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I am 17 and left college i now work for a small building company, my dream has always been to be a teacher, i left school with excellent GCSE'S but didnt like college and dont really want to go back, as anyone got any ideas how i can get back into teacher training. T,is is really important to me as i promised my mum i would be something, unfortunately i lost my mum a year ago.

Answer 1

You have my empathy in the loss of your Mum.
You write that you promised her that you would "be something".
I'm sure that "something" is intended to mean successful in some endeavor.
You don't say why you don't like college and it is left to me to interpret what that means. I can imagine several things to ask.
Was it regimen?
Was it studies, as in books or research?
Was it social skills, interaction with others?
Was it incompetant professors? (open to intrepretation)
Was it the disicipline?

Let me commend you in reaching college at 17. It tells me that
you have the necessary abilities. You say that teaching is "really important" to you. If that is true, you have the first of many necessary qualities, motivation. Every endeavor in life requires that. Having reached college at your young age it appears that you have an exceptional ability to absorb knowledge.
Ask yourself if one of my questions is responsible.
If regimen, or discipline are the reasons, then you must realize that in any endeavor you will find rules and regulations cannot be avoided. Even if you owned a company, this holds true.

If it's studies, this is ongoing throughout a teaching career.

If it was professors, which I doubt, but if so, you can learn in spite of that. I never had the opportunity to attend college, but I am aware that no professor can "make" you learn anything. One can only teach another "how to learn". Like any thing it then becomes your responsibility to use that "how to" and do the necessary research and studies in order to accomplish your goals.

If it was social skills, and you could not interact with others, I cannot stress enough that without it, none of the above will help much.

Now to your pertinent question, "how I can get back into teacher training".
You can use the internet, college courses.
You can attend night school.
Either or both of those methods will require all the above that I have written. Time and perserverance will come into play.

There are manny "things", many "ways" to be a teacher. Aside from schools, ones own skills in a career can be taught. I was taught by many people in my life. I became a department store buyer and later owned my own business. I know, at least in a few cases, I was able to pass on to others what others had taught me. I could name a few successes of some of my employees.

Good luck, and God speed.

Answer 2

I'm sorry to hear about your mum too. You need a four year degree to teach; in either Early Childhood, Elementary Education, Secondary Education with a concentration like Science. There are some counties across the US that will allow people that have a 4 degree in a different field to go through a process to be a teacher. I understand that college was hard for you, but maybe a different college will fit your personality better; there are large and small colleges, public and private colleges, colleges with a lot of tutoring, etc.

Answer 3

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your mum.
In some places you can be hired as a teacher on a provisional license. That way you earn your teaching degree while teaching. Usually you have to work in an inner city setting or somewhere that a lot of qualified teachers aren't interested in working. But that could at least get your foot in the door and the school system might even pay for part of your tuition if they can.

Answer 4

so sorry to hear about the loss of your Mom.
Have you tried a school such as the Kathryn Gibbs
school? A friend of mine went there to become a teacher.
Do not give up, it won't always be easy, but follow your
dream.