In both the book and film versions of Project Hail Mary (full of Grace, Phil Lord is with thee), teaching is home and destination. As a big, overaged lover of school, H totally went "fist my 'p'ump" on spotting the "Landed" status on the flight information board for the adaptation.
The details are thoughtful too. As redditor Smart_Medium9544 observed, onscreen Grace teaches the concept of sound waves—the Eridian medium of communication, to human students—before the voyage, and then light—humans' distinctive medium of communication—to Eridian students after the voyage, becoming a sort of bidirectional interstellar ambassador. But honestly, H would still be over the moon at the affirmation of K-12 teaching as a worthy ambition even if the only thing he's shown teaching in both works is bean counting.














