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What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching?

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Question: What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching?

Choosing a career is a tough decidion. Is teaching right for you? Consider the advantages and disadvantages of a teaching career.

Answer: Advantages:
  • Receive private scholarships and federal funding for teaching programs
  • Funding for teaching supplies
  • Health benefits
  • No teaching on the weekends, holidays, and the summer
  • Knowing that you're making a difference
Disadvantages:
  • Teaching large classrooms
  • Low salary relative to the work
  • Small school budgets
  • Work, on average, 50 hours a week
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