#9 When I grow up
April 28, 2008 eternity5
When I was little I remember being very curious about all careers in general. My family and I would go places and if I’d see like a bus driver, a waitress, or a banker I asked my mom a thousand questions. The questions would always be the same such as ” Does he make a lot of money? Did that person have to go to college to do that?” and my favorite was “Do you think I should be that when I grow up?” I was also a big nerd in school and I can’t remember a time that I didn’t make at least the A and B honor roll (mostly A honor roll). I enjoyed school very much and I like to learn about different things. To this day I’m always asking questions so I can learn more, especially about careers. In class I usually was one of the first ones to be done and the teacher would ask me to help somebody out with understanding their work. I felt I was good at it and wanted to be a school teacher.
As I got older and began looking into the education needed and the salary that they made. Some of my teachers went to college up to six years for their PhD. I always knew I wanted to go to college but I didn’t think that I could make it six or four full years. Especially after the accident because I get tired alot faster than before. Once I found out about the pay I started to look at other careers and just forgot about my dream. Many people told me that it was not worth it being a teacher and I started to believe it . Another thing is when I was little I didn’t realize how much patience it takes to teach kids while trying to control their behavior.
The other day I had to interview one of my teachers that has been teaching for 34 years. and she begin to tell me all the good and bad experiencies as a teacher. She has good advice and stories because she taught middle school, high school, and college. She gave me the urgency to want to go and change my major that period. I have not completely given it up, it could be but I need to find a way I could get the salary I need to raise me and my daughter. I wonder if the professor at a university gets paid more since the tuition is a lot more? I can still help out people in class and offer tutor to people that need it. I teach my daughter everyday as she now asks all the questions that I did when I was little. Also I have to help with her homework and everything else she doesn’t understand about life. Right now I’m tutoring my husbands 40 year old sister Virginia who just went back and is trying to get her GED.
It is very unfortunate that I sorta gave up my dream and I will always think about what could’ve been. I will never understand why they pay teachers so little when there the ones that educate the whole world. Maybe one day it will all change.
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