How many days do you recall there being a post about leaving the profession? How many times have you seen post from directors lamenting their situations and wishing they were out?

My guess is plenty.

And eduction is not the real world. Having taught for a great many years and then moving into private industry I can most assuredly tell you it is not the real world. I don't have to ask permission to be off to go to whatever I want. I don't have to get denied time off because there isn't a sub for me. I don't have to ask permission to go to the bathroom. I don't have to sit in meaningless meetings that are for the benefit of some administrator to bolster their resume. I don't have to deal with a new fad or plies of wasteful paperwork for the sake of the state agency or the district new policy. I don't have to scarf my lunch down because there's a class filing in.

I am a professional now. I don't have employees that fail drug tests or not do their work and they get a 7th chance to make it right. I don't have to sit down with their parents and hear what a terrible job I'm doing.

I work more hours now, but I will gladly trade that for the fact that I am now in "the real world."