As a child you always try and dream of what you want to be when you grow up.  Most of the time you wind up not doing what you imagined.  In high school is where you really start to explore your interests. Some people even go into college not knowing what they want to do with the rest of their life. It is a very big decision.  Fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones. A big part of why I chose teaching as my career path was because of sports .  I have been playing softball since I was very young and I took a love for coaching and kids when I was sixteen which eventually led me to start giving my own pitching lessons.  Ever since then I knew teaching was for me.  Figuring out what subject I wanted to pursue was definitely a challenge.  I was really good at math and chemistry but I hated probability and I didn’t like any other science to teach so it would have been a struggle to teach those subjects to students when I didn’t enjoy them myself.  As a child I always liked playing with my easy bake oven and when I made it to high school I really enjoyed taking the Family and Consumer Science classes that my school had to offer.  It never occurred to me to look into Family and Consumer Science until my high school teacher suggested it.  I finished all the Family and Consumer Science classes my high school taught and I was hooked.  I took an independent study where I helped teach Gourmet Foods and I knew Family and Consumer Science was what I wanted to teach.  Choosing a career path can be a difficult choice. It can be a lot of trail and error until you find something that you can truly see yourself enjoying.