Why I Became a Teacher
August 14, 2020
Lyndsay Hartmann (NE '19)
"There is a long line of educators in my family, but I resisted the teaching bug at first. Out of high school I went to the local community college to learn how to code. I kind of got bored and there wasn’t enough interaction with people in what I was doing, so I took a promotion at my restaurant job and became a manager.
"Through managing the restaurant, I learned that what I really loved was interacting with my employees and putting them in positions to be successful. One of my favorite things to do was give kids their first job and teach them what it means to be a reliable member of a crew. After some changes in my work environment took those opportunities away, I craved that type of interaction again. It was then that I decided to leave the restaurant world and go back to school to become a teacher."
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