Why teacher creativity may be the key to a more fulfilling career

Abstract

"After nearly a decade of precarious migrations from one school to another, I was finally awarded tenure at a CEGEP. What I dreamed would be a moment of relief—if not a full-blown cause for celebration— actually came with a heady dose of anxiety: Could I really teach for 25 more years? Was this honestly how I saw my life unfolding? Rather than ushering in a new era of job security and financial stability, tenure was the beginning of what I would later call my mid career crisis. And, as I later discovered, I was not alone in feeling this way"--AQPC