Erin learned a lot while she was in Europe. She was able to show her students how much easier and more fun it is to learn things first hand and in person. Erin also learned to make priorities between her students and her campaign. Her students got pushed out during the campaign because they were not who the campaign manager wanted doing her work. Erin had to make time to include them and work within her personal wants and needs at the same time.
Most teachers need to learn to give themselves time on their own and not totally spend all of their time focused on their students and their needs. If teachers did that, they would go crazy and begin to hate their job a lot quicker than they should. Erin learned a valuable lesson early on in her career by running for congress and figuring out how to balance a personal and business world.