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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1974
Page
6
SHS faculty answer a questionnaire about their dream roles. The responses include desires to become millionaires, cab drivers, belly dancers, mermaids, dentists, doctors, or even bums, illustrating humorous and diverse ambitions among teachers.
The article surveys educators expressing what they would be if not in teaching or counseling. Jim Black would be a jeweler in a studio. Daryle Dieterle would be a starving artist. Harold Cherry moved from teaching to guidance counseling. Jane Farber would stay a counselor for the people. John Bishop values counseling for rewards. Thomasine Cannell would be a homemaker. Jim Duffy leans to a golf related role.
Gordon Nanemaker says he became a teacher due to love for animals and would be a game warden or pet store owner otherwise. Karen Boesen would study law while belly dancing. Nanny D Inverno would retire or die if not teaching, preferring teenagers. Gary Helton envisions a life as a lifelong student or elementary educator, enjoying young people.
Richard Zion aims to help youth as a social worker or public defender. He says he enjoys working with kids and would not change his path. William Yemm also expresses a passion for guiding young people and imagines becoming a doctor if not a principal.
Read profiles show Mary Phillips aims for writing or department store buying while preferring teaching for people work. Barbara Greisser wants curriculum or admin roles. Jim Cross seeks money in education. Roger Clark and Leora Windoffer mix teaching with writing or editing ambitions. Anne Atkins would pursue conservation if not teaching.
Ellen Zigler enjoys languages and plans travel while juggling motherhood of three. A former secretary and gift shop clerk, she sees teaching as the closest thing to the papacy. Harry F. Kirchner echoes devotion to teaching, saying little else suits him and he values a family teaching tradition.
Gordon Speer would be a builder or electrician, Cheryl Christianson would be a florist or welcom Baligy if not a teacher, Zeigler would be an electronics tech or educational sales rep, Lee Johnson would farm, each expressing they enjoy working with youth and science and chose teaching for different reasons.
Interviews reveal Phil Smith jokes about hair and mill work, Sharon Douthit aspires to forest ranger duties, Diane Sutherland imagines a showbiz life, Bob Howard toys with cab driving, Hope Moore recalls nurses rules, Rob Ptak values teaching and sports, and Dwayne Dietz cites dentistry as a calling, reflecting pride in guiding youth toward useful citizenship despite uncertain futures.
Barb Booth chose teaching over her first choice due to qualification limits. Carson DeJarnatt shifted majors from engineering to education in college to balance athletics and labs, turning down higher pay to avoid long separations. Mike Paris stayed in teaching to avoid joining the International Jet Set.
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