There are kids who have dreams that are bigger than the town they live in.

Socially awkward sounds so much better than workaholic. Most educators love to talk about education. One might say they live and breathe it. They read about it in articles, watch movies about it, listen to debates that focus on it, and surround themselves with other educators. The only issue is that if you happen to be partnered with, or a married to, a non-educator. Perhaps you didn't pay attention. Perhaps you ignored that they are not educators.

In your personal life, if you're fortunate enough to have one, you may attend parties and wait for the next person who brings up public school, their children, or their favorite subject in high school. However, if you're like me that usually never happens, which is why I feel socially awkward at times. I don't watch a lot of sports, don't have a stock portfolio worth bragging about, and I don't always know how to start a conversation with someone, so I typically walk around and smile a lot.

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