Kirsten Manley Age 5

Even from an early age I always had the desire to teach others. I used to love playing school teacher and camp director with my stuffed animals. I would plan activities for my toys to participate in that were similar to the activities I would do that day in class.     
  When I was in third grade I used to love reading to the kindergarten class which was a special program that we would do at my school. Although it was a required activity for all third graders to participate in I would take this activity very seriously and even create my own storybooks to help the kindergarten students practice reading in their own free time while they were home.

Although I was not always aware of my passion for teaching others it was always apart of me.