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Brenda Johns was my 8th grade math teacher. She helped a bunch of us through 8th grade and continued to tutor us through high school. She cared more that any teacher I ever had.

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I teach to encourage and motivate my students to be the best student and individual they are designed to be.

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To impact lives and make a difference.

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I love working with teens and I want to make a difference.

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Wanted to give back. Did not want to be stuck in a lab all day.

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I teach/coach to impact our future one child at a time.

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I teach to have the same impact in lives that my teachers had on me.

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I enjoy working with young people.

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To help encourage young ladies they can and are more that capable of being good in science!

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I teach because I know I can make a difference to get them to college.

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To prepare students for the future.

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To inspire students to love science!

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Because students need a creative outlet.

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Why do I teach...for the kids!

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Married my wife, became a math tutor, decided to make "other kids" miserable. Make a difference.

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I was at the top of my field in Ophthalmology. I had an opportunity to teach math in Mansfield or Chemistry in Arlington. YEA math!

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To help kids find their passion, life path.

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I wanted to share my love of math and hopefully change the stigma that math is hard to understand.

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I'm just Batman trying to save a Gotham from a bunch of jokers. Super Hero stuff

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For the money

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In the beginning it was to spread the joy of science. Stayed because the children are awesome.

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To inspire students to be a better version of themselves.

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To inspire students to be a better version of themselves.

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I started teaching as an avenue to become a counselor, however I stayed in the classroom because I make a more direct impact to kids there.

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I teach for the kids!

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The kids.

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I enjoy connecting with young people.

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To provide students with meaningful, authentic learning opportunities.

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I enjoy working with young people.

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To build relationships and be the teacher my mentor in high school was.

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Best school district for my kids.

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I wanted to impact young people's lives the way my teachers impacted me.

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Because all kids need someone who cares

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To make math more accessible to students, and give them tools for the future that they might know know they need.

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I appreciated what an influence my coaches and teachers were on me and teaching was interesting to me.

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To positively impact students lives & make a meaningful contribution to society.

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Impact students and their future.

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Fun. Seeing that light when they "figure it out"! Also, money so I can eat.

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To create a safe place for all kids to learn and to open their eyes to the world they live in.

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I teach because I believe in the capacity of everyone to learn and how it can transform lives.

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I got into teaching/coaching to hopefully have the same impact & influence my coach had on me.

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To positively impact the lives of youth that will be this nation's future leaders.

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I want to make a difference in the lives of children that others forgot.

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I teach to inspire students to find their passions.

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I want to make a difference in the life of others.

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The oil and gas marked tanked, taking my company with it. There was an opening and I needed a job.

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I teach and coach to be impactful in a young mans life the my coaches were with me.

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I teach becauseI want to share my love of reading with others.

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I love to collect "aha" moments from kids.

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I became a teacher because I want to have an influence on the future leaders of this great nation.

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Be a positive role model for the kids.

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To help kids change the world one step at a time.

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Make a positive impact on the lives of children.

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I teach and coach to help kids develop into successful leaders of the future.

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To develop students and athletes for the next stage or level of life.

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I wanted to help young people grow into the best version of themselves.

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I teach students so that they can grow as individuals and learn the importance of learning.

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For the reward of working with students that otherwise may be dismissed.

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I teach to give kids a memorable & impactful high school experience, one that will affect them for the rest of their lives.

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World success depends on the youths success! I want to help the youth & see more growth!

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I teach because I want to give and provide the tool for them to be productive members of society.

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I wanted to be a positive influence on students/young adults as so many educators have done for me.

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I got into teaching because I wanted to make a difference. Cliche ... but true.

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I teach to help people and to be a positive memory later in life.

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I teach because I enjoy music and enjoy students. I enjoy seeing them achieve what the thought they could not.

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My life was impacted by a teacher that I had and I wanted to be in a situation to do the same for someone else.

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I like kids.

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My high school band director was incredibly influential and inspired me to do the same for others.

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I teach to help kids know they are loved.

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Wanted to share my knowledge & enjoy working with high school students.

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To make an impact on kids like me who need a mentor/leader/father figure.

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To make a difference in somebody's life as my coach did for me.

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To impact kids lives because coaches/teachers impacted me.

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I teach because I want to motivate young people and affect their lives in a positive way, helping them meet their full potential.

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Because I love kids and I am passionate about my content

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To be the person I needed when I was in high school.

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To share the love of science with students the same way my Bio teacher did a million years ago and "have fun" with my job.

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Because I enjoy working with and helping others.

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To pass along the huge impact that music teachers and classes had on me in middle and high school.

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To inspire the creative side of students!

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SUMMER

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Because of an amazing high school science teacher I had.

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I got into teaching because I wanted to be involved with something I believed in.

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I teach because I love kids. I am the only girl of 4. I have 3 brothers and made them play school. I have been working with kids for 32 years, 18 as a teacher.