As most of you know, im getting married at the end of this month. My fiance is in the airforce. the reason we're getting married so early is because hes being moved to germany in july. and as much as i love him, none of this was part of my life plan.
my plan was to go to school, get my teaching degree, fall in love, get married, settled and live the soccer mom 2.5 kids white fence with a lab puppy on the inside kind of life. as we all know, plans change. and im happy with the direction my life is taking me. i really am. the only thing im worried about is my career future. ive wanted to be a teacher since i was in middle school. I'm really good with kids and i love teaching and helping and inspiring. i only worry that teaching isnt the most portable job. being a military wife requires me to move at least every three years. can i really establish my career as a teacher doing that? or would picking up and starting over at different schools every few years be too much of a strain on trying to establish myself as a teacher. im just not sure what to do here. do i stay with what ive always felt id really love to do, or do i change my focus and find a more transferable dime a dozen job that requires only a general degree? i dont want to fit into the stereotype of the uneducated military wife that works as a checker at the BX or commissary. and i know most military wives are stuck in that category because they have foregone their own careers to be able to follow their spouse where their work takes them. i just dont know if i can do that.
i dont know. anyone have any comments?
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I have known a few teachers who are married to people in the military. It can be done. Pursue what you love or you will regret it. There may be duty stations you can't find a teaching job; you can do something else if you want to work.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely do what you love and want to do. Visiting Germany is something awesome that one day your students will love hearing about.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the other comments, finish school and get that degree. You may not have a teaching opportunity at all your destinations, but you will probably find something else that pays much better than a cashier at the BX. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteMy only advice is follow your heart. You have to do what you think is best for you. I am getting married next year and I know for a fact that I am going to have to make sacrifices, but then again, I know that in the long run, those sacrifices will benefit me in the long run. I know you are scared and yes you are young and you have your whole life ahead of you, but love and marriage is such a beauitful thing that may only happen once in a lifetime. Dont be the girl that misses out.
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