How Geography Chose Me - Friday, March 2nd

It was in my seventh grade geography class that I had my first true introduction to the international community, the effect of politics, and the reality of human emotion. Most people remember that day with a different perspective, but 9/11 will always be the day I realized that there was a world bigger than me out there, and I wanted a piece of it. However, even with this abrupt change to my once-limited worldview, the field of geography didn’t seem like a choice for me because, like most students educated in the public school system in America, I didn’t see geography again until college. 

Since elementary school, I have been an above-average student. Excelling with a passion for learning, and never really accepting anything less than a B- as a legitimate grade, I made my way through high school and into Millersville University. I stumbled into my first geography course almost accidentily, taking it to fill a general education requirement, and remembering fondly how much I had enjoyed my seventh grade geography class. By the end of that semester, I had picked up geography as a minor, my passion for the subject rekindled. Still, it wasn’t until I was told “no, you cannot do that many majors and minors,” that I really started to focus on any sort of career choices in my future.

Over the next two years I went from being an English major, to an International Studies major, to a Government major, and finally to a major in Geography. In this final transition, Geography as a career path seemed to choose me, more so than I chose it. I faced a semester with incredible bouts of illness, and when I had to drop to part-time status, the two classes I kept were Geography courses, and a light bulb went off inside me – I had found my passion. With Geography as my major, and minors in Government, International Studies and History, plus countless interests in all different fields, I became the student I am today. And the writer I hope to become will always be influenced by this journey. 

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