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I was set to begin student-teaching but because of my job, I was forced to put it on hold until I learned that if I were to get a substitute teacher license and work a certain number of days it would fulfill my student-teaching requirement, as well as get paid for doing it. It would also allow me to quit my job.
None of this means anything to my father who warned me not to quit my job and to do whatever it takes to keep this job, even if it meant putting school on hold and waiting until I got laid off again to finish my degree. He is under the impression that substitute teaching is not a real job but instead some kind of paid internship program that was set up by the school to fulfill a teaching requirement, despite the fact that I would be make double what I make at my current job. I feel that trying to juggle subbing and this job would not only be difficult for me but also unfair to my employer. He has gone on to hint that if I were to quit my job he would cut me out of the family.