Posted on Sep 19, 2024
Did anyone go into teaching when they retired/separated from the military? What was your experience like?
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I retired this year and not really sure what I want to do but teaching has been in my head even before I retired. I have a job - but I don't think I want to keep doing it. I just started but I just really want to get away from anything military and this is a contractor job for a military command. I took it thinking oh the benefits are good but I just don't think it's going to work. I have 14 months on my GI Bill. I have been looking at local colleges about programs and there is one that does an accelerated program if you already have degrees. I already have a bachelor's and two masters. I feel like I just need to do something opposite what I did for 20 years and not around military at all. Just curious anyone else who went into teaching or who felt a little lost when they retired.
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Taught Automotive Technology for over 10 years to high school and postseconday students a few years after ETS. Like most others have said, I absolutely loved it. IMHO there is no better way to make a difference in this crazy world we live in!
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Yes, I became a teacjer. taught for 32 years, loved it, but enjoy retirement. Semper Fi
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I taught undergrad courses for a few years at an un-named "for profit" university using my Master's degree. I stopped teaching there after a student plagiarized an entire paper except for his name. The school's policy was that plagerization would cause expulsition. However, the Dean instructed me to give him a zero and he would have to repeat the class. Now, I made the assumption it was based on money, but the bottom line is that if you have a policy, you abide by the policy. Either way, I decided I didn't need th grief or stress. On the other hand, I've been a government contractor for over 18 years!
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After my Honorable Discharge in 1970 I was lost. Yes, I married my childhood sweetheart. She encouraged me to go to college. I did and graduated with a BA. Still lost and the country in economic turmoil I just didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. One day in 1983 my brother in law, a chem engineer, showed me this thing called an Apple computer. I kinda slid into this thing then learning everything about it I suddenly found people calling me a Guru (I hated the term). Companies started to recruit me. I ended up running a national academy for Electronic Publishing. All that was great. But, the key take away was I left my time in Vietnam behind. I had no room for it.
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I did and it was a long haul. Since I had obligations, it took me about 8 years to get my Bachelor's Degree. However, I graduated with three - Education, Social Studies and History. I taught for about 20 years in various positions. I am retired now and look back on those years and hope that many of my students went on to fulfilled careers.
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Our experience after in service during WWII especially Filipinos veterans we served never deserve from VA due to always denied our claim after retirement on Military not to deserve from VA we only received Full of denied where is justice for Filipinos wwII?
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As a retiree after 22 years I asked VBA to help me get my teaching degree. The stupid man said I was too old. I never went back to VBA. My opinion: The VA no longer cares about veterans.
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Depending on paygrade, JROTC could work for you. Those are usually contracted positions, but it's something you're familiar with and can help shape the next generation of servicemembers.
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