The Importance of Waiting Tables

"I waited tables because I had it in my head that every single person in this country should have to wait tables at some time in their life," she says. "At 23 being dead tired, trying to think about how I was going to set up my classroom as a first year teacher on very low pay and no support for the kids in the classroom" She writes: "A couple of times I might have had a few dates... It was 23. You know, I'm excited to eat plain food."