What I asked my mom last night.
Mom has this crazy idea I should give everything up and be a teacher, instead of trying to stay in the high-stress, high-paying(ha!), high-tech field. In exchange for spending another year in school, I would get the following:
She said:
Summers off
Job satisfaction
Quick track to administration (as if that's a benefit.)
My response:
Food stamps for the first three years.
Having to declare bankruptcy.
Not being able to buy a house.
Kids threatening to kill me, and quite possibly trying to.
Oh, and the government constantly telling me, "You don't like it? Tough shit, strikes are illegal."
Bugger that - I'd rather be homeless and unemployed than a teacher at this point in my life. At least that way I'd have an excuse why I couldn't pay my bills...
