Despite my interest in medicine, I've always had my reservations about pursuing a medical career, although I've never known how to articulate those reservations. I think, "I should be a nurse - it's medical, I could work in a hospital, I could help people - what could go wrong?" But today I realized what exactly could and, probably would, go wrong.

I learned my first semester at Salem how vital creativity is to my well-being. If I'm not creative enough, especially because I don't have time to be, I get sad; I feel like part of me is left-behind. I need to do things I can put my whole entire soul into, things that make me forget about time and politics and anything negative. I feel like teaching would give me that more than any other career (that I'm capable of) would. It seems perfect for me - I could be constantly learning, constantly reading, constantly trying to find new ways to share. I just really feel like a teacher in my soul.