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Originally Posted by Kelly47 
What are the advantages/disadvantages to teaching primary?
Other than the ones already mentioned, being able to teach a large variety of subjects, having a better relationship with your students as you would be having the same class all of the time, as opposed to secondary school.
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I must disagree with this based on 11 years teaching Primary and 18 teaching Secondary.
With the Primary kids they are always kids and the relationship must always reflect that difference.
With the Secondary kids they are growing and by the end of High School the relationship is a very different one but even more rewarding and long lasting.
Many of my High School students still keep in contact whereas the Primary school kids, after one year they have moved on to someone else but with the High School you could easily work with them for a number of years - up to six in fact.
Each person must choose their own path but I wouldn't do anything different to what I did.
I loved teaching Primary at the time but I couldn't do it now. I also couldn't have taught High School in my 20s but love it now.