What did I learn?

One specific time in my education that I remember clearly was my Freshman Seminar with Professor Johanna Glazewski. "Nothing New Under the Sun" was a look at ancient Greece and a reading of The Odyssey and The Iliad. At that time I learned that the world was a big place and history was long and that I loved learning about all of it. Professor Glazewski enchanted me with her knowledge and enthusiasm and inspired my intellectual curiosity. It was at that moment that I knew I would be a student for my entire life. The one thing I wish I had learned at that time was that I should follow my heart and interests and not succumb to the pressures to just make money. I wish I had learned that there were jobs and careers in doing what I loved that would present themselves later instead of single-mindedly thinking that working on Wall Street should be my career goal. Obviously this has changed - I am finally a teacher - but I wasted ten years before finally getting here.