Why Bother?

In the midst of navigating the "interstate teacher licensure maze", I'm starting to wonder whether its all worthwhile.

Vermont is telling me that despite the fact that I have a BA from a top-20 university, two years of teaching experience in middle school science, and a master's degree (soon) in gifted education from one of the top programs in the nation, they don't want to give me a license to teach in their state because I don't have at least a minor in Science.

I guess I kind of see their point. Which makes me wonder whether I should just scrap teaching all together -- I'm not an expert in anything useful in the K-12 classroom (somehow I don't think Psychology is super-marketable to that crowd), so what's the point. In order to deal with the Vermont situation, I essentially have to go back and get the equivalent of a minor in Science courses (great, more useless, non-intrinsically interesting school) or switch teaching subjects to Social Studies, which I might be able to convince someone I have a background in (Psychology is a Social Science, right?).

I feel like I should be strong and keep pushing for what I want to do. But I also don't want to have to deal with this every time I want to move to a new state. Why should I have to be static in my geographic location just because my profession is stupid and can't agree with the state next door who to let teach and who to ban from the classroom?

Maybe now is a good time to look into getting that job with NPR. Or as a pastry chef. Or something else NOT in the classroom. Because people in the classroom don't want me.