Kim Benedict:  

it was too difficult to find a job that didn't bore me to death. So when I moved back to Brooklyn I applied to Brooklyn College. I am finishing my 4th year now and have one more semester to go. I'm planning on going to grad school at SVA to get an art therapy masters, finances and admissions willing. If that falls through then I will get a masters in art education to teach K-12. My grades stunk in junior high and high school, but now I have almost straight A's! It's amazing what a few years out in the real world can do for you! Workplace My favorite jobs are in teaching, art and therapy. My best therapist and surrogate mother was my art teacher, Stephany Funcheon. I've worked in after school programs with high school students here in Brooklyn and LOVED it and hopefully that is where my college degree will lead me. Other than being a mom, it took me a long time to find a steady job that's been worth keeping long-term, but I've had a lot of fun trying out different things and learning a great deal from each one. Here's a fun list of jobs I've held, starting with my earliest jobs as a kid.... Newspaper delivery person, corn detassler, babysitter, housecleaner, cookie baker, Subway sandwich maker, set designer and decorator, sign painter, artist's/illustrator's model (an ongoing job since high school), geriatric nursing assistant (my favorite job ever but pay is crap), newspaper photographer and darkroom technician, Pizza Hut waitress (don't laugh), furniture mover, antique furniture refinisher and sales person, costume designer and seamstress, actor (music videos), bead weaver (Native American genre art sold at festivals), illustrator (stickers, t-shirts and other gift items sold at music festivals), and most recently, quilter. Of course the best job I've had pays no money. Did I mention I love being a mom? Military No way! Never! Not when psychos can be president! Anyway, war mostly harms the innocent. What a waste.