“Be fore I Became a Teacher...” By Kayl i e Bo rin
A teacher’s life, as a students may know, usually consist of our teachers being teachers- and only that. What else could they possibly be, or have been? Leave it to the teachers themselves to argue otherwise.
“I’D DO IT NOW IF I WASN’T 40.”
“I drove the beverage cart at a golf course up in Plano, Texas for about seven years- age 16-23. I absolutely loved it. I’d do it now if I wasn’t 40.” -Ms. Mat thews
“My first job was as a dish washer and then I worked at Taco Hell and then I worked at Michael’s where I was a picture framer for five years which is how I worked my way through college. I enjoyed working at Michael’s because I liked looking at pictures and matching colors, so that was fun. Everything else- no. Being a dish washer is disgusting and I call it Taco Hell for a reason.” -Ms. Vann “At 21 I opened my own business. I worked in my own business for twenty- something years and between those years, I went to school. I worked in my business and I worked in an old furniture company administrating. Within the company, I worked seven years and then I decided that what I really want to do is be a teacher, so I went back to school, got my teacher certification and started teaching. This is the best in my life.” -Mr. Barrera “I worked a t Randolph Air Force Base. I was wha t they called a “summer hire.” Basically a gopher. They put you where ver they want you and you do wha t no one else really wants to do, you know- running stuf f, typing stuff up because no one really wanted to do tha t. To be honest, I loved it. In fact, now tha t I’m ge t ting ready to re tire, I wanna go do tha t again! It was some thing to do, not hard- easy to do - and make some money.” -M s. Majdecki “One of the jobs I remember the most was working at Blockbuster Video which was where you can go rent a video and bring it back. What I remember most about it was that you had to stay late all the time and you had customers always looking for a movie. To be honest with you, I didn’t like it- I hated it. But the reason I remember it is because I knew that I didn’t wanna do that job for the rest of my life- I wanted to go to college and get a bet ter job.” -Coach Barcenez