Memoir: Careers Pt.1
I started working part-time at a preschool center in 2007 (or was it 2008?). I needed a cash flow to help put myself through college. I liked it okay, but I didn't see it as a real viable career option. I was 18 (or 19) and had no idea what I wanted or what I was good at. I worked my way up the hierarchy ladder by being a hard worker and staying far away from the drama. I was eventually hired on full-time and flunked out of technical college for constantly skipping class. I loved being in a steady classroom with set hours. Then, the recession of 2008 happened. The preschool was hit hard and limped along for as long as it could. Then classrooms were closed. I was out of a job for a month. I applied to summer camps, bookstores, any where I could without so much as a call back. I remember taking a trip to visit my uncle in Florida for a week. That's when I got a phone call from my former boss. "Erin, we need your help. Would you be willing to come back?" I jumpe...