Why I Became a Teacher
August 14, 2020
Carly Bowden (KS '19)
"A series of teachers showed me how beautiful the profession was through their classrooms. Brad Nicks (KS ’09), my high school math teacher, really breathed life into the possibility of becoming an educator. He allowed me to teach math lessons when he was gone for sporting events. This allowed me to get a taste of whether I might like teaching or not. Mr. Nicks also let me continue this during my senior year. I was also able to go down to the middle school level to see whether I liked that age group and content.
"What’s beautiful about education is that every single teacher I’ve had throughout my career has provided me with a 'nugget' of information. I have a piece of every one of my past teachers incorporated into my classroom, craft and strategies. We truly don’t know the effect that we as educators have on our students, but reflecting on our own academic careers provides us with a unique perspective on how influential every educator is in our lives."
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