However, growing up has taught me to look into plan B, and ever since I was in kindergarten, I've thought about becoming a teacher. I don't think I could work with little kids, but I've seriously considered becoming a high school or junior high English teacher. There are several disadvantages - I might go crazy spending the rest of my life in high school, little to no time for writing, bad pay, etc - but it also has plenty of advantages - fairly flexible, it'll keep me young, I think I have the right temperment.

I can't really explain it... but a growing part of me feels a gravitational pull towards becoming a teacher. I'm very passionate about English, and I want to make my students passionate about it, too. I have strong opinions on interactive learning as opposed to "busy-work" out of textbooks and such, and I just really like that I could genuinely make a difference in this career. I want to help kids. I don't just want to teach them Langauge Arts, I want to teach them how to be good people. I want to be that teacher who is asked to speak at graduation because she changed the way they looked at things so much. I want to be a mentor. I want to mold the future of America. But I'm scared to death that in the process I'll lose my writing.


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I quote John Lennon,
"I don't believe in the Beatles, I just believe in me."