The long and winding road

Abstract

I can't remember a time during my precollege education when I didn't think that teaching would be a great profession for me. I was always the kid who enjoyed helping my classmates with their work, or the children I babysat with their homework. I also remember getting very frustrated if I didn't understand something as quickly as I thought I should be able to. I can see all of these traits at play as I've made my way from high school through college and graduate school and back to the classroom as a professor.