I probably should have added that I taught and did research at UND for a few years. I really LOVED the teaching part, I just found dealing with the uncertainty of being on soft money for the research side to be more stressful than it should have been for the amount of money UND was willing to let me make off that research. Otherwise I may still be there! Granted, teaching at a university is a different than teaching at a high school, but teaching in and of itself is a very rewarding thing. I still remember the thank you notes I received from students after they had taken my class and been out in the workforce a while. It's just something you don't get from many other occupations.
Granted, I also really enjoy what I do nowadays, but I often fondly think back about those years I spent teaching.
Granted, I also really enjoy what I do nowadays, but I often fondly think back about those years I spent teaching.