But I then had to step out into the hall so my students couldn’t see me nearly bust out in laughter. But I liked myself as a teacher, coming to know the students and witnessing their progress, so I decided to become a school teacher. When I started teaching English as a second language in the public schools, the drinking stopped for a while. I hated the end of winter because of all the time it took to get dark in the summer. All of this makes me a better teacher than when I focused so intently on scoring awards and accolades.
