I have had a wide range of jobs in my life that have presented all types of challenges. After high school I loaded delivery trucks at 3 a.m. and just recently I managed a multi-faceted state-wide training program. However, I have never experienced the unique demands put on primary school teachers until last year, when I volunteered as a teacher’s assistant at a local elementary school.
At this time last year I was comparing grad schools’, planning my next career move, and dreading the day my bathroom scale would tell me to switch to light beer. When I contemplated Education, Income, and Health the word “my” began each thought. The costs and benefits of my decisions could easily be endured, because in the end it was my feet being held to the fire.
