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Mike Mason, 63, spent more than twenty years at the FBI(联邦调查局), working his way up to become executive assistant director(常务助理局长). He has served his country for many years — first as a captain in the Marines and later as the No. 4 man at the FBI.

After leaving the agency in 2007, Mason spent more than ten years working with Verizon before deciding to leave his job last year. Mason said he was watching “CBS 6 This Morning” on TV recently when he heard Chesterfield County was in need of school bus drivers.

“When the pandemic(疫情) happened, there were so many people that were doing so many extra things. People like you who still have to get out here. People like grocery store workers. People like telecommunications(电信业) workers. All kinds of people who still had to do their job,” Mason said. “And I felt like I can be doing something to help in this post-pandemic recovery.” So, in April, Mason began working with Chesterfield County Public Schools as a bus driver.

“I’ve done some important things, but guess what? This is important, too,” he said. “I think in our society we need to get next to the idea that there are no unimportant jobs. I mean, what could be more important than the attention we pay to our education system?” As for the money he makes from the job, Mason said he has already donated all of what he expects to make this year to several different charities.