AmeriCorps experience leads resident to pursue teaching after 27-year hairstyling career
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Summary
A resident said during the meeting that service with AmeriCorps, after a 27-year career cutting hair, convinced her to pursue a teaching career. She described being hired on the spot and falling in love with classroom work on her first day.
Commenter, a resident, told meeting attendees, "I had 1 job in my whole life. I cut hair for 27 years. I wanted to go into teaching. My friend is a teacher and she told me about the AmeriCorps program and she said it's a great way to find out if I want to become a teacher. I was scared."
The resident said she applied and "went to the interview. They hired me on the spot. And so I went through the training." She described her first day in the classroom: "First day in the classroom, I fell in love with the kids and never looked back."
She concluded by stating her decision: "I realized that I do want to become a teacher."