What I Would Have Done if I Had Chosen Another Career

Have you considered what other options you would have taken?

2002, my last Halloween, with my first-graders [This and all photos by the author]

I loved my career!

When I was 13 years old and in the eighth grade, I decided I wanted to be a teacher. As I finished junior high, went on to high school, and planned on attending college, my resolve never wavered.