Community Chat

[Kalli]

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@texassunflower wrote:

@maestra   I taught for 30 years and was able to leave young when my mother had a stroke. Three weeks later she was told she had breast cancer. I have a pension and decent insurance. I wish after 5 or so years in the classroom that I had gone back to school for my Library Science degree. I also loved to read and enjoyed reading to children. At the end of my teaching career, I was ready to leave and was very fortunate that I could. The disciplinary problems and teaching to the standardized tests robbed me of my joy of teaching.

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@texassunflower @maestra , I also taught and most of it I loved but of course there were times that were challenging.  And I agree that teaching to the test squeezed some of the joy out of teaching and learning. 

I started out making such a small salary I had to live at home until I got married.  But over the years my salary steadily increased. Our health coverage was top notch, my paycheck was never late, (DH was self-employed so that guaranteed income was important) and we knew we had the steady accumulation of that pension.

I probably wouldn’t do anything different except maybe to remain in the Reading Specialist position longer. 

[viva923]

i went to a yr nurse school (was similar to practical nurse==no boards)when i graduated. I married with 18 months of finding a job and never went back into nursing. I would never go  back into nursing, hated that field. Was forced into this field by parents.

I always wanted to learn how to play instruments but my parents would not let me do this. I always wanted to become a secretary, again my parents said I could not take any courses in high school even to begin or see if like the secretarial business. I did take typing (had to fill a course my jr. year in high school).  I like typing and am still fairly good at it.

[LTT1]

@CrazyKittyLvr2 @viva923 @Kalli @Mombo1 

Tomorrow I will be able to answer...Net problems

[esmerelda]

Yes.  I was lucky to be able to do the job I'd wanted to do since I was eight.

[LTT1]

@CrazyKittyLvr2 @viva923 @Kalli @Mombo1 

I would like to have more daily independence to schedule my time and

wear pretty clothes/have my own office

Med Tech ....wore a lab coat

Finance Specialist...traveled and wore pretty clothes

Teaching...not much as far as that goes

i loved the philosophy and learning material involved in all of those careers!

[hellie jo]

I sure would choose the same career.I loved being a nurse.40 years was great,but glad to be retired now.

[qualitygal]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

Yes ... my career path spanned nearly 50 years and quite a number of government agencies and private industry.  I had (have) a skill set that fit in a lot of places.

Worked out well ... I've retired with a fairly decent income and savings.

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@ALRATIBA   I have to tell you, with my mind, it went wild with guessing on that one!!!LOL

[ID2]

I would have done the exact same. I met my dh at work and we've been together now for 44 years! If I had changed anything back then, my life would have been completely different. 

[RetRN]

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@hellie jo wrote:

I sure would choose the same career.I loved being a nurse.40 years was great,but glad to be retired now.

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Same here, nursing was a good choice for me. I also love being retired after 40 years in the profession. 

[Shanus]

My career is considered more like a talent than a choice. There’s nothing I could have done to deny my destiny of Jewelry design, metalsmithing, painting and being a makeup artist. I have taught art when my children started school, but preferred “doing” rather than “teaching”. Through the years, I have been a substitute art teacher when given enough notice. Unfortunately, most art programs in schools are being deleted. 

There is an Art Center nearby that offeres art classes in a summer camp setting for kids and I have volunteered there.