Day 5: Ideal Future Career

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The Teacher Rollercoaster

I used to be an Engineer in a previous life.  It was a good career path, for the most part.  I loved making things on the computer and then watching them be created out of metal and used to make things work.

I used to supervise the building of these.

... and these.

But then I decided that I needed a job that was a little easier to travel with considering what my husband does for a living.  I tapped in to my love of mathematics and my hatred of sitting all day at a desk and decided to go in to Education.  I can tell you I am not going to go back.  My heart is 100% in to it.  The students are what makes it and although I had thought that the At-Risk kids would  be my least favorite they now hold a special place in my heart.  I mean, how can they not?  They struggle at life but still manage to keep their chins up.  I love the voracity of the human spirit.  Anyway, my love of math and my passion for education has developed me in to one BA teacher!!