IreallylovemyjobbecauseIenjoyworkingwithsmallchildrenandlikethechallengesandawards

fromthejob.Ialsothinkmyworkisimportant.TherewasatimewhenIthoughtIwouldneverhavethat

sortofcareer（职业）.

Iwasn’tanexcellentstudentbecauseIdidn’tdomuchschoolwork.InmyfinaltermIstartedthinkingwhatImightdoandfoundIdidn‘thavemuchtooffer.IjustacceptedthatIwasn’tthetypetohavea

career.

Ithenfoundmyselfajob, lookingaftertwolittlegirls.Itwasn’ttoobadatfirst.Buttheproblems

beganwhenIagreedtolivein,sothatIwouldbethereifmybosshadtogooutforbusinessinthe

evening.WeagreedthatifIhadtoworkextrahoursoneweek，she’dgivemetimeoffthenext.But

unfortunately,itdidn’toftenworkout.Iwasgettingextremelytiredandfedup,becauseIhadtoomany

latenightsandearlymorningswiththechildren.

OneSunday，Iwasintheparkwiththechildren，andmetMeganwhousedtogotoschoolwith

me.Itoldheraboutmysituation.ShesuggestedthatIshoulddoacourseandgetaqualification

（资格证书）ifIwantedtoworkwithchildren.Ididn‘tthinkIwouldbeacceptedbecauseIdidn’t

takemanyexamsinschool.Shepersuadedmetophonethelocalcollegeandtheywerereallyhelpful.

MyexperiencecountedforalotandIgotonapart-timecourse.Ihadtoleavemyjobwiththefamily，

andgotworkhelpingoutatakindergarten.

NowI’vegotafull-timejobthere.IshallalwaysbethankfultoMegan.IwishIhadknownearlier

thatyoucouldhaveacareer，evenifyouaren’ttopof theclassatschool.

B.oftenworkedlonghours

C.gotmuchhelpfromherboss

D.tookadayoffeveryotherweek