Making a Career Decision

My senior year in high school and it was time to make a decision about my future. I enjoyed history so I decided to apply to several state colleges to become a history teacher. I knew that I was not interest in moving far from home. My father was talking to Dr. John Nash who was a history professor at Fitchburg State College. Dr. Nash advised my father that there was more potential for jobs for someone with an elementary teaching degree than a history degree. So I started to put down elementary education on some of my new applications to colleges. I was accepted to some of the colleges and rejected by one or two colleges. I decided that Fitchburg State College would be my choice because it was close to home. My first day all freshman were asked to meet in the auditorium. There was a person at a microphone who stated if you had applied for the history department you should go to an assigned room. I got my material and trotted off to start my college career as a history major. At the room the professor read off all the names and mine was not one of them. He stated that if your name was not read that you should return to the auditorium. Back at the auditorium I found out that I was accepted as an elementary major. A lifetime later I am so thankful for Dr. Nash's advice.