many untold benefits of a career in teaching that many have lost sight of over the years.
In this resource, Should I Become a Teacher? Exploring The Untold Benefits of a Teaching Career, you’ll read about:
- What it means to be a teacher, according to wise men and women from history and today
- Four compelling reasons to choose a teaching career
- Four common myths about teaching and why they are false or misleading
- Why USD education professors and students chose their careers in teaching
Interested in Maximizing Your Career for Meaning? Download This Guide Today
The world needs people who have fallen in love with being a person of impact. Teachers laugh with us, cry with us, guide us, and shepherd us into learning, growth, and maturity. Teachers are powerful people.
We’re here to help you affirm your desire to be a teacher and maybe, just maybe, convince you that teaching is one of the greatest career choices you could ever make.
Explore the meaning and untold benefits of teaching by downloading our new career guide!
