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I was born into a family that was involved in the education career. My mom is a teacher and my grandpa was a college professor.

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I was always a fan of school and loved being there. I was excited to learn new things and socialize with my friends

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My dream of becoming a teacher started becoming more realistic and I started really paying attention to my teachers and their methods

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Was able to start taking classes that got me experience in the classroom which was an eye opener and showed me how much I enjoyed the 3rd grade curriculum.

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Ws getting ready to graduate and trying to figure out what my next steps were going to be

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I graduated high school but was still unsure of where to go. I got accepted into ASU but was debating if I wanted to complete my first 2 years of education at my local community college

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I finally committed to ASU and decided to go into Mary Lou Teacher's college and major in elementary education

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I was having a great time and actually enjoyed the freedom more than I thought. I started to realize how much responsibility I had to have but was up for the challenge

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During my first semester, I met a lot of new friends and heard from one of them who was also out of state that she had the ATA which was basically an award that Arizona payed for your tuition as long as you taught there for the amount of years you took it after college.

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I am currently continuing my path to receive my degree in elementary education and have gotten employed at a school that I have really enjoyed being at. I also just completed my observation hours there and think it may be a place of interest to start my professional career