I think its important to challenge yourself overall, it might be tough at times, but if you aren't moving forward, you're moving backward. There have been a couple situations where I've been caught between a path that would take more work and an easy path and yeah, its nice to take it easy for a while, but the experiences I've enjoyed the most came as a result of the tougher times. I don't know if that helps. As far as teachers go, I don't think there's a profession I have more respect for. I have a lot of friends who are in the late stages of schooling or the early stages of teaching and I can't even imagine doing what they do. I wish I had the cahones for it, but I don't. Hopefully in the future... I think it would be cooler if we heard about good teachers getting signed for multi-year multi-million dollar contracts as opposed to sports players who are only here for our entertainment.