University Teaching

I have always wanted to teach at the collegiate level.

I have also always given myself liberty to change my mind.

However, teaching at the university level is something I have always wanted to do.  In undergrad I discovered that I enjoyed really teaching and... lo and behold- I was good at it!  I had a conversation with my mentor from undergraduate, Sandra Peter, my junior year of college.  I will always remember that conversation.  We were discussing my future- and I stated that I wanted to teach at a college, but that I felt guilty because I really wanted to make a difference in education... and I felt that if I was a good teacher, shouldn't I be teaching high school?  After all, college kids can have some pretty rotten teachers and they end up still learning a lot.  Sandra and I were walking down the hall.  At this point, she stopped, turned to me and with a very serious voice said, "Shannon, college students need good teachers.  Not just to learn, but to be shown an example of what good teaching is."  That is when the idea first entered my head that my teaching skills might be useful at the collegiate level.  I can have a positive effect on the future of education.

And that is one of many, many reasons I am pursing this path.