This further strengthens my decision about my future career. Each time I see a student accomplish something that I taught them, or when I see a student begin to regard me as a comfortable companion who is teaching them something that they are growing to love to do, I am even more convinced that I have chosen the correct path. Inspiring a student the way I was inspired by Mrs. Shade is one of the number one rewards I will have as a teacher, intrinsically. Teachers, though they have low pay for such an important job, generally get good health benefits. Teachers get summers off, which is important if you have children.
Teaching is most definitely a calling.
I suppose that I can regard teaching as a social service, because I am serving society by making attempts to improve on the sad sickness that I see in our society.