I was emotionally unprepared and didn’t know what to do so I followed a friend to Ferris State University, which wasn’t even a full university back then,” she said. Business and administration is what Dickman first focused on, but she quickly realized as she sat in a statistics class that she wasn’t following her heart. “Growing up, I always wanted to be a teacher. My grandmother was and she was such an influence on me. I wanted to be just like her,” Dickman said while tears formed in her eyes as she remembered. “She was killed in a car crash and I wasn’t emotionally ready at the time to follow in her footsteps.” Dickman found a way to follow her heart and she transferred to Central Michigan University where she graduated with a major of language arts and child development. “I do what I do because I love it. It isn’t a job that you can leave at the end of the day and forget about until tomorrow. The students become your kids and you think about them at the store when you see a treat they like; just ask my husband,” Dickman said with a
I was emotionally unprepared and didn’t know what to do so I followed a friend to Ferris State University, which wasn’t even a full university back then,” she said. Business and administration is what Dickman first focused on, but she quickly realized as she sat in a statistics class that she wasn’t following her heart. “Growing up, I always wanted to be a teacher. My grandmother was and she was such an influence on me. I wanted to be just like her,” Dickman said while tears formed in her eyes as she remembered. “She was killed in a car crash and I wasn’t emotionally ready at the time to follow in her footsteps.” Dickman found a way to follow her heart and she transferred to Central Michigan University where she graduated with a major of language arts and child development. “I do what I do because I love it. It isn’t a job that you can leave at the end of the day and forget about until tomorrow. The students become your kids and you think about them at the store when you see a treat they like; just ask my husband,” Dickman said with a