Why+Education?


 * I'm going to try to be breif and give you my reasons for entering the education field, but it's really complicated. Sorry for the length in advance.**
 * First, in highschool, I aquired a job as a pharmacy technician. I became ceritfied and made very good money for a highschool senior. Then came college, at that point in time I really wanted to be a nurse because I loved people and helping people. Well, that was all fine a good until I started my first nursing class at Kent State. Turns out I can't "stomache" nursing, if you get my drift.**
 * Next, I figured well if you aren't going to be a nurse then why not go with the job you already know how to do, pharmacy. So, I transfered to Ohio State and entered the pharmacy program there. Well, that only stuck for about 2 years. I became very homesick and hated being in classes of five-hundered other students.**
 * So from there, I came home and decided I would just commute and go to Akron U. I decided to take some business courses while I figured out where to go from there. Accouting became my major. A year into courses, I was offered a position as an assistant manager for the place I worked. But, there was a catch. I needed to get my degree before I could take the job. So, I went to see my advisor and we came up with the fastest plan for me to graduate, Business Administration.**
 * Now, I had my degree and began working as assistant manager. I loved it at first, working hard and be challenged every minute of everyday. However, I worked awful hours and as management, in a retail setting, I was treated like dirt. At this point I was making really good money but I was so stressed all of the time. I never got to see my family, friends or fiance, even though I lived with him. At that point I began looking for a new job Well, much to my surprise, I came into work one afternoon, and was "let go." Sounds fishy right, well it was but I will keep you all from that terribly long story.**
 * Anyways, this is it. Here's where it gets really good, so keep reading.**
 * This is where my life began to turn upsidedown. I was planning a wedding, had just bought a house and now I was out of a job. I looked and looked for a few months but nothing (economy had crashed the same time I was fired). Luckily, my fiance's family owns a business and graciously let me work there.**
 * Five months later, I got married and home life was great, but still no job. I began to bounce around the idea of going back to school with my husband but I didn't know for what yet. All I knew is I didn't want to get my MBA. Anyways, just about the time I started researching careers, the first of the tragic blows came on. On Dec. 23, 2010, my father-in-law, who has a condition called cardiomyopathy, had an attack and was rushed to the hospital. That day, we were informed he most likely would not make it to Christmas. So, we took him home. He was place under home hospice care and everyday, the family sat with him, absorbing his every word and watching his every breath. We did this for five long, heartbreaking months. He was detierotating fast at this point, May, he made it to May. Then, ou of nowhere, came phone call from his cardiologist. He told us about a procedure at University Hospital that could possibly give him a couple more years to live. At this point, as a family, we decided it was "do or die" literally. He had the procedure done, very touc -and -go a points, but he pulled through. As the docter calls him, he is a medical miracle. He was implanted with an LVAD (left ventricular assist device). Generally, it is a pump surgically place into the left side of the heart and does all of its pumping. I can go on forever about this but instead here is a website that can explain it a little more for you.** []
 * About this same time my father-in-law was recovering and coming home ( he is doing great by the way, better than fantastic), my brother and sister-in-law had announced that they were expecting their second child. My family was so excited. That is until, the second blow, the day we were all going to find what the baby's sex would be. This day was a tragic day in our lives. The baby, a girl, has a condition called Trisomy 13 or Patau Syndrome. Please click on this link to learn about it.** ( [] ) **To make this story more bareable for me, Quinn Elise was born on 11/28/2011 and passed away on 12/05/2011. Five days is all we had with our precious miracle.**
 * After her death, our lives changed. I know it's only been a month but having her enter this world to give us all somekind of comfort of knowing her, then watching her as she slipped away has truely altered my outlook on life and death. I and we have been touched. Quinn has become my muse. Quinn has helped me finally decide that I would, if fact, be going back to school and major in education.**
 * Through her, I have found what I want to get out of life. I have found what the important in life and want to share my revolation with everyone. I want to have an affect on the future. I want to help people. I want to help prevent people from ever going through what my family has been through. I want to help a child realize that they may one day be able to cure/prevent defects such as Trisomy 13. Or, in genaral, help a child realize their own potential to affect this world. I want to change the world through the future of our world, our precious miracles.**
 * So here I am, back in school and I am going to help change the world.**