Invasion of Privacy: Elisabeth Schumacher
Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Shumacher
A self-proclaimed “southsider at heart” and senior childhood special education major Elisabeth Schumacher has served as the Lamron’s public relations manager for the past three semesters. Unfortunately for our staff at The Lamron, Schumacher is graduating and joining the adult world.
Schumacher will be one of the first in her group of friends to graduate: “It feels weird. I'm not ready to be a big girl yet. But at the same [time], I am.” Although she is graduating, Schumacher stated that she is not going far as she has grown to love the “cute and little” town of Geneseo.
The town and college of Geneseo were not always in Schumacher’s plan. “I originally hated it here. Then I stepped foot on the campus. I wanted to go to a city school, so I did not even look here. My parents were like, you should look at Geneseo. I came here for a visit and then I put all my eggs in one basket. Hard to describe what led me here. It just kind of felt like home.”
Although Schumacher’s plan of where she was going to college changed, she knew what she wanted to study. Schumacher wanted to work in special education just like her mom. When it came to choosing a concentration, she chose history but not for the reason you might think. Schumacher did not express that she had a strong interest in history, but it was the fact that she found it to be “the easiest.” She later went on to express more of why she chose this concentration. “I don't like math, it's too hard with numbers. Science, like the classes, who wants to take chemistry? And ugh, English. And so that left history. I could have done dance and stuff, but that's useless in the classroom.”
In the childhood special education major, Schumacher did have a favorite class. “The classroom management course with Dr. Michael Rozalski. I love him. He is my favorite ever. He made the class so much fun. And he was just so real with us about how nothing is going to be what you expect. And I think that even though I may have still had to learn classroom management during student teaching, that class definitely was one that prepared me the most for being in charge of a classroom.”
As to how she ended up being involved with The Lamron is a different story. “I joined The Lamron because my bestie was in it. And another one of my friends no longer wanted the position and was like, ‘hey, look, you should take my position.’ So I did, and I think I rocked it. I would like to note that I doubled the Instagram following.”
While Schumacher lived on the Geneseo campus, she, like many, had a favorite dining hall: “RJ late night, easy. And MJ my freshman year, because you could customize your pasta. And I really liked the mini meatballs, and I know they brought that back but it's not the same.” Schumacher also expressed her strong opinion as to why the meal plan should revert back to a declining balance system. “It taught kids responsibility. And I got to buy cases upon cases of drinks after my freshman year because I had a lot of money left over. I bought something like 200 [dollars’] worth.”
Schumacher passed along a sentiment to current and rising students at Geneseo: “Just be who you are… friends come and go, but the ones that love you for who you are will always be there for you. I learned that my freshman year and I'm forever thankful that I have the friends I made in my sophomore year because I would not be where I am today without them.”
Elisabeth Schumacher is one of the most caring, compassionate, and strong people I have ever met. While I may be biased as I am one of her best friends, I think that anyone who has spent more than five minutes with her would agree with me.
Elisabeth, no matter where you go or what you do, I know you will be incredibly successful as you are very passionate about working in the education field and you will stop at nothing to help your students. Good luck in the adult world, we love you!
