为了追求我对学习的热情，我选择在科罗拉多大学的时间学习哲学。哲学赋予了我在各种各样的课程中取得成功所需的批判性思维技能，这些课程弥补了我的自由艺术教育。毕业后，我用这些技能进一步追求了我的另一个激情，攀岩。我作为一个攀岩导游，将各界人士带入我的世界，从他们的舒适区外面。我学会了如何轻轻地推动人们过去的恐惧。我学会了如何使用鼓励和技术知识的组合来帮助人们达到目标。我学会了如何阅读人们并找到他们挣扎的根源。通过这一点，我可以发现最佳方法来接近每个人，并创造一个适合他们独特需求的行动计划。通过所有这些，我了解了我对教学的热情。我继续在哲学中开始辅导学生，并将批判性技能和技术知识与我从引导攀登中学到的教学技能。 I worked with students in a variety of subjects from math, to history, to writing. In every subject, I was able to help lead my students into developing their own critical thinking skills. I also encountered some of the same fear that I saw from people 100 feet up a rock face. I used my guiding experience to help one student overcome what had become a debilitating and illogical fear of math in order for her to pass a college placement test (which she had failed many times previously) so that she could go on to pursue her own passion of fashion design. Through all of my experiences, I have continued to pursue my passion for learning, and I hope to cultivate a similar passion in each of my students.