That’ll Teach You

(I’m a college student studying to be a teacher. I have a practicum assignment in a second-grade class at the local elementary school. Today is career day. I dress professionally for my practicum assignment, even though it’s not required.)

Child: “[My Name], what are you dressed up as?”

Me: “I’m dressed as a teacher. That’s what I want to be. That’s why I come to visit your class during the week.”

Child: “Teaching is a career?”

Me: “…”