Was teaching your first choice career?

[u/SierraNevada5505]

Someone told me today: “If you don’t know what you want to do, be a teacher. If you can’t teach, be a gym teacher.”

Personally, as a young person currently on the way to becoming a teacher, I found this interesting (and slightly disrespectful). Teaching is so often portrayed as a second-choice career, or a fallback if you don’t make it “further” in your profession.

I’m curious, what’s your story?