Is education a good field for introverts?

[Genghis]

As for teaching positions... If you're in a research-heavy position, it's a good job for introverts. You get these professors who teach mainly advanced courses and devote the rest of their effort to research. They often do well in such scenarios. Often they'll teach 3 courses a year only. But these positions are rare and highly competitive to get.

But if your job is at the other extreme, say as a high school teacher, then it's much more social and it would be a nightmare for such people. Often PhDs who don't like the solitary nature of scientific research will choose to teach at high schools or community college because it's more social.

[LaZorra]

This thread is a bunch of extroverts thinking they know what it's like to be an introvert. I call bull**** on all of you. I'm an introvert in, of all fields, journalism. And you know what? I love it because even though it makes me uncomfortable, I'm passionate about the subject.

If you're truly pursuing what you love, you cannot go wrong.

[e_cuyler]

It must also be said that college teaching positions are scarcer than hen's teeth.