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Teacher ... eventually

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Teacher ... eventually

Mrs. Gimpel
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I always liked school

I especially liked english and social studies
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English

I loved reading and writing
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social studies

I loved analyzing what happened in the world over time
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The question was:

What job could i get that involved english or social studies?
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English-centric jobs:

author, journalist, teacher
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social studies-centric jobs:

historian, journalist, teacher
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It was a toss up:

Journalist or teacher?
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Then came a eureka moment:

why not have two careers?!
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I would be a Journalist First

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I would be a teacher second

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I went to Duquesne University

i studied journalism and political science
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Career 1: I became a newspaper reporter

I got to earn money doing a job i love -- writing and recording human events
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Journalism was exciting!

I wrote everyday. I interviewed a president. i witnessed an execution. i rode in a hot air balloon.
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Then i left full-time reporting to concentrate on family

I was happy, fulfilled, and comfortable!
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That was until the stock market crashed

we became worried that my husband would lose his job
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that led me to recall my plan

what had happened to career #2?
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it was time to become a teacher

I went to Arcadia University to get my teaching certificate
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that led to my first teaching job

Archbishop ryan hired me to fill in for mr. mcfadden!
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Now I am here permanently

i'll get to earn money doing another job  i love - teaching!

Diane Gimpel