Hello. I am a senior in college and an infrequent diarist here due mainly to my classes/other time committments. As a senior in college I need something to do next year. I am considering applying to th Teach for America program. I would like your advice if you have any experience with this program or with teaching, or even if you don't.
The Teach for America program seems to me to be something alot of liberals/progressives/do-gooders would have some experience with - they give you a bit of training and stick you in a school system with under-privileged kids and you teach for two years. I would hope to teach history or social studies in high school.
As I said before, I am still debating whether or not to apply for this program. I haven't heard very much first hand about it, and what I have heard has been mixed. I am also considering other options, including applying to teaching jobs outside of Teach for America, going to law school, getting a Masters in International Relations or something like that, applying to work for my Congressman Ed Markey (who I interned for one summer), and applying to work for the CIA.
Eventually in my life I want to do something in which I can serve my community (through teaching or otherwise), whether that is my local community, national community or world-wide community.
I do not have the option to take any time off between graduating and getting a job because I need continuous health insurance coverage.
So - anybody here with experience teaching, specifically teaching in underprivileged school systems, or even more specifically with the Teach for America program, drop some comments!
Thank you.