How I Went From the Stage to the Classroom by Morgan

How I Went From the Stage to the Classroom by Morgan - June 2017 Scholarship Essay

When I was 6-years-old, I was like every girl my age, and had some extravagant dream about what I wanted to be when I grew up. My lifelong dream at the age of six was to be an actress. I was obsessed with Raven-Symone from the television show “That’s So Raven” and the Disney Channel movies “The Cheetah Girls”. I wanted to be her so bad. I would watch her for hours and try to mimic her mannerisms. She was such an inspiration to be because she was an African American female who was heavy set. I saw myself in her, and I thought that if she could do it, then so could I. I began going to auditions all over the city of Charlotte, and even branched out to Orlando and Atlanta. The issue was that I was not booking anything. I began to get discouraged, so I stopped going to big auditions and settled for theatre around my community. Being on stage seemed like a good fit for me.
The older I got, the more theatre I did. I did musicals all four years of high school, and I was good at it. But soon it came time for me to begin to think about a career, and as much as I loved being on stage, I had to think of something that was a little bit more realistic. I began to consider all of the other things that I had a passion for, volunteering, reading, and babysitting were at the top of my list. Once I tossed around some other ideas, I decided to become an elementary teacher. I wanted to give back to the community by teaching the next generation that they can be all they want to be and more. My main goal when I professed that I wanted to teach was to ensure that students knew that no matter where they came from, or who their families are, they can break the mold and become better.
Make no mistake, I still miss being on stage, but I believe that being an educator and helping shape the minds of the future is well worth giving it up.