Hi again,
Dragon if it's a career path you want to try then go for it. If you enjoy working with kids then that's what you should do. No point doing something with your life that you don't enjoy. Actually if your talking about secondary
school kids then it's really about encouraging them rather than teaching them. That's my point of view. At that age kids should be encouraged rather than being taught to. Think many teachers make that mistake. This is just personal opinion you understand.
Going to back track and say 10 years real life experience isn't necassary for teaching kids. However, I would say that if get into teaching without that experience then it would be very difficult to get back into the industry.
In UK all teachers need to do teachers training certificate and I have no idea about that. No idea the requirement in other countries.
Please don't rule it out until your sure you really want to rule it out. Got to get in touch with local schools, teaching institutes, and ask them.
Actually you know what there is someone on the forums who you should contact.
Her name is Solitaire and she hangs around the VB Express forum. She's a teacher.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/solitaire/
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