Now, do the following activity. List at least six occupations that deal with your main area of interest (people, data or things). If you like more than one of these, try to think of occupations that combine your interest areas.
Sharon's Story
Sharon is 53 years old. She left school thirty-seven years ago. She was in Grade 7 at the time.
"I left school in June and went in the convent in September. I wanted
to join the Forces, but my brother told Mom that a lady didn't join the
Forces. A nun came down at my desk one day and put a little pamphlet in
front of me about Sisters of Service. I said, 'Me a nun?' 'Yes,' she said."
"I went in in September and that was it. I must say that was quite an
experience. I just turned 17 and for the next four years I was either
an assistant cook or chief cook."
I was 21 when I left that life. One year later I was married. I had
five children _ two boys and three girls. My first baby died six months
after he was born. In order to keep the payments on my house for the
next eight years I took in six boarders just to keep us afloat. I had
my next four children _ three girls and a boy. It wasn't easy keeping
boarders and raising children at the same time. When I was 33 I divorced
my husband. At the time, the youngest was three and a half and the oldest
was nine. I brought the children up on my own. It's an experience I
wouldn't wish on anybody.
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