What motivated a physics teacher to return to teaching after working in retail?

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In summary, a physics teacher was motivated to return to teaching after working in retail due to a passion for physics and a desire to share knowledge and inspire students. The teacher also missed the challenge and intellectual stimulation of teaching and felt a strong sense of fulfillment and purpose in the classroom. Additionally, the stability and benefits of a teaching career were appealing compared to the unpredictability of the retail industry. Despite initial concerns, the teacher found the transition back to teaching to be rewarding and fulfilling.
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Hello to everyone on PhysicsForums!

I'm a physics/math senior high school teacher in Europe. The past few years I have been working
in retail for industrial precision cutting tools. It has been fun but I now feel I want to come back to the
field of physics and have started to teach again after some years of absence.
Unfortunately I find teaching high school unsatisfactory as the educational system in my country
has become an embarrassment. That is why I have decided to pursue a masters in physics, where I
want to specialize in cosmology as a major, and minor in particle physics.

I hope to be able to participate in interesting discussions, ask questions of my own and will contribute
whenever I can on questions asked by others.

Sincerely / TheMercury79
 
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Welcome to PF. This is a great place to learn.

I'm sorry to hear about the education system there. I lived there in the 70s and 80s when it was fantastiskt.
 
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anorlunda said:
Welcome to PF. This is a great place to learn.

I'm sorry to hear about the education system there. I lived there in the 70s and 80s when it was fantastiskt.

How wonderful. I also remember the 80s. Nowadays it's not just the education system I'm afraid. Nothing is "fantastiskt" here anymore
 
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