On "Friends", what does Ross" ex-wife Carol do for a living?

On “Friends,” Ross’s ex-wife Carol Willick works as a sixth-grade teacher. The occupation is stated early in the series, when Ross introduces Carol and explains that she teaches sixth grade.

Carol’s profession is a small but useful detail in the show’s opening storyline. She is Ross’s former wife, Susan Bunch’s partner, and the mother of Ross’s son, Ben. Her relationship with Ross ended after she came out as a lesbian, but the two remain connected because of Ben and gradually develop a cooperative friendship.

The answer is sometimes shortened to “teacher,” but “sixth-grade teacher” is the more precise canonical response. Carol is not a college professor like Ross, and she is not employed by the Museum of Natural History; that museum is Ross’s workplace. Her teaching job also helps distinguish her from Susan, whose profession and connection to Carol are separate parts of the storyline.

Carol and Susan later marry in “The One with the Lesbian Wedding,” while Ross continues to co-parent Ben with them.