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re: Would you quit you day job to coach HS football?
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:04 am to Bham4Tide
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:04 am to Bham4Tide
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If that is your dream job, then take this time to go back to school, be a real teacher by getting certified (you'll double your salary with a masters and some coaching pay). If you don't know, start applying for more jobs, move to a larger city, or go learn a trade.
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Start doing shite for yourself and show some responsibility. Get a job with a future - or go back to school/a trade. My kids (close to your age) have their own insurance - and not on mine. When I was your age, I would have been embarrassed to even ask my parents about that - even if it was available. This whole conversation is kinda childish and selfish. Grow up and move on with your life.
So much wisdom in these two posts. The reliance on the parent's insurance really rubs be wrong. For starters, like you said at his age it is past time to become a grown-up. When I was his age, I was 7 years into the career from which I will retire in a couple of years.
Going beyond that, he might really want to check into that 'get added to my parents policy' again. Obamacare requires insurers to offer dependent coverage until a child reaches 26. Unless their policy is unusually generous, he just aged out.
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Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:14 am to Alleycat9
Money is nice but you only have one life, enjoy what you do. Don't be that guy that looks back 30 years later and say "what if...."
Good luck on your choice.
Good luck on your choice.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:33 am to Alleycat9
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About the school: Small 1A school in rural south Alabama.
I'm guessing you'd either be doing or have the opportunity to drive a bus and be responsible for cutting the grass on the football field/practice field etc? At least that's how it used to be at small schools, but if you aren't a full blown staff member then I guess your situation could be different.
But, back to your original question, I've got a family and kids to raise so no, I wouldn't/couldn't quit my day job for this job. But, from how you've described your situation, if I were in the same boat I'd take it. Like others have said, get your teaching certification and then continue your education with a graduate degree.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:58 am to DingLeeBerry
Long term, it just doesn't seem worth it. If you're willing to take crap pay to have a different job, then maybe you just have an issue with what you're currently doing.
I agree with the others saying these are the years you need to be building your career, not putting it off.
I agree with the others saying these are the years you need to be building your career, not putting it off.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:10 am to agswin
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Money is nice but you only have one life, enjoy what you do. Don't be that guy that looks back 30 years later and say "what if...."
Also, I don't know how they do it, but a lot of my coaching/teacher friends do a ton of shite. They seem to be going on multiple vacations all over the place, drive 40-50K trucks and Suburbans, live in 200-300K homes-this is a small town so the homes would be 2-3x the price elsewhere. A lot of them are married to other teachers too, so it's not like they have a Sugar Mama paying for things.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:30 am to JustGetItRight
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If that is your dream job, then take this time to go back to school, be a real teacher by getting certified (you'll double your salary with a masters and some coaching pay). If you don't know, start applying for more jobs, move to a larger city, or go learn a trade.
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Start doing shite for yourself and show some responsibility. Get a job with a future - or go back to school/a trade. My kids (close to your age) have their own insurance - and not on mine. When I was your age, I would have been embarrassed to even ask my parents about that - even if it was available. This whole conversation is kinda childish and selfish. Grow up and move on with your life.
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So much wisdom in these two posts. The reliance on the parent's insurance really rubs be wrong. For starters, like you said at his age it is past time to become a grown-up. When I was his age, I was 7 years into the career from which I will retire in a couple of years.
Going beyond that, he might really want to check into that 'get added to my parents policy' again. Obamacare requires insurers to offer dependent coverage until a child reaches 26. Unless their policy is unusually generous, he just aged out.
Screw moving back in with your parents and asking to get back on their insurance. At that age, it's time to move on with your life and take 100% financial responsibility for yourself. If you can't make enough at small little 1A school to pay your own living expenses then don't do it. I promise you Mom and Dad don't want you back under their roof - they want you to provide for yourself and call or come visit every once in a while.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 11:19 am to Alleycat9
I coached two seasons at U-High during undergrad, two seasons in Georgia during grad school, and one season at Chalmette after graduation (before my big boy job).
I loved it, loved the game, and love the players. If it was the same pay I have now, I would do it in a heartbeat.
I loved it, loved the game, and love the players. If it was the same pay I have now, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 11:22 am to RT1941
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you'll double your salary with a masters and some coaching pay
No a master's degree gets you maybe a 1-2k a year raise as a certified teacher and a freaking PhD gets you like 2-3k more a year. The only reason a M.Ed is good for teachers is to get into administration....
Coaching salaries range, but it ain't going to get you near double a starting salary of 40k. You're lucky to get 5k to be an HC, much less an OC/DC...
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:57 pm to RT1941
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they want you to provide for yourself and call or come visit every once in a while.
not really my mom tells me once week to move back home. Ever since I left for college. It's kinda sad actually. This a reason I dont want to do it because I do not want to depend on them.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:03 pm to TheDeathValley
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ou're lucky to get 5k to be an HC, much less an OC/DC...
The HC makes 8K mine as an assistant would be 3k and 1.5k for JV football. A masters degree in Alabama is somewhere around 6k a year.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:09 pm to shotcaller1
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an issue with what you're currently doing
I'am currently applying for jobs not having a lot of luck and. I just finished grad school in may.
I cut grass right now full time with a small company. This job isn't exactly helping out my career either.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:18 pm to Bham4Tide
I Just finished graduate school. I've been financially separated from my parents since I started college. Did you think I was going to have them pay for my insurance? If I had one of the 200 real jobs I applied to respond back with something other than rejection email, I wouldn't be entertaining this idea.
This post was edited on 7/7/16 at 9:21 pm
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