[ wait, let's start that again: of course she doesn't know why he became a teacher.
of every job that he's had, it had arguably been the most fulfilling. working at the bugle had been like working at home: jonah, betty, robbie — all of them were family, it was a place where he felt comfortable. a place where he'd grown up from awkward, hot-headed teenage freelancer, into less-awkward, slightly less hot-headed salaried employee, who wanted to get married and settle down and—
well, it hadn't quite worked out, and he was still working on it, but.
it had been eye-opening to go back to midtown, to see kids without opportunities, without anyone wanting, really wanting, to stop and give them a hand. he doesn't think he made a difference for all of them, he doesn't expect he even made a difference for most of them, but if he'd managed it for some of them—. ]
It definitely wasn't the pay. [ beat. ] Look, I know, everyone that becomes a teacher says they do it because they want to make a difference, and I don't think you always can, not in the way that you'd like. But there are a lot of kids out there that just need a helping hand and if you give up on them just because it's a little difficult, what does that say? That they're not worth it?
lmao 2/3
of every job that he's had, it had arguably been the most fulfilling. working at the bugle had been like working at home: jonah, betty, robbie — all of them were family, it was a place where he felt comfortable. a place where he'd grown up from awkward, hot-headed teenage freelancer, into less-awkward, slightly less hot-headed salaried employee, who wanted to get married and settle down and—
well, it hadn't quite worked out, and he was still working on it, but.
it had been eye-opening to go back to midtown, to see kids without opportunities, without anyone wanting, really wanting, to stop and give them a hand. he doesn't think he made a difference for all of them, he doesn't expect he even made a difference for most of them, but if he'd managed it for some of them—. ]
It definitely wasn't the pay. [ beat. ] Look, I know, everyone that becomes a teacher says they do it because they want to make a difference, and I don't think you always can, not in the way that you'd like. But there are a lot of kids out there that just need a helping hand and if you give up on them just because it's a little difficult, what does that say? That they're not worth it?