Glenn Holland's Career

How do you relate to Glenn Holland during the early days of his career?
My current career is certainly not a path that I intentionally set out on. I wanted to be a child psychologist with a fancy corner office. So I would say that I and Mr. Holland were very comparable. We both had big huge dreams and were working very hard towards those dreams. Mr. Holland and I both have a few lessons that we needed to learn. At the beginning of my educational career I like Mr. Holland had a serious relationship that changed how my future would turn out. I also felt like because of the relationship I needed to be more realistic with my future career choices and I needed a job. Which is almost exactly how I would imagine Mr. Holland felt as he took the job at the High school.
Although my career path changed my values haven’t changed much. I was a little more materialistic and certainly more self-absorbed. These changes in me changed because of my husband and my job. Although a few of the characteristics that have not changed were that I have always been hardworking, honest, and dedicated. It seems like Mr. Holland …show more content…
Mr. Holland was frustrated with his career choice and wanted to quit. I hope that I never get to that point but I do understand how he could feel that way. At the pinnacle of Mr. Hollands career he was not where he had intended, his family and child changed his plans, he was crushed when we thought that his son would be able to enjoy the musical world that he enjoyed too much. This preconceived notion made his balancing personal and professional difficult for him. At the very end of his career he just wanted his work to matter and to have made a differences in people’s lives. He did that more than he ever expected especially when he came up with a way for the hearing impaired to “listen” to the music. This changed his life and