Hey, what's up, it's Joe. Thanks for listening to the podcasts. Before we get into it,

I want to remind you guys that this spring, 2023, I am back on tour. You can get your tickets

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Sacramento. Then I'm filming my first ever comedy special at the Blasco Theater in Los Angeles,

California. After that, it's Denver, St. Louis, Burlington, Vermont, Nashville, Austin,

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Behavior management. This is Joe. How may I help you?

Hey, Joe, so I have a little dilemma. This is my time here at Teaching Elementary, and I have

always loved it. I talked first for six years and second for four years. With that being said,

there's an opportunity in my district to teach seventh grade reading. I love reading so much that I

went back to school to get my masters in literacy a few years ago. After this crazy school year,

am I insane to want to change things up again? Or do I stick with what doesn't make my anxiety go

up and what I'm comfortable with? I need advice. It's nearly an adventurous yet anxious teacher.

Thanks for calling in. I don't think this is terribly uncommon. I have two trains of thought for you

here on this. One, I always tell teachers that if you're feeling stagnant,

switch it up, right? It's the weirdest thing to me that we are certified. I'm certified to

teach K through eight. That's nuts. Those are so wildly different. But it does give me the

opportunity to change things up, which I did drastically. A top fourth and fifth are so long

and then went down to kindergarten and realized I loved it. With that change, I realized that

that was definitely experiencing some burnout. But it wasn't because I didn't like teaching. It was

just because I was done with the grade level that I had been doing. I think that changing things up,

not only motivates you, but keeps you invigorated to stay in the profession. Change is good. Just

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