Do I want to be a teacher

As I sat in class rating my unit plan, I keep thinking to myself if I really want to be a teacher. How did you become a teacher? Did you posses the skills to teach, did any of your family decide for you, are you following in the footsteps of your parents, did you have a teacher that influence and made a difference on you, or did you always knew you wanted to be a teacher? The burden and pressure that you receive from student, principle, and specially parents, criticizing you and not acknowledging what you actually do for the students. Yes, you are a teacher and yes it is your job. What is the pleasure and satisfaction of being a teacher? Do you receive a "HIGH" when the students get the first ‘A’ in your class, the fact that you will make a difference (or no difference at all) for any students? Is it an obligation for you to fulfill because of all the education you receive of becoming a teacher (receiving your teacher certificate, graduating college, and receiving a master). If I question myself, does that mean I’m not ready to be a teacher, or…? I just need some input, whether to see if being a teacher is my calling or am I just stalling.

I read last week that the Chicago Board of Education might vote into having a gay and lesbian school. I don’t understand, is the school being run by politics? I thought the best interest for the students is having an education and exceeding their potential. I thought we were through with segregation and yet every year we seem to take a step back into the past.