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The Story of My Life - for Contest

You must not be a teacher my dad said A teacher can’t afford a loaf of bread So I just bounced all around From job to job, town to town Got a teaching job after dad was dead Entry in 'A 5-Liner on Your Life' contest Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich Date: March 13, 2025

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Terry Miller

Date: 3/23/2025 3:55:00 AM

Nice one Gershon, congratulations

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:10:00 PM

Thanks for noticing, Terry. Appreciated. ~ Gershon

Karen Jones

Date: 3/22/2025 5:50:00 PM

Wow this is cool! Congrats on your win!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:16:00 PM

Thanks for noticing one of my rare wins, Karen. Appreciated. ~ Gershon

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/22/2025 3:31:00 PM

This is a cute one. Congrats in my contest. Even worse than teacher money wise is being an ESL teacher in a private ESL school. I haven't gotten a raise in 20 years. Nobody gets more than 18 an hour. But I get more because I have been there 25 years! I just stay there because it's a wonderful atmosphere and I am retired and working only 15 hours now.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:17:00 PM

I'd like to have a mornings-only gig. Everything is Zoom here now, however, which I do not want to teach on -- having done it before. Oh, well...

Oliver Mckeithan

Date: 3/17/2025 8:45:00 PM

I bet you became an excellent teacher Gershon. Nice one.

David Crandall

Date: 3/14/2025 8:38:00 PM

Sounds like you were meant to be a teacher!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:20:00 PM

You are right. I knew it when I was seven. But it took me until 40 to get up the guts to earn the meager salary that goes to non-certified teachers. 'Twas worth it, though. Thanks, David.

Michael Tor

Date: 3/14/2025 5:40:00 PM

You followed your dream not your dads and money isn't everything cause you bake your own bread and you can afford it that way lol...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:25:00 PM

Bake my own bread and make my own bed. Ha, ha. Thanks, Michael. ~ Gershon

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/14/2025 2:44:00 PM

Sounds like you graduated from the school of life before you started teaching. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:28:00 PM

Yep. One degree from the 'School of Hard Knocks.' The second from 'Atsamata U.' Second one is interesting, eh?

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 3/14/2025 2:00:00 PM

That’ll show him (lightly said). I told my dad I was interested in psychology…he told me that they don’t make any money…lol. But you can’t change who you are. People still fascinate me. :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:31:00 PM

People still fascinate me, too. ~ Ziggy Freud

John Lawless

Date: 3/14/2025 11:58:00 AM

Another graduate of the school of hard knocks....learned he alphabet playing with blocks...then hit the street....one shoe for both feet...yet none of his jobs required punching of clocks

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:34:00 PM

Nice comment, John. Limericks are always welcome.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 3/14/2025 2:00:00 AM

My Father was thrilled when my younger sister went to college, not so when she got a degree in Mathematics and Teaching. Frankly, I agree. I didn't go to college like my sibs, but I made more money than the two of them together working as an Executive Assistant for 38 years. If you have to be away from home 10 hours each weekday, for gosh sake, make money. After writing all that, I sense you may have made some/all of the limerick up for rhyming reasons???? Andrea will like the humor.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:36:00 PM

Nope. It's 100% true. Did I fool you there? Didn't mean to.

Chris Conn

Date: 3/14/2025 12:30:00 AM

So ya was a bouncer before talkin up the curriculum was ya?

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/23/2025 8:35:00 PM

Ha, ha. Pretty funny, Chris.