Hit the nail on the head. So many problems in the current system. Thank you for your comment

Thank you for the comment. Good attorneys are definitely in need for our beloved country. MAGA

I have been mulling over your comment. I am very thankful and appreciative for your post and time in responding. I feel for your friend. The system has many openings and opportunities, but it is not the pretty red bow that they put on the position. I wish your friend great luck with continuing that path! I appreciate your motivation to make me think further about the future. I can't complain about spilled milk, I need to take action and be thoughtful for the future. The think with the PhD is that I do want to use that to help me enter educational leadership to provide better learning environments for more students than I could as a sole teacher. So all the research and policy work is not my interest, nor what I want to do in the future. I have been blessed that I have my education paid for, hard work at the university taking on multiple roles, so I have no sunk-cost fallacy. I have a lack of desire and happiness problem. It isn't fulfilling as I had hoped. I have a strong personality and very engaging with others. I always wanted to do something in the corporate sector and I always knew I would be great in sales and communication. It just seems so far off to leave my current talents and take a step away in hopes of something better. One in the hand type of thing.

This is fantastic advice. I wouldn't have even thought to utilize my skills and talents to do specialized support for families. Goes to show how close-minded and robot-like the system is in itself

Thank you. I appreciate your advice on advocacy. I don't need to follow the system blindly and I can be a voice for the voiceless

Congratulations! That is an amazing accomplishment! Celebrate your hard work

I should be more reflective of my dissertation topic, because it isn't too late just yet. Thank you for the advice

Very good advice and I agree about where education could be shifting

I really appreciate you and your comment. You are exactly right about our purpose and passion for supporting students. I do see a principal spot in my future, but this Doc program is suffocating!

What is your area of expertise in research?

This is great advice! Even if the YouTube channel goes nowhere, it would be healthy to have a place to speak honestly and openly about my beliefs and hopes for teaching. I appreciate your comment

You are exactly right, which is why it makes it hard having feelings of leaving the profession. We must have good teachers, it is imperative

Thank you for the advice. I will look into this

I thank you for the advice. I am defending my Comps and I believe like 60% of what I wrote in those 100 pages.

HA! Good point though..

This is an excellent point. It's tough being in the trenches with no ally. I wish you well with joining this career, it is incredibly rewarding and such a joy

I will check out Insight. I never heard of the company. Thank you!

A red state, very blue city, but can't move. Spacex would be cool! I thought about moving my educational expertise into the corporate scene. Thank you for the comment

I appreciate this comment. You are exactly right about partnering with a group or person that believes in authentic, genuine, student-centered education, and not education that diminishes White students while claiming love and peace for all. I need to start looking for another with the same values. Living in a deep blue city is probably adding to this problem...