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-In my first year at Butler, I was able to practice and model almost all of my literary skills in my classes. My history classes showed me the importance of reading in the classroom as my education classes demonstrated to me how crucial public speaking is in this profession.

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-As a quarterback of my football team, I became a true leader and broke out of my communication struggles from middle school. I, as well, became a good listener and followed the advice from my father, who was my coach.

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-In my first couple of years of middle school, I joined the newspaper club. I practiced my writing techniques as I wrote movie and public news articles for my peers.

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-As I got older, I participated in Battle of the Books, which was a reading contest. I had to read ten books in four months and had to answer questions based on the books I read. This allowed me to develop my reading comprehension and allowed me to meet some of my closest friends.

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-In pre-school we had library day once a week in which I got to take a book and try to read it on my own.

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-My mom as well as an English teacher, wanted me to work on my reading skills. She took me to the Elk Grove Library where I would pick two books once a month that fit my reading level.

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-When I was very young, my mom and my grandma used to read to me before bed. Some of my favorite books were A Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and Paul Bunyan by Stephen Kresnsky.

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-As a future teacher, I hope to read more history books that will increase my knowledge in my subject field. I also want to show the significance of literacy skills to my students as they will read, write, and speak publicly. I want to be the best teacher I can be.

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-From taking A.P. tests, I would practice my writing skills as my teacher Mr. Harbeck assisted me in my paper structure and my grammar.

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-In High School, I began to be a math and social studies tutor for freshman. I would help them with their questions and would do my best to answer them. Being a tutor allowed me to find my dream job in becoming a teacher.

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-As a child, I was grown into a family of all teachers. My grandparents were both teachers as well as my parents. I was taught to speak and communicate well with them as I developed my language and my learning abilities.

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-Mrs. Lazaro who was my third grade teacher, inspired me to be the best student that I could be. She helped me with writing during some of our tests and once a week I would real aloud to her. She was also the one that helped me find my passion in history from her magnificent lessons.

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-Even though I was becoming a good reader and writer, I still struggled with my speaking skills. I was a teenager who was very shy and had a hard time giving eye contact to someone that was talking to me.