Chris Duffy

Two very clear things.

One was I did the math and I realized that what I was currently making, teaching improv and doing a few comedy shows, if I just kept that stable and then my worst case scenario, if I kept that stable and then I worked halftime as a barista.

You must not go to classroom management.

Very fun, but very bad at discipline.

That's the number one thing.

But what they said is I said, like, if I leave and it doesn't work out, can I come back?

Like if I just got a job at a coffee shop and I was like, that's not what I want my other half of my time to be.

And she said some version of, you know, we can't guarantee anything, but we hire teachers every year and we like you.

But if I get half the time working at a coffee shop and then I'll still have more time to do comedy and creative stuff.

So I think you'll probably have a job here in December.

And I just keep all my creative things the way they are now.

The year after September, if you don't if you don't come back.

Between those two things, I will be able to pay all of my bills.

So I felt like, OK, I'm making a one year decision.

So I just did the math and was like, OK, that's the financial goal is just to like not, you know, not go into deep debt that I can't get out of.

And I'm pretty sure that my worst case scenario is I just kind of am a dip a little into savings, but mostly just stay like neutral for a year.

And the second one was I talked to the principal before I left and I said, if I quit and try and pursue this, which they were very supportive of, like the other teachers liked coming to my shows and like they, they saw potential in me, which was very, um,

So that's what it felt like.

You must not go to classroom management.

Very fun, but very bad at discipline.