My first choice of employment was not to become a teacher. My mother was an educator and after seeing her pour herself into this profession receive "a small salary" for such a huge input of WORK was certainly not the definition of a good job investment for a promising career. This decision had a ten year effect on my decision of just what I wanted to do for my career choice. Little did I know that during my early years with my mom, I was being groomed to become an educator also. I began my teaching teaching career in 1988 and I've been an educator every since. Needless to say, becoming a music educator was the best choice that I could have made and I've never had any regret of making that choice.