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Yeah, it was kind of, because a lot of— why would you say Well, I quit for— I quit teaching for a lot of reasons, but one of them was like watching students like you like go and do crazy wild things and like taking different careers into different paths. And I was always like, I would just kind of like look around and be like, all the kids that I like are gone now because from my graduation every year, they're all off doing a ton of different cool things. And I'm just going to what, work in this building for 30 years and then retire? And that's my life. Like, I couldn't. Yeah. Like, there was, there was no change, especially like like I taught the same classes over and over. And so for like 6 years in a row, I taught the same classes. I'm like, so what, I got 25 more of this year just on repeat? Fuck. And that's my life. Yeah. So I was—

November 10, 202035:27Jason
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David35:17
Was it rewarding to be a teacher?
Jason35:19
Yeah, definitely. So it was both rewarding and also— I don't know what the opposite of rewarding is in terms of like the— one of the—
David35:26
demoralizing?
Jason35:27
Yeah, it was kind of, because a lot of— why would you say Well, I quit for— I quit teaching for a lot of reasons, but one of them was like watching students like you like go and do crazy wild things and like taking different careers into different paths. And I was always like, I would just kind of like look around and be like, all the kids that I like are gone now because from my graduation every…
David36:07
that was one of the main reasons you ever go into like, like your first year, you probably loved all the kids, right? Like your first year that you taught.
Jason36:13
Yeah.
David36:13
Were you ever like, fuck, this is it. Like, I'm never going to be able to like kids more than this. And then every year you'd be surprised by how much you like the kids again. Is that how it works?