As seniors prepare for the transition from high school to college, they are not the only ones getting ready for a change.

Austin Nobels, a student teacher at Chapman, is ready to enter the workplace as a social studies teacher.

“I wanted to become a teacher because I feel a calling to help students achieve their goals,” Nobels said. “I want to not only help them learn the information but also life skills that can help them in their everyday life.”

Nobels attends North Greenville University in Tigerville, SC and he says that this was his biggest step in becoming a teacher.

“If I had not gone to college, I would not have been able to pursue teaching, and I would not be where I am today,” Nobels said.

Nobels not only cites college as one of the key factors that has helped him pursue teaching but also the student teaching he is doing right now.

“In college, I have taken classes that have given me the information and the scenarios that can happen in a classroom,” Nobels said. “The student teaching has allowed me to utilize that information into a classroom setting and see just how a real class works.”

Nobels is wanting to become a middle school or high school social studies teacher.

“I wanted to become a social studies teacher because it is not just history,” Nobels said. “It is dealing with everything that is in life, every single aspect of it.”

Some teachers may focus on the success of their career, but Nobels says it is more than his personal gain.

“I just want to help students reach their goals if that is getting students to college or getting them graduated and into the workforce,” Nobels said. “At the end of my career, I just want to be able to say that I was able to help every student I could reach and achieve their goal.”