I'm 58 and will graduate in less than two months with a Bachelor's in English. I began to substitute teach a couple of months ago and expect to teach Middle School full-time in the Fall. We got this!!!
I'm 57 and after over 20 years as a radio broadcaster and musician I will be teaching English in the Philippines this year. Thank you for the encouragement!
Along with other posts with TESL I was told and read many places that you couldn't get a working visa after the age of 35 in most countries, so how are babyboomers doing it?
At 35 I started my second degree to do what I have always wanted to do. Teach English as a second language. I am already teaching Spanish as a second language and loving every minute of it. It's never too late to do what you've always wanted to do.
This was amazing! It was just the 'shot-in-the-arm' I needed. I came from a family that didn't encourage you to achieve anything..... and finally at 53, I'm working toward my teaching degree. Doubts and uncertainties always seem to creep into the foreground of my mind (like "OMG what was I thinking?!") ...... but this just reaffirmed to me I'm making the right decision! You Go Girl !!
Karen, this is perhaps one of the top 3 talks I've seen. Not only did I feel inspired as a young 50-something, but I don't feel so bad now about being rejected--just today--by Teach for America. I have classroom and administration experience, was a tutor for several years, ran an afterschool program at five Los Angeles elementary schools, hold a bachelors in business, and am 3 classes away from a masters in leadership! Yet, they passed on me! Keep on moving towards your goals...you will make it:-)
Congratulations Karen! Thought I was the only one, you confirmed some things for me, thanks for sharing. Your destined for greatness, trust the process. You go Girl! Make it happen!
I am now 58, also, and I am in my fourth year of the transition from corporate training and marketing to being a high school English teacher. So much of what you say resonates… I'm finally beginning to feel a little bit of light as I head into setting up for my fourth year. It's so nice to feel I'm not alone in this endeavor! From Colorado.
I have become a teacher at 70 years old and its GREAT I did it because I had really no choice Id been a Hospital administrator for 30 years and it had become just too much As a "baby" teacher I have just received a new lease on life and start to enjoy my day EVERYDAY
I love this! I am 50 and thank you so much for this encouragement. I do have some teaching experience as a music teacher but have always loved social studies and was never credentialed. Being in California I am now studying for two tests toward applying for a credential program. I feel overwhelmed with my age but what keeps me going is the passion of the subject and the significance of applying it to everyday life. I did receive my bachelor's degree at 47 ...but for some reason turning 50 has given me an extra stumbling block ...but it is wonderful to hear I'm not alone in this goal!!!!
I'm also in California and did my coursework online through Teach-Now (now called Moreland University.) SUPER kind people and a great program. I worked for a credential in Hawai'i (California was not offered) and it's been flipped to a California credential. All the best for a happy career teaching! :) (I'm also in my early 50s.)
I'm 49 and will turn 50 shortly. Just graduated in August 2023 and work now as an educator. I absolutely love this profession. I did a lot of work when i was young : from clean lady to mechanical engineer. It took me 45 years to get my childhood dream comes true and I'm proud of myself. I love teaching too and i really like my students. It's always fun to teach them. Working with kids and young adults always fulfills me and I'm very grateful for every single day. As an engineer you have to think analytically and as an educator you think and see with your heart and that is what makes this job special ❤
That's so awesome, I'm always looking for comments like this as I'm 40, have spent time in different career paths, including homeschooling my kids. I love teaching and playing w the idea of teaching English in another country in the future. How are you liking the job (8 months after this original comment)?
@@marriedaprince1 Hi. I'm still in love with my job because I love working with kids 😁. Each day is a good and meaningful day because we all matter, we care and life is wonderful with its ups and downs. Kids are gorgeous in their unique ways. One day I want to work abroad too but before that, I'd like to work with kids who are handicap to learn from them, from their perspectives towards life. Never stop growing. Life is a wonder. Wish you a peaceful day 🌞. PS: What about you? Are you confident with what you're doing and your decisions?
@@learnwithbinh I think I am most confident with the career choices that have enabled me to not have a boss/freelance so I can be available to my kids, particularly when they are/were young...I believe a big part of job satisfaction is if it gives you a lifestyle that you like (for example, if you don't want to work every holiday or out in the blazing heat and beat your body up), and being able to be with my kids and not put them in daycare, and be emotionally engaged in what they are/were going through and have conversations with them, and foster their interests, was important to me. I would be lying if I said there weren't days I wonder what it would be like if I worked full time in an office, bossing people around in a smart suit lol, but what I am choosing is for a very short time in the scheme of things. I think that the notion that we start one career and work with the goal of retiring at 65 is antiquated...I feel like I am excited to get older and experience new things and take my experiences into them. I keep in mind that one day my kids will be older and independent, and I can pick up the pace with what I am doing now (right now I am at an idling pace, freelance writing and working on illustration). I can't really ever imagine "retiring"... I get wanting a break...but till we die?? No thanks!
I started teaching at 57 after being a full-time homeschool mom of six daughters. It was what gave me purpose after my 32 years of marriage ended suddenly. I haven’t looked back and I am extremely excited every day to be a teacher.
We need more teachers. I'm glad so many people in the comments have become teachers later in life. Being older is not a handicap, with all the experience they have and bring to the classrooms, this is very beneficial. I applaud you, this is fantastic news for the kids.
I trained a maths teacher back in 2017 with the schools direct at kings college London . I’m happy to say that I am still in the profession. I was in banking before and was 37 when I began my teaching career. I really love it despite the fact that it is not an easy job at all .
I loved your video Ms. Kellaway!! I retired at 56 years of age after 33 years in Research Science due to back problems and funding issues. After about year and half retired and bored out of my mind, I was approached by a relative to teach Science at a Private Christian high school. At the age of 58 I started teaching AND the first year I was so OVERWHELMED and TERRIFIED for much of the first year but I made it through it!! Finally by the SECOND year I had developed written lesson plans on about 3/4 of the 11 different classes I teach. I JUST COMPLETED my THIRD year and it was EXCELLENT and my Teaching Lesson Plans are fairly well done now and I have achieved CONFIDENCE in the classroom now and I ADORE IT!! The one thing you need more than ANYTHING ELSE to be a teacher, is to have ADVANCED COMPASSION, EMPATHY, and LOVE for people and to be enthusiastic about your subject!! Best of luck fellow SECOND CAREER TEACHERS like us!!
I started teaching last year at 47 and am loving it. Kids are mean to you the 1st year, but it gets better after that, they know most teachers don’t make it past year one. You do have to figure out for yourself how to manage your classroom, admin only helps with procedure. If the kids don’t see you stand on your own two feet, they will sense the fear and not respect you.
I'm 47, and next year I will complete my Bachelor of Education as Primary Teacher. I have spent the last 10 years - and some before that - in Finance. My original training was as a dental nurse. Like you I'm terrified - but more than a little excited about what the future holds :)
@@ceyonkote I have just completed my first term in a 5/6 class, on a remote Aboriginal Island. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ups and downs of my first term, and can quite honestly say that I never could have been as calm and rational as I am now, if I'd done this as a young person. :)
I trained as a teacher 30 years ago then had a sales, marketing, coaching and training career. Got bored of it last year and thought about going back to teaching. Then found out about Lucy and the "Now Teach" group. That give me hope that I would find a job aged 56 ( which I have). The Now Teach doesn't help me as I'm already qualified and I want to teach Media, Film and English to help students think and these subjects are not focused on. But the whole new career after 50 idea has been inspiring. Thanks
Me, I became a School teacher at 46. Now, two years ago, I was promoted to an evaluator of government for College students' Teaching to other people is the best job of the world. I love your experience and am thinking more senior people should do it every day.
56 years old, graduated in 2020 with my BEd and finished my first year as a grade 3/4 teacher. It was hard but fulfilling. Next year will be better because I now know how I might best start the year with expectations and such.
I’ve just recently started working in a high school as an integration aide and love it. I am 57 years old and have worked most of my life as a tradesman. I am now looking at gaining my qualifications to become a teacher. I believe one of the most rewarding things that comes with age and experience is to pass our knowledge on to children. I received an email yesterday from my supervising teacher passing on thanks from a parent for the help I gave their child. I also learned the child had passed the course I was coaching him in. I felt so proud and happy.
I wish you the best of luck as a math teacher! I started teaching at 40 and am about to begin my 18th year of teaching high school in an urban school. It's been a roller coaster ride but I do not regret my decision and believe many of my students do not regret my decision as well.
Wow, just brilliant. Although I'm not going to jump into teaching in a classroom, I teach scuba diving, something totally different to my 32+ years in Public Service
I would love nothing more than my child getting educated by wise elders who have sailed the seas of life through so many challenges, changes and world events. my mother is 65 and totally proficient in new technologies and such. This is a fabulous idea.
I was listening to my local public radio station recently, and yet again they're doing more shows on --- guess who -- the 'Millennials'. I think I'm going to call in soon and suggest a show on 50-somethings. We're a special breed. We've been through a heck of a lot, and we still have time to change course if we are motivated enough. For me, I've been given a second chance. If you agree with me, like this comment! ha ha.
You are so inspiring. I started teaching at age 40 and the floods of tears are true. As is the profound transformation in the lives of the children. And in my life. - I've needed deep EFT work to really help the Aspie-type ones. All the shame of "failing" before seeing how it was, actually working out well. Thanks for being so brave and open.
In inner city public schools there is a profound change in the students, they enter totally illiterate and after 12 year they exit functionally illiterate.
Don’t worry Lucy! You’ve got this!! I’m looking to what happens and I am hoping that even if we get one good teacher out of this, you’ve done a great job not just at teaching but inspiring others to teach.
I have done bcom but I want to follow the path of literature and want to become english literature teacher? Is it possible? Will I get a job in school?
I am more than motivated by you Lucy. I left my high paying job as an office base education specialist to start a new career as a foundation phase teacher. I am blessed to hear your story,
Thank you Lucy - just how I feel too.. I'm doing the PGCE School Direct route via UCL. So far I've come across a lot of "career changers" like ourselves, and don't worry - if you want to take that route, those Qualifications people can find your O Level results in a trice (for a modest fee).
I became a teacher when I turned 50, now I supply teach and loving it. I have the passion and enthusiasm. When I enter a classroom kids can sense my enthusiasm. I not only teach a lesson but I teach the whole child.
Loves!! And your name ma'am, reminds of my Momma, Lucille Harris, who left us after a harsh stroke last September. Much gratitude to you and your work!! Such inspiration!!
Thank you, so much for this I am 57 years old and I am a freshman in college work on a business degree, I feel I am being lead to teaching, you have made me feel not quite so madd
Lucy Kellaway was an inspiration to me as a columnist at the FT, she is an inspiration to me as a maths teacher in comprehensive school. I hope to join Now Teach some day!
I'm 58 so this caught my attention. I've been a substitute teacher for 3 years until March 2020. Kept thinking about getting my teaching credential but it feels overwhelming. This is making me reconsider.
Absolutely love this! I have jist this week received my certificate through to confirm I am now a qualified Maths Teacher. I am 41. I spent more than 20 years working in business, my last job being National Account Manager for AkzoNobel. I now earn what I did in my first job as a teenager working for B&Q. I am teaching in a British school in Spain and it is hard, but it is one of the best things I have ever done. After years of company cars, hotels, corporate hospitality at Wimbledon and Twickenham and travelling, I am now doing what I really love. At the bottom of the ladder at 41 and loving it.
Love this video and I can personally relate. I'm 56, have had a very successful business career and find myself 100% in line with your points. I'm in the process of acquiring my certification and look forward to teaching high school business and finance as my new (and final) career. I can't wait to get in the classroom. And you're right, I find myself squarely at Maslow's top point of the pyramid. Thank you for this video.
This sounds like a great idea. Listen to the TedTalk by Elizabeth White, an MBA from Harvard who wrote "55, Unemployed and Faking Normal" about how she found herself unemployed and no longer wanted by the corporate world. In a way she is now "teaching" others how to plan for their later years. I can see teaching as one area where age should be a good factor.
I think you will be a good teacher, because I believe you really want kids to learn. I don't think you will give up on any of them. one thing most of us have learned in life by our fifties, including me, is that we all learn differently. what works for one student may need a different approach for another student. I think you have the determination find out how each child responds to types of teaching/learning and will adapt to their needs, whatever it takes.
You are awesome Lucy! I had a fantastic Maths teacher who was trained in the UK. He was so good that he was still teaching when he was in his eighties!
I've started giving classes at 29, near the end of my bachelor's degree. I was called out-of-the-blue by a person to help giving classes in an animation school. I've never had formal education in my life before, yet as soon as I started, I felt something that I've never had before. For the first time in my life, working became such a relaxing thing for me, talking to a class, explaining things, giving lectures, listening to the group, managing students. I started talking to other people I knew that gave classes before, and a lot of them found it so hard and stressful. Some of them we're doing it for the money, and they quit after a couple of months because they couldn't stand it. At this pont I realized something was odd: Why don't I find teaching so unbearable? What is it with me? And then I realized all those skills that I use to take for granted: my desire for learning, my communication skills, and my great social abilities were being used all at the same time in my job. When you're so happy to work where a lot of people find it so hard, that's probably a good sign that you're at the right place ;).
I was in the computer field, but worked as a teacher assistant teaching English to Spanish speakers from 61 to 69.7. I finished my B.S. at 63, but I did not want a classroom. I wish you the best. I could teach online, but loving retirement.
Very inspirational, I am in that transitional process and your talk really motivates and encourages me to keep on going with this dream, or project I left many years ago. Please keep working on this, I believe you will have much more impact by motivating other professionals to follow this path.
It is nice to see this in contrast to the "why I quit teaching" videos I have been binging. Lots of pros to teaching to, as long as you get hired at a good school. And I am sure good restaurants and good schools exist, since I went to a great HS and have eaten and great family diner. But at large, finding the right school is a challenge.
I was a Maths teacher and ran this gruesome gauntlet for decades. I have a message for her. You'll learn my girl; the hard way of course, but you'll learn.
I have been told for literally decades I should be a teacher (I'm 52 now) and doing a forensic psychology degree with Open University (55 when I'm done in 3 more years) I've always wanted to be a math teacher, even started my math degree when my mum passed away suddenly in Canada and I had to quit and go home. Who knows what I will be if I grow up...
This I'm Becoming A Teacher at 58 via TedX Talks (TedxLondonBusinessSchool) youtube feature is highly inspirational. The youtube author explaining why she chose to transition to becoming a teacher in her 50s, the multiple stories she heard from others on how teachers were played a positive role in certain students lives, some details on the youtube author's own professional and personal live background, what facets of teaching interest her etc. are some of the multiple reasons why this TedX Talks youtub feature is very engaging. The energy and enthusiasm that the youtube author brings to why she feels drawn to teaching and some of the reasons why it is becoming more common for more people to enter teaching in their 50s are also additions that enhance the uplifting zeal of this youtube presentation. I logically understand that I am very much outside the intended target audience of this career exploratory feature , still I am glad to have unexpectedly been led to I'm Becoming A Teacher at 58 RUclips feature.
The simplicity of numbers!! Hahahaha. Hope there weren't any mathematicians in the audience. Good on you Lucy for giving it a go. I wish you all the best.
I'm 58 and will graduate in less than two months with a Bachelor's in English. I began to substitute teach a couple of months ago and expect to teach Middle School full-time in the Fall. We got this!!!
I'm 57 and after over 20 years as a radio broadcaster and musician I will be teaching English in the Philippines this year. Thank you for the encouragement!
Along with other posts with TESL I was told and read many places that you couldn't get a working visa after the age of 35 in most countries, so how are babyboomers doing it?
@@drivenhome7840 some quals and other parameters are exceptions. Perhaps if that's for a non essential or not so beneficial to the host country.
Don't know what you're saying I'm six years old so on my dad's old phone so bye baby.
@@drivenhome7840 helps when you are also orignally born in the Phlippines and a US citizen.
I would like to do the same as you. Any advice for me?
At 35 I started my second degree to do what I have always wanted to do. Teach English as a second language. I am already teaching Spanish as a second language and loving every minute of it. It's never too late to do what you've always wanted to do.
She looks soo young , so vibrant and dedicated
You're right. I'd never give her 57 either.
I know right
English skin is often lovely due to the clouds and fog they often have there.
This was amazing! It was just the 'shot-in-the-arm' I needed. I came from a family that didn't encourage you to achieve anything..... and finally at 53, I'm working toward my teaching degree. Doubts and uncertainties always seem to creep into the foreground of my mind (like "OMG what was I thinking?!") ...... but this just reaffirmed to me I'm making the right decision! You Go Girl !!
Karen, this is perhaps one of the top 3 talks I've seen. Not only did I feel inspired as a young 50-something, but I don't feel so bad now about being rejected--just today--by Teach for America.
I have classroom and administration experience, was a tutor for several years, ran an afterschool program at five Los Angeles elementary schools, hold a bachelors in business, and am 3 classes away from a masters in leadership! Yet, they passed on me!
Keep on moving towards your goals...you will make it:-)
Congratulations Karen! Thought I was the only one, you confirmed some things for me, thanks for sharing. Your destined for greatness, trust the process. You go Girl! Make it happen!
Nice!!!
Karen Christensen rooting for you!!
Until this video I thought it was to late to start my teaching education at 39.
I am now 58, also, and I am in my fourth year of the transition from corporate training and marketing to being a high school English teacher. So much of what you say resonates… I'm finally beginning to feel a little bit of light as I head into setting up for my fourth year. It's so nice to feel I'm not alone in this endeavor! From Colorado.
I have become a teacher at 70 years old and its GREAT I did it because I had really no choice Id been a Hospital administrator for 30 years and it had become just too much
As a "baby" teacher I have just received a new lease on life and start to enjoy my day EVERYDAY
Congratulations
Thanks
AWESOME!
Wow. That's impressive
70 years old. Wow. I’m surprise you know how to use the computer
I love this! I am 50 and thank you so much for this encouragement. I do have some teaching experience as a music teacher but have always loved social studies and was never credentialed. Being in California I am now studying for two tests toward applying for a credential program. I feel overwhelmed with my age but what keeps me going is the passion of the subject and the significance of applying it to everyday life. I did receive my bachelor's degree at 47 ...but for some reason turning 50 has given me an extra stumbling block ...but it is wonderful to hear I'm not alone in this goal!!!!
I'm also in California and did my coursework online through Teach-Now (now called Moreland University.) SUPER kind people and a great program. I worked for a credential in Hawai'i (California was not offered) and it's been flipped to a California credential. All the best for a happy career teaching! :) (I'm also in my early 50s.)
You are not alone!
In a few months I retire after teaching for 43 years....now, for some odd reason, I'm thinking of being a Financial Times columnist.
ha ha, good luck to u
Thank you
I know you are joking, but seriously, which job do you think would be the more difficult?
@@tommak6516 all jobs are difficult in their own way
@@tommak6516 but only those you are really interested by are a bit easier because you love what you're doing
I'm 49 and will turn 50 shortly. Just graduated in August 2023 and work now as an educator. I absolutely love this profession. I did a lot of work when i was young : from clean lady to mechanical engineer. It took me 45 years to get my childhood dream comes true and I'm proud of myself. I love teaching too and i really like my students. It's always fun to teach them. Working with kids and young adults always fulfills me and I'm very grateful for every single day. As an engineer you have to think analytically and as an educator you think and see with your heart and that is what makes this job special ❤
That's so awesome, I'm always looking for comments like this as I'm 40, have spent time in different career paths, including homeschooling my kids. I love teaching and playing w the idea of teaching English in another country in the future. How are you liking the job (8 months after this original comment)?
@@marriedaprince1 Hi. I'm still in love with my job because I love working with kids 😁. Each day is a good and meaningful day because we all matter, we care and life is wonderful with its ups and downs. Kids are gorgeous in their unique ways. One day I want to work abroad too but before that, I'd like to work with kids who are handicap to learn from them, from their perspectives towards life. Never stop growing. Life is a wonder. Wish you a peaceful day 🌞. PS: What about you? Are you confident with what you're doing and your decisions?
@@learnwithbinh I think I am most confident with the career choices that have enabled me to not have a boss/freelance so I can be available to my kids, particularly when they are/were young...I believe a big part of job satisfaction is if it gives you a lifestyle that you like (for example, if you don't want to work every holiday or out in the blazing heat and beat your body up), and being able to be with my kids and not put them in daycare, and be emotionally engaged in what they are/were going through and have conversations with them, and foster their interests, was important to me. I would be lying if I said there weren't days I wonder what it would be like if I worked full time in an office, bossing people around in a smart suit lol, but what I am choosing is for a very short time in the scheme of things. I think that the notion that we start one career and work with the goal of retiring at 65 is antiquated...I feel like I am excited to get older and experience new things and take my experiences into them. I keep in mind that one day my kids will be older and independent, and I can pick up the pace with what I am doing now (right now I am at an idling pace, freelance writing and working on illustration). I can't really ever imagine "retiring"... I get wanting a break...but till we die?? No thanks!
I started teaching at 57 after being a full-time homeschool mom of six daughters. It was what gave me purpose after my 32 years of marriage ended suddenly. I haven’t looked back and I am extremely excited every day to be a teacher.
We need more teachers. I'm glad so many people in the comments have become teachers later in life. Being older is not a handicap, with all the experience they have and bring to the classrooms, this is very beneficial. I applaud you, this is fantastic news for the kids.
There is a glut of teachers. Probably because older people want such an easy job after they are sick of working a real job all those years.
Hello Anna... How are you doing today....
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
Hello Anna.
How are you feeling today.
It would be nice to see a follow up, ie how she likes teaching and how that is working out for her.
She teaches at my school lol
@@Noname-cd3xc how is she?
You go girl! The education world will hire anyone and everyone who has the passion to teach with the enthusiasm you have...no matter how old you are!
I trained a maths teacher back in 2017 with the schools direct at kings college London . I’m happy to say that I am still in the profession. I was in banking before and was 37 when I began my teaching career. I really love it despite the fact that it is not an easy job at all .
Great teachers are the reason why student dream to do great things!
I loved your video Ms. Kellaway!!
I retired at 56 years of age after 33 years in Research Science due to back problems and funding issues. After about year and half retired and bored out of my mind, I was approached by a relative to teach Science at a Private Christian high school. At the age of 58 I started teaching AND the first year I was so OVERWHELMED and TERRIFIED for much of the first year but I made it through it!! Finally by the SECOND year I had developed written lesson plans on about 3/4 of the 11 different classes I teach. I JUST COMPLETED my THIRD year and it was EXCELLENT and my Teaching Lesson Plans are fairly well done now and I have achieved CONFIDENCE in the classroom now and I ADORE IT!!
The one thing you need more than ANYTHING ELSE to be a teacher, is to have ADVANCED COMPASSION, EMPATHY, and LOVE for people and to be enthusiastic about your subject!!
Best of luck fellow SECOND CAREER TEACHERS like us!!
I started teaching last year at 47 and am loving it. Kids are mean to you the 1st year, but it gets better after that, they know most teachers don’t make it past year one. You do have to figure out for yourself how to manage your classroom, admin only helps with procedure. If the kids don’t see you stand on your own two feet, they will sense the fear and not respect you.
'Most Teachers quit after a year' ???? Nonsense
Hello Dannie.
How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smile today.
I'm 47, and next year I will complete my Bachelor of Education as Primary Teacher. I have spent the last 10 years - and some before that - in Finance. My original training was as a dental nurse. Like you I'm terrified - but more than a little excited about what the future holds :)
please update..
How do you like it now?
@@ceyonkote I have just completed my first term in a 5/6 class, on a remote Aboriginal Island. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ups and downs of my first term, and can quite honestly say that I never could have been as calm and rational as I am now, if I'd done this as a young person. :)
Good luck 🤞!!! 👏 👏 👏
Me too, am terrified!
Though I am younger than 58. I am also leaving the corporate world and becoming a teacher. I'm joining you!
How are you liking it?
I find this inspiring. I very much wanted to be a teacher, but life doesn't necessarily go as planned. It's nice to think I can still do it.
I trained as a teacher 30 years ago then had a sales, marketing, coaching and training career. Got bored of it last year and thought about going back to teaching. Then found out about Lucy and the "Now Teach" group. That give me hope that I would find a job aged 56 ( which I have). The Now Teach doesn't help me as I'm already qualified and I want to teach Media, Film and English to help students think and these subjects are not focused on. But the whole new career after 50 idea has been inspiring. Thanks
Hello Nicola..... How are you doing today.....
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
Hello Nicole.
How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smile today.
Me, I became a School teacher at 46. Now, two years ago, I was promoted to an evaluator of government for College students' Teaching to other people is the best job of the world. I love your experience and am thinking more senior people should do it every day.
AGE IS SIMPLY A NUMBER, DON'T ALLOW IT TO SWALLOW YOUR DREAMS. U ARE SUCH AN AWESOME GIRL
“Age is just a number” sounds nice, but perhaps you haven’t seen the statistics regarding older people and job acquisition.
I quite like her. I too am starting to train to teach Maths - at 53.
KAF128 pls be a good teacher, I hate the fact that math does not come easy for me.
56 years old, graduated in 2020 with my BEd and finished my first year as a grade 3/4 teacher. It was hard but fulfilling. Next year will be better because I now know how I might best start the year with expectations and such.
I’ve just recently started working in a high school as an integration aide and love it. I am 57 years old and have worked most of my life as a tradesman. I am now looking at gaining my qualifications to become a teacher. I believe one of the most rewarding things that comes with age and experience is to pass our knowledge on to children. I received an email yesterday from my supervising teacher passing on thanks from a parent for the help I gave their child. I also learned the child had passed the course I was coaching him in. I felt so proud and happy.
I wish you the best of luck as a math teacher! I started teaching at 40 and am about to begin my 18th year of teaching high school in an urban school. It's been a roller coaster ride but I do not regret my decision and believe many of my students do not regret my decision as well.
Lucy, wonderful :) Love your sense of humour and the encouragement you give to people! I will become a doctor age 50 ...
Birgit Fischer 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hello Birgih.... How are you doing today...
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
After a successful first career, you have infinite wisdom to impart! Teaching is my second career as well..
Wow, just brilliant. Although I'm not going to jump into teaching in a classroom, I teach scuba diving, something totally different to my 32+ years in Public Service
I am starting at 35. Wishing best for everyone💐
I would love nothing more than my child getting educated by wise elders who have sailed the seas of life through so many challenges, changes and world events. my mother is 65 and totally proficient in new technologies and such. This is a fabulous idea.
I was listening to my local public radio station recently, and yet again they're doing more shows on --- guess who -- the 'Millennials'. I think I'm going to call in soon and suggest a show on 50-somethings. We're a special breed. We've been through a heck of a lot, and we still have time to change course if we are motivated enough. For me, I've been given a second chance. If you agree with me, like this comment! ha ha.
It's a good idea to start something new ...good for the mind.
Me at 39 thinking I'm too old for new profession. And found this in my feed.
Age is a mindset..there are some "old" at 30...there are some "just starting out" at 60...
Screw the comments and do what is important to you...
love her voice and accent
I 'm studying English but do like to talk with American accent. THKS
You are so inspiring. I started teaching at age 40 and the floods of tears are true. As is the profound transformation in the lives of the children. And in my life. - I've needed deep EFT work to really help the Aspie-type ones. All the shame of "failing" before seeing how it was, actually working out well. Thanks for being so brave and open.
In inner city public schools there is a profound change in the students, they enter totally illiterate and after 12 year they exit functionally illiterate.
Don’t worry Lucy! You’ve got this!! I’m looking to what happens and I am hoping that even if we get one good teacher out of this, you’ve done a great job not just at teaching but inspiring others to teach.
So glad I found this! I’ve been struggling with the decision of starting my path to becoming a HS English and literature teacher at 39.
Same here @41
Eventually mort/all HS will be taught online only, the virus is just accelerating the change.
What career were you pursuing before that? What degree did you study?
I have done bcom but I want to follow the path of literature and want to become english literature teacher? Is it possible? Will I get a job in school?
I am more than motivated by you Lucy. I left my high paying job as an office base education specialist to start a new career as a foundation phase teacher. I am blessed to hear your story,
This entire comment section puts a smile on my face, get after it people!
You go, Lucy!!! Hope your math teaching is going fantastically well. Loved your talk!!
Thank you Lucy - just how I feel too.. I'm doing the PGCE School Direct route via UCL. So far I've come across a lot of "career changers" like ourselves, and don't worry - if you want to take that route, those Qualifications people can find your O Level results in a trice (for a modest fee).
Hello Cicely... How are you doing today...
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
I became a teacher when I turned 50, now I supply teach and loving it. I have the passion and enthusiasm. When I enter a classroom kids can sense my enthusiasm. I not only teach a lesson but I teach the whole child.
Home schooled children before releasing them into the school system...decided to teach Special Ed. At 52 !
Loves!!
And your name ma'am, reminds of my Momma, Lucille Harris, who left us after a harsh stroke last September.
Much gratitude to you and your work!! Such inspiration!!
Amy May your mama Rest In Peace 🙏
Thank you, so much for this I am 57 years old and I am a freshman in college work on a business degree, I feel I am being lead to teaching, you have made me feel not quite so madd
Hi, Lucy, I am looking forward to hearing back from you after your first year as a teacher.
Hello Kelly.... How are you doing today....
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
Very inspirational! Best wishes to you!
Yes! I love this TED talk. So inspirational. It's a great initiative.
Hello Angie.... How are you doing today...
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
Hello Angle.
How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smile today.
Lucy Kellaway was an inspiration to me as a columnist at the FT, she is an inspiration to me as a maths teacher in comprehensive school. I hope to join Now Teach some day!
I'm 58 so this caught my attention. I've been a substitute teacher for 3 years until March 2020. Kept thinking about getting my teaching credential but it feels overwhelming. This is making me reconsider.
Absolutely love this! I have jist this week received my certificate through to confirm I am now a qualified Maths Teacher. I am 41. I spent more than 20 years working in business, my last job being National Account Manager for AkzoNobel. I now earn what I did in my first job as a teenager working for B&Q. I am teaching in a British school in Spain and it is hard, but it is one of the best things I have ever done. After years of company cars, hotels, corporate hospitality at Wimbledon and Twickenham and travelling, I am now doing what I really love. At the bottom of the ladder at 41 and loving it.
She quit after one year
Hello Marie.... How are you doing today ....
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
I have been a substitute teacher for 9 years now looking to become a certified teacher at 34 years old
This is exactly what i want to do when I'm older. in about 25 years time.
Loved it! So inspiring! Thank you! Lucky will your students be!
Hello Carolina.... How are you doing today...
And I hope you do stay safe due to the pandemic over there.?
Hello Carolina.
How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smile today.
I like her truthfulness. Teaching math is fun.
According to her Wikipedia page, Kellaway has since switched from teaching Maths to teaching Business.
Me, just hired at 59 to teach 6th grade middle school. I worked in IT for the bulk of my career and always wanted a change.
Love this video and I can personally relate. I'm 56, have had a very successful business career and find myself 100% in line with your points. I'm in the process of acquiring my certification and look forward to teaching high school business and finance as my new (and final) career. I can't wait to get in the classroom. And you're right, I find myself squarely at Maslow's top point of the pyramid. Thank you for this video.
I am 59 and currently doing a degree so that I can go into teaching when I would traditionally retire.
Hello Alison Green.
How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smile today.
simply love you are starting a new career at 58!
This sounds like a great idea. Listen to the TedTalk by Elizabeth White, an MBA from Harvard who wrote "55, Unemployed and Faking Normal" about how she found herself unemployed and no longer wanted by the corporate world. In a way she is now "teaching" others how to plan for their later years. I can see teaching as one area where age should be a good factor.
Excellent reminder for me. I have been teaching History and English Language for 23 years. Everyday is exciting and meaningful.
I think you will be a good teacher, because I believe you really want kids to learn. I don't think you will give up on any of them. one thing most of us have learned in life by our fifties, including me, is that we all learn differently. what works for one student may need a different approach for another student. I think you have the determination find out how each child responds to types of teaching/learning and will adapt to their needs, whatever it takes.
You are awesome Lucy! I had a fantastic Maths teacher who was trained in the UK. He was so good that he was still teaching when he was in his eighties!
Inspiring! Thank you!
Thank you! Coming to the end of my 35 year career in Law Enforcement. Need a a new challenge. God bless!
You're awesome Lucy!
Go for it !
She was 48 years old in 2007
I've started giving classes at 29, near the end of my bachelor's degree. I was called out-of-the-blue by a person to help giving classes in an animation school. I've never had formal education in my life before, yet as soon as I started, I felt something that I've never had before. For the first time in my life, working became such a relaxing thing for me, talking to a class, explaining things, giving lectures, listening to the group, managing students.
I started talking to other people I knew that gave classes before, and a lot of them found it so hard and stressful. Some of them we're doing it for the money, and they quit after a couple of months because they couldn't stand it.
At this pont I realized something was odd: Why don't I find teaching so unbearable? What is it with me?
And then I realized all those skills that I use to take for granted: my desire for learning, my communication skills, and my great social abilities were being used all at the same time in my job.
When you're so happy to work where a lot of people find it so hard, that's probably a good sign that you're at the right place ;).
Totally agree 👍
I would love a follow up to this. It’s been five years and a global pandemic-how does Lucy feel now?
Great
As someone of a younger generation, but not the youngest one, this is quite encouraging☺️☺️
I'm training to teach English online at 50
Well done! It's the way to go in the future.
Good for you too!!
I was in the computer field, but worked as a teacher assistant teaching English to Spanish speakers from 61 to 69.7. I finished my B.S. at 63, but I did not want a classroom. I wish you the best. I could teach online, but loving retirement.
Well done! I am changing my BS Accounting/Commercial Manager 30 year career for Nursing
One thing is damn sure : the kids will like you!
i am 50. in 2 years I will be in china teaching english thats my goal
I really enjoyed this!
Well I'm in love. That was absolutely adorable. `
Very inspirational, I am in that transitional process and your talk really motivates and encourages me to keep on going with this dream, or project I left many years ago. Please keep working on this, I believe you will have much more impact by motivating other professionals to follow this path.
Looking to get into teaching after many years of being in IT at the age of 47
I've enjoyed your articles in the FT, but I love what you're about to do and why. Thank you for being an inspiration. I've thought of doing this too.
It is nice to see this in contrast to the "why I quit teaching" videos I have been binging. Lots of pros to teaching to, as long as you get hired at a good school. And I am sure good restaurants and good schools exist, since I went to a great HS and have eaten and great family diner. But at large, finding the right school is a challenge.
Excellent talk. Thank you.
I was a Maths teacher and ran this gruesome gauntlet for decades. I have a message for her. You'll learn my girl; the hard way of course, but you'll learn.
Very inspiring! Well done.
I have been told for literally decades I should be a teacher (I'm 52 now) and doing a forensic psychology degree with Open University (55 when I'm done in 3 more years) I've always wanted to be a math teacher, even started my math degree when my mum passed away suddenly in Canada and I had to quit and go home. Who knows what I will be if I grow up...
Perfect
This was beautiful and inspiriting !!
Thank you very much all
Everyone tells me that I am going to regret it, but I pushing on.
I love my teaching job and feel blessed even still struggling but my students were happy and having so much fun. Are you also one of me?
I'm 44 and working as TV Crew in a for 17 years. Nextyear planning to be a Math teacher in Senior High
I might become a teacher, but I don't want to because it's so fucked right now.
This I'm Becoming A Teacher at 58 via TedX Talks (TedxLondonBusinessSchool) youtube feature is highly inspirational. The youtube author explaining why she chose to transition to becoming a teacher in her 50s, the multiple stories she heard from others on how teachers were played a positive role in certain students lives, some details on the youtube author's own professional and personal live background, what facets of teaching interest her etc. are some of the multiple reasons why this TedX Talks youtub feature is very engaging. The energy and enthusiasm that the youtube author brings to why she feels drawn to teaching and some of the reasons why it is becoming more common for more people to enter teaching in their 50s are also additions that enhance the uplifting zeal of this youtube presentation. I logically understand that I am very much outside the intended target audience of this career exploratory feature , still I am glad to have unexpectedly been led to I'm Becoming A Teacher at 58 RUclips feature.
The simplicity of numbers!! Hahahaha. Hope there weren't any mathematicians in the audience. Good on you Lucy for giving it a go. I wish you all the best.