I was honored to interview the well-known science teacher Mrs. Balogh on her interesting job as a mortician before becoming an integrated eighth grade science teacher.
Q: "How many months did you study to become a mortician?"
“I did a two-year program and I did two years on the job, so four years total.”
Q: "What was the craziest thing that happened while you worked at your old job?"
“So one night, my boss called me and he wanted me to go to the mortuary, it was far away and I said yes. He said, ‘Well I should probably tell you something before you go’, after I already said I was going to leave and he told me that a guy passed away at home and he had two German Shepherds that had severely eaten his face. And all that was left was his eyes which were staring at me as I was trying to work.”
Q: "What were your pros and cons about the job?"
“ I loved feeling like I helped people. I feel like it’s something that, you know, people can’t do for themselves and to be done with love and care is very important. The con was you didn’t make a lot of money, you worked really long hours and by the time I was done embalming over 1,000 people—it was boring.”
Q: "What was the most interesting part about being a mortician?"
“I think learning all about, like, the human body and I think one of the most interesting things for me was finding a way like when people were in really bad accidents or they had a lot of trauma to their body, to be able to find a way to creatively find a way to put them back together so that their families could still actually see them, like, it could take hours.”
Q: "What would you rate the job 1-10? Ten being the best?"
“I would rate it a solid five. Because although we didn’t get paid enough, I still took joy in helping others.”
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