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TI: And you mentioned earlier that you went into teaching after all this?

KG: Yeah, well, after I got married and had children, then I stayed home and took care of them. So I was, I didn't work for about seven or eight years, and I couldn't go back into the lab after that, so I picked up an education degree just so that I would have the same hours as the children. And my mother always said I should be a teacher because I had my nose in a book all the time, and I always said I would never be a teacher because my mother wanted me to be a teacher. [Laughs]

TI: So you have a strong theme throughout the interview, is you are a very strong woman with really strong beliefs and opinions.

KG: Well, my father always said he didn't worry about what I did, because I had thought things through. So he described me. [Laughs]

TI: So (where) are some of the places that you taught?

KG: Well, I taught elementary grades in Pennsylvania (and Ohio). My husband was teaching at Ohio State. (We then) went down to Texas because he had a friend who was head of (a branch of) University of Texas. I taught elementary grades for about three years. (...) In San Marcos where LBJ had his job corps program, I taught ESL to refugees from all over the world. That was the best teaching job. (I enjoyed) the people (because they appreciated) everything you did (for them). I had (students) from Cambodia, Vietnam, Africa, Mexico. It was just a great job. It was very difficult but challenging and exciting. I really enjoyed it.

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