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Teaching can be a difficult career, there’s no doubt about it. However, there’s also very few careers out there that are as satisfying and rewarding as teaching. That’s why, each year, some of the best and brightest students in the country choose teaching over many other career options, many of which would be much more lucrative. Here are the reasons why many students feel that teaching is the best job in the world!

5. Camaraderie Among Educators
There’s a special bond among teachers, or even between anyone involved in educating young people, such as professors, administrators, tutors, faculty and coaches! There’s something about the practice of dedicating your life to improve the future of the youth that brings people together, and helps you to form bonds and friendships that last a lifetime. There’s also no better way to be involved in a community than to educate its young people! For this reason, teachers are among the most well-known and beloved people in any community.

4. Great Benefits
Much is made by the comparatively low salary of teachers compared to other college educated workers, but teaching does have great benefits. Teachers qualify for great health insurance, and many states offer other benefits, such as tuition forgiveness or reimbursement for teachers that go on to work in certain areas or teach certain subjects. You can’t beat that!

3. Two Words: Summers Off!
What else can I say? Even though teachers do spend a lot of non-school days working on lesson plans and other tasks, it’s still worth mentioning that they receive summers off, and get a few weeks off during winter holidays! This is also great for teachers with families, as they will usually be free to spend time with their school age children when they aren’t in class!

2. Doing What You Love
All the salary, benefits, and time off in the world wouldn’t matter if teachers didn’t simply love their jobs. One of the sadly overlooked aspects of careers is figuring out whether you would enjoy your work or not. After all, even with a good salary, it’s not a whole lot of fun to spend all day Sunday dreading the beginning of another work week. Simply put, if you love your career, you’ll be a much happier person. Imagine being excited to go to work, instead of wishing the morning would never come! Teachers love their jobs, which makes all the hard work worth it.

1. You Can Really Make a Difference!
Along with getting enjoyment out of their jobs, teachers also feel a fulfillment that very few other careers can give you. Watching a student who had previously struggled start to find his or her way and really succeed is an experience like no other, and it’s what keeps teachers coming back to teach year after year. When your working days are retired and you reflect back on all the time you spent on the job, will you feel as if you accomplished something important? Teachers never have to ask themselves such questions, as their job is among the most important in the world!