Australia is in the midst of a ‘teacher drought’. According to the Bureau of Statistics, nearly 60% of all teachers in Australia leave education within the first five years of their careers. The Education faculty boasts one of the highest dropout rates, despite their courses being branded as some of the easiest. Student teachers and young educators are marching in a mass exodus that has left schools and universities scratching their heads for answers. However, after experiencing this ‘exodus’ first hand, it has led me begging the question, “is it necessarily a bad thing?”