Multiple matching
You are going to read an article in which five people describe changing career in middle age. For questions 1-10, choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once.
Starting Over Mid-Career
Five people describe changing career in their forties and fifties
Gareth Mullins: from bank manager to primary school teacher
For twenty-two years I managed bank branches, and by the end most of my job consisted of closing them. When I told colleagues I was retraining to teach seven-year-olds, they assumed I was having some kind of crisis. In fact, the two jobs have more in common than you might think. At the bank I spent a lot of time with customers who were frightened about money, and learning to stay calm while someone else panics has been invaluable at parents’ evenings. The children themselves are another matter; no training course prepares you for a class of thirty on a windy afternoon. I’d be lying if I said I never lie awake wondering whether I’ve made a terrible mistake, usually on a Sunday night with a pile of marking. But by Monday lunchtime the feeling has generally passed.
Which person found it hard to accept being instructed by people much younger than themselves?
Which person says that experience of handling anxious people in a previous job has proved useful?
Which person changed career because of circumstances outside their control?
Which person had to deal with the disapproval of close family members?
Which person was unprepared for how physically demanding their new work would be?
Which person admits to sometimes doubting whether they made the right decision?
Which person was inspired by observing others at work during a difficult family situation?
Which person has accepted a significantly lower standard of living?
Which person spent several years gaining experience in their new field before leaving their old job?
Which person gets particular satisfaction from being able to see what they have accomplished each day?
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