My name is Courtney Mathis, I am currently a junior at the University of South Alabama and my major is Secondary Education in Social Sciences. I was born and raised in Mobile, Al and graduated from Davidson High School in 2008. My original plan when I graduated high school was to go to college at Ole Miss, because that is where my dad went to school. But in the end I decided that I would rather stay at home, I would have missed my family to much! I'm glad I did stay home because I have really enjoyed my time at USA. Also I work at Christ United Methodist Church, I grew up in this church and around two years ago a position became available at the Recreation Desk and I have worked there ever since.
As I mentioned before I am a Secondary Education major specializing in Social Sciences. I just changed my major two semesters ago; my original major was Elementary Education. I chose to change my major for three reasons. First, I started babysitting/tutoring my nephews Austin and Ethan. Austin is in the Second grade and Ethan is in Kindergarten. I really love them but they were a lot to handle and they are family! So they helped me realize that I did not want to work with young children. Second, I began volunteering with the Youth Ministry at the church that I attend. The more time I spent with these youth I realized that they were the age group that I would really enjoy working with. So I did not have to look far to find my new major. Lastly, I am not very good at math and sciences, and when I got in my Elementary Education how to teach math and sciences classes I realized that I did not think I would be capable of teaching one of those subjects. But I really love history and originally wanted that to be my major, I just did not know if I would be able to find a job with that major. So I switched, and I love the major that I chose.
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ReplyDeleteCourtney~ I completely understand how you would not want to move away from family. There is no way that I would have ever been able to do this either. I guess it's a good thing you were able to spend time with your two nephews, otherwise you may have ended up in a profession that was undesireable by you. I think it's funny how much of an impact other people and our surroundings play on our career choices. You sound excited about your major and I am sure you will be very happy and successful with it! It was nice getting to know a little more about you and I look forward to taking EDM310 with you! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have some experiences with kids before you choose what level you want to work with. Some volunteer experience was a requirement of my education degree.
ReplyDeleteThanks for replying on my blog. Very thoughtful response. I've added my own response as well.
One of the things that your age group has to look forward to is lots of career changes. Your are getting some good practice now!
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