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It took my dad forever to realize I was following in his footsteps for good reasons. He did everything he possibly could to discourage me from pursuing a career in education, even going so far as to offer to pay for my LSATs and law school, should I have chosen to do so. But after doing a job shadow and some other work on his campus, and getting some feedback from his own staff about my performance as a teacher, he was finally convinced, and now fully supports me in wanting to become a teacher. I probably get at least one email from him a week about trends in education, and he and his best friend both love that I want to be a teacher now since they can "talk shop" around me. Heh.
That said, I would hope that my son or daughter won't feel the pressure I did from my own parents to succeed at the cost of my own health, and I hope that my son or daughter would feel that they could talk to me if they were having those kinds of problems. That is something that has cost me two years time in trying to get my degree, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But I would like it if they did decide to pursue education; while not lucrative, teaching is an admirable career choice.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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