I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was never happy, and neither were many of my friends. We were just normal kids that were not so excellent at what society wanted from us at that time.
I'm happy. I learned. I learned from my mistakes. But when you learn, you see all the results; you look more mature, and you put all the pieces together.
I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive.
What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.
Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.
There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.
I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.
That's what I think our jobs as parents are, to educate as much as possible... I tell them to follow their bliss. The people who follow their bliss in this world tend to be the more happier people.
That was the big lesson for all of us. Everything was going great on paper, but we all became miserable because we were so caught up in the machinery of how you make that happen, it took away the sheer joy.
Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.