So today, this student and I were playing a game where you ask a question and let everyone have a chance to answer (okay it's more a social activity than an actual game, but I digress). The question that he pulled out was this: What is your greatest accomplishment? I had to think a few minutes, and even now, hours later, I am not sure what the 'correct' answer is.
I told him it was a tie between getting my Master's Degree (but I actually just said something about finishing college because I don't know a lot of middle schoolers who know what a Master's Degree is), and having my son. Some days, I think about how sad I am that this (academic) year has not gone the way I wanted from a professional standpoint, and I wonder what the point of getting my Master's was if I can't get and maintain a full time job in the area I want to live in. But every day, I also think about how much sadder I would be if I didn't have my family to go home to at the end of every day, and how glad I am that Sonny and Lukin are my family.
So, if by explaining that, it provides a clear winner, I don't know what it is. I am happy and proud to have my family but I am also happy and proud to be a working (even if temporarily) professional.
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They asked me that at a job interview once - what my three greatest accomplishments were. I said, "Graduating from college..." and then I couldn't think of any more. I literally sat there and tried to think of something, or how to phrase things to make things seem not as stupid as they would had I said them. I couldn't think of anything else.
Nothing I wanted to tell a potential employer, anyway.
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