“Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple American life.” SimpleCareersTeacherMomDadAviationSecretaryAmerican LifeTechnicians Author:Brian Sandoval
“I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada. I was also acting in a wonderfully supportive theatre community in Edmonton. There's a lot of support for theatre there. So, I was having a great time, but I didn't consider acting as a serious career initially, because even the most successful actors that I know in Edmonton are not super successful. Acting over there is just not a success-oriented career.” KnowsSchoolActorsCommunityActingCareersSupportStudySuccessfulTeacherSeriousHigh SchoolUniversityTheatreCanadaSupportiveGreat TimesSchool TeachersAlbertaHigh School TeachersEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“An understandable hunger for potential clients tempts many [career counseling therapists] to overpromise, like creative writing teachers who, out of greed or sentimentality, sometimes imply that all of their students could one day produce worthwhile literature, rather than frankly acknowledging the troubling truth, anathema to a democratic society, that the great writer, like the contented worker, remains an erratic and anomalous event, immune to the methods of factory farming.” WritingSometimesLiteratureCareersCreativeTeacherEventsStudentsProduceOne DayMethodRemainsDemocraticWorkersGreedHungerFactoriesWorthwhileClientsCreative WritingFarmingImmuneTherapistsGreat WritersSentimentalityCounselingDemocratic SocietyFactory FarmingErraticAnathema Author:Alain de Botton
“I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'” IfsMenLooksSaidHappensWantedFallActorsCareersTeacherTeachingDegreesHeyLook At MeFall BackAlbertaEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“I never went to drama school. I went straight into the theater. We had the most extraordinary voice teacher. I worked with her when I was starting out in my career. How to place my voice from a very relaxed position was all wonderfully reminiscent of going back to the basics. But I always like to do that with any role that I do, to dismantle it and put it all back together again.” SchoolTogetherVoiceCareersRolesTeacherPositionDramaTheaterExtraordinaryStartingRelaxedBack TogetherBasicsStarting OutTogether AgainBack Together Again Author:Ben Kingsley
“Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.” PeopleIfsWantMayCertainLevelsCareersTeachKnowingTeacherFiguresSixManagersScareSalaryBest Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.” PhilosophyCareersStudyTeacherDegreesIndiaUniversityMassachusetts Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.” CareersTeacherWonderfulRetiring Author:Tim Gunn
“Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.” EndsAgeAbleWantedSpeakGivenCareersTeacherScholarI Am Pretty Author:George Steiner
“In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers.” Has BeensCountrySchoolCareersPracticeTeacherPreparedUniversityRangePerformingPrincipalQualifiedEducation For All Author:Andy Hargreaves
“I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to almost every teacher that I had. Even when I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing.” PeopleMenYoungParentCareersTeacherMen And WomenBlessedWingsLawyerFirm Author:Michelle Obama
“I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic one moment, and you're a psychologist the next moment, an athlete the next moment... when you are out on the playground or coaching...so it enables you to play different roles.” DifferentPlayMomentsWould BeNextCareersRolesTeacherDecidedAthleteCoachingHatsAcademicPsychologistPlaygrounds Author:Erik Weihenmayer
“I consider myself lucky to have had wonderful teachers. They expose you to a lot and basically teach you how to paint. I think of my career as a series of lucky incidents.” ThinkingCareersTeachTeacherWonderfulLuckySeriesPaintIncidentsWonderful Teacher Author:Brice Marden
“A great teacher once taught me that you've got to have faith that everything happens for the best. I have had many setbacks in my career and every setback has led me that much further into my truth.” HappensCareersTeacherTaughtThings HappenHave FaithSetbackGreat TeacherMy Truth Author:Suze Orman
“I was really into artwork in high school and my art teacher made it clear to me that it's not really a career. She insisted that if I wanted to make a living this way, I would have to find a career that might actually reward me for the artwork.” IfsWayArtMadeMightWantedSchoolCareersClearTeacherHigh SchoolRewardsMade ItArtworkArt Teacher Author:Jack Larson
“There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well spent. And there are writers-sometimes the same ones, sometimes not-to whom you are powerfully attracted, for reasons that may or may not have to do with literary values. They speak to you, or speak for you, sometimes with a voice that could almost be your own. Often there is one writer in particular who awakens you, who is the teacher they say you will meet when you are ready for the lesson.” WellsMayArtSometimesReasonValuesSpeakVoiceCareersTeacherParticularReadyLessonsSkillsAdmireProfessionalismInventiveness Author:James D. Houston
“I've been playing videogames since before my career in this business, but what happened is several videogame companies were recruiting students back then and I applied with barely any hope of getting accepted to any of the companies. However, I got accepted! Although my path was already set to become a piano instructor, I chose the path of videogames instead. My parents cried, my friends were worried and my teacher was stunned (we're talking about way back when game music wasn't as popular as it is these days).” WayGamesParentCompanyTalkingCareersPathTeacherHappenedStudentsMy FriendsAcceptedWorriedThese DaysPianoCriedBack WhenStunnedInstructorsVideogameWay Back When Author:Yoko Shimomura
“Because I have a passion for the play. My father was a chess teacher, and I learned the play of him as a small child. Occasionally I made another career; but now I have again the possibility of maintaining the passion of my early youth days.” ChildrenMadePlayPassionFatherCareersTeacherPossibilityYouthChessMaintainingSmall Child Author:Carmen Kass
“I started taking lessons in third grade because I thought it was a fun thing to do. Through my acting teacher, I got my manager. That was about 5th grade. So once that happened it kind of clicked that I probably should pursue acting as a career.” ShouldKindFunActingCareersTeacherHappenedLessonsThirdsPursueManagersThings To DoGradesFun ThingsThird GradeActing Teachers Author:Jared Gilman