Rachel Elizabeth Brown
2006 L. J. Hart Scholarship
Launch the media gallery 1 playerRachel Brown will be receiving the L.J. Hart Scholarship. Rachel attended and graduated from the Glasgow High School and is currently attending the University of Missouri-Columbia majoring in Art Education.
Rachel shares that all students deserve an equal education opportunity. There are many advantages of teaching in a rural community. The children that come from rural areas are raised in farm families, and a good work ethic is instilled within them from an early age. Teachers have a great advantage of developing positive relationships with their students because of the small class sizes and many times it becomes like a large family.
My decision to become a teacher was an easy one. My mother has taught for over 30 years and loved every second of it. I was lucky enough to see the ways in which she touched so many lives. I intend to teach in a rural school and bring the exciting world of arts to my students and my community.
One of Rachel's former teachers describes her as: "Rachel bubbles with enthusiasm and digs into whatever she tries with all her heart and soul. Although her appearance is metropolitan, she truly has the heart of a genuine country girl. She has an extraordinary ability to converse comfortably with people of all ages and all walks of life. The word exuberance comes to mind when I think of Rachel."