So today, I want to share with you all some great news!  A good friend and Loyola Alumni just provided me with some information that might be helpful to some.  As we are almost graduating, Yay!, some of us are not sure what will happen after Loyola.  I know some do, and that is GREAT!  But to those who are looking into graduate school, I want to inform you with this option.

There have been so many times when someone would tell me that I should’ve become teacher.  I am always tutoring, but I have never thought about it as a career.  I shared these thoughts with this friend because I knew that she was pursuing a career in teaching.  She explained to me that she is in a two year program in which you receive a Masters in Education and teach as Full-time teacher (including all of the benefits).

She absolutely loves teaching and says that she cannot see herself doing anything less.  She graduated as a Biology major and she teaches the sciences as well as English as a second language.  She teaches in an elementary school in Chicago and she absolutely loves it!  She mentioned that she hesitated in taking this opportunity, but it came so easy to her.  People are always saying that teachers make peanuts, but this is not entirely true.  She is doing fairly well and after she has her masters she will be very qualified for a great job!  It’s also a plus that she is bilingual and she will be receiving her ESL certification as well!

Also, many of her loans will be forgiven because she is a teacher teaching a very needed subject.  I recommend this opportunity to you because I, myself, am looking to find more information about it.  It is a great back up plan, and if you find out it is not for you than at least you know that teaching is not for you; what best way to find out while getting paid, right?  I was so excited that I decided to share with you all this opportunity!  I hope this helped some of you out there. 🙂