Elizabeth Wingerter: Three Quotes

Studs Terkel: Working

“Book Nine: In search of a calling”
According to Nora Watson:

“When you ask most people who they are, they define themselves by their jobs. “I’m a doctor.” “I’m a radio announcer.” “I’m a carpenter.” If somebody asks me, I say, “I’m Nora Watson” (524).

“Book Nine: Second Chance”
According to Sarah Houghton:

“When I was very little, I had a picture in my mind of how life was going to be. You go straight ahead until you curve slightly to the right, until you get to be about twenty-one. Of course, after college you got married, and there was nothing after that. Everything was fine. This is what happened to all the people I knew” (542).

“Book Three: Cleaning up”
According to Roy Schmidt:

I don’t look down on my job in any way. I couldn’t say I despise myself for doing it. I feel better at it than I did at the office. I’m more free. And—yeah—it’s meaningful to society” (105).

*Do you feel a job or career is your only option in the future? Do you think you are supposed to follow the norm like everyone else and become your job?*