The Importance of Education

The house I lived in my senior year of college was incredible. It was relatively new, and it looked really nice. We had a decently sized kitchen with all stainless steel appliances. There was also a brand new washer and dryers in the laundry room, with an ironing board attached to the wall. We had really comfortable couches, and my roommate Zach had a 50-inch high definition television and every video game system imaginable. My room was just as nice. The closet had built in closet organizer and was bigger than the closet I have at home. My room was also the only room in the house that had a balcony off of it. It was incredible. We had lounge chairs out there, and used to hang out there every time it was nice out. We lived on a main street, and it was fun people watching from up there. I also had the most comfortable bed ever. It was a queen sized, deep plush mattress. It often made getting up and going to class a difficult decision. We also had a great big back porch that was covered. We had a couch out there, as well as a whole outdoor dining set and a charcoal grill.

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My Aunt Viola is a retired schoolteacher.  She taught for over forty years in her small town and only retired when the school moved to a bigger building and she could no longer walk to work.   When you speak to her you can tell she demands your attention like you were one of her students.  I still feel if I say something wrong, she will slap me across my knuckles with her pointer.  She is now living in a retirement community and loves it.  She has taken over the computer room and loves when someone asks for her help with the entertainment PC.  She is still much the teacher and gives the “senior students” homework to do so the next time she sees them in the computer room they can tell her what they learned.  A lot of the senior citizens living there are happy for her help as some of them never worked with computers before.  They call her “Teach” and raise their hands just as they did in grammar school.  She told me one of her students even brought her an apple, which brought back so many good memories for her.  She loved her job as an educator and is taking advantage of teaching senior citizens in her new community.

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