Vantaggi
You gain an appreciation for working with children and how to work with them. You learn a lot about child development and creative ways to treat them. You learn to adapt to new and stressful situations.
Svantaggi
You are expected to tell parents about poor researched anecdotal evidence regarding special needs and children's diets (i.e. dairy and gluten, big no no). Stress due to receiving text messages and emails far beyond normal working hours, every day of the week (8 and 9pm and 5:30 am). There is a subculture you are expected to take part of and adhere to, at times it feels like a cult. Some are required to partake in daily devotionals despite what they may believe, it is not an option, they may say it is, but it isn't. You are expected to purchase your own polos ($30-50, they give you two and a sweater when you start). There is no employee handbook because the rules and expectations are constantly changing. You have to discover on your own that certain words are not OK, such as pirate (who knew right?). At times the you will be scolded like a child for things that you did not realize were not OK (see employee handbook comment). There is a strict dress code regarding tattoos and piercings, they highly look down on tattoos, so it is better not to say you have one. The few "vacations" you get off a year because it is year round are hardly fully off, they will expect you to come in and work on your "free" time. There are no sick days, actually being sick and staying home is highly frowned upon. Unless you have the measles, strep throat, or vomiting/super high fever, expect to be lectured about not coming into work. If you do find yourself getting sick you will be pulled into the office and told that you are allowing Satan to influence you and you need to pray (they don't say Satan though they say enemy, but that's what they mean). Overall, it is not worth the stress.