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You need a back up plan

Met a former student today. He told me he’s planning on becoming an English teacher. Cue dismay.

I told him to go for remedial math too.

He told me another adult told him he needed a back up plan in case he couldn’t get a teaching job. Like his music.

Yes, rock star is now the back up plan for kids who want to be teachers.

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