Why I Became a Teacher
August 14, 2020
Kristen Musgrove (FL '19)
"For as long as I can remember I have loved children. I began college pursuing a nursing degree. I had taken all the prerequisites and just needed to apply to nursing school. I was playing college softball at the time at Florida Community College of Jacksonville and was offered a scholarship to play out of state at Lambuth University in Tennessee. Unfortunately, that university didn't have a nursing program.
"I transferred to Lambuth and changed my major to education. It ended up being the best decision! I had no doubt that I wanted to work with children and teaching seemed to be the best fit. I absolutely loved school as a kid, so why not make a career out of it? As I progressed through college and took more classes toward my teaching degree, I knew teaching was exactly what I was meant to do."
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