My Career Choice

Choosing a career its tough business. There are so many choices, so many different aspects to consider. Money, the job setting, and how a specific job will affect family life. Growing up I thought about many different options, such as being a professional, specifically a pediatrician, becoming a track star, and owning my own restaurant show the different extremes I have thought about. For the time being though I am fairly certain on my current decision to major in childhood education and become a grade school teacher. In the future, I also hope to one day own my own place, either a preschool or gradeschool.
Becoming a grade school teacher has always had an appeal to me. When I was in 2nd grade I would watch my teacher, Mrs. Brooks, sitting at her desk grading papers and think to myself “I would like to do that someday”. I’m not sure what it was about this action that attracted me. Perhaps it had to do more to do with the teacher herself, who had a lasting impression on...