Why I Elected to Travel the Road to Teaching"
As I quickly approach 26 years old, I have found myself as a very happy newlywed in a successful job. However, each night I leave my office feeling as though I have truly not changed or impacted anyone. My four years at Texas A&M University were not like the typical college student. I worked two and three jobs at a time to pay my way. Being number four out of five daughters, my freshman year of college, I was the fourth to enroll in a major university. I simply could not ask my parents to assist in my dream. I did interns
My husband is a college football coach and works unbelievable hours. I always knew that I would graduate from college (2001) and immediately start law school. However, the year of 2002 left me wondering what I was doing with my life. As many recent graduates find, the real world is not what it had once seemed. , Kentucky, Montana and had participated in numerous volunteer organizations throughout high school and college. In other words, I needed more than just a paycheck. Looking back, I am really kicking myself for not listening, but I am not going to be kicking myself in ten years. I needed to find a career that would allow me to completely throw myself into my work and still walk away feeling as though I had truly accomplished something. I do not regret this, and feel that these choices have led me to a wonderful husband and have made me who I am today. I am going to go for it and not look back. I was left with tremendous debt after finishing my undergrad and found that law school could wait and paying off debt and "finding myself" was more important. I was very well rounded and very goal oriented person. I now find myself with a great deal of time on my hands and feel that this is my chance to seize and opportunity.
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