Today was a great day!!! I finally declared my major! I am going to be a teacher. I am enrolled to the education department for middle grades. I thought about this summer with Hannah and know I could not be a Special ED teacher, but I thought about it more and I might not be able to do that type of education but I'm really good with kids. I know that it is something I could do forever and not get tired of it. Yes, there are going to be difficult days in the classroom but I can’t see myself doing anything else.

I have to be honest though, I had not a clue for a very long time. I thought about being a mortician, a detective, joining the Air Force and anything to travel. None of those seemed to stick. Teaching didn’t seem to stick either, now I think about it more and try new things at St. Leo; this is the route for me. But like I said it was lots of trial and error, but that’s ok. I can do that and not be penalized. That’s the point of college - to try new things and find what you want to do with your life. There is always something for everyone.

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Have you ever had one of those days when you think you have hit rock bottom? Yesterday was that day for me. It just seemed that everything was going wrong. I didn’t feel like I knew what was going on in my classes, Honduras trip info seemed to load on me and my social life seemed to be nonexistent. I sat in my room missing home wanting my family to be there to make it all better.

Then I realized that they can’t make this better for me. I am an adult and I need to fix it myself. So instead of feeling sorry for myself I went to the LRC (Learning Resource Center) to get some extra help from tutors. I talked with the other Honduras trip leader to sort some things out. My friends didn’t respond to my calls so I went to them to talk about our problems and what was going on between us and it ends up they were feeling the same way about things that I was. We talked it out and we all just needed a little more support from each other.

Everyone goes through the same thing and we just need to be there for each other. We are a little family away from our homes. You are going to have bad days anywhere you are, but you have to be willing and mature enough to make things happen for yourself. Feeling sad for yourself is not an option. Everyone gets homesick. I am 400 miles away from mine but you can get through it; you shouldn’t use it as an excuse. Make use of the time you are away and when you get back home cherish it, you will realize how important your family truly is.

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