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My impact of building relationships with kids (family or friend's kids).

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I feel in love with children who have disabilities.

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I love working with children, making them laugh, and helping them feel heard.

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The influence educators had on me when I was a student. Elementary, middle, and high school teachers have all left lasting impressions. Knowing I can leave a positive impact in another's life is very worthwhile. Leave a Legacy.

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I came to education to impact students and allow them to explore who came before them as they discover who they are.

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Started coaching baseball which lead me into teaching.

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Seeing a student list up when they learn something new, and knowing that i helped that child to achieve that moment and could impact that student for the rest of their life.

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I entered education because I was at a crossroads career-wise. I needed to go a completely different route. I stayed because I fell in love with the profession.

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I really enjoy working with kids and I want to encourage them to be as passionate about and curious about the world as I am.

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I came to education and teaching so that I can inspire students to be their best in whatever they do. I want to be a positive influence on kids :) I want kids to know that "nice" matters!

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I started teaching because I love learning and I love talking about what I learned. Kids are fun to be around. It has been inspiring to see kids jump over major hurdles and be successful. I enjoy doing something that I can feel proud of.

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I decided to get into the education profession because I had always been able to connect well with children and teens. Specifically, all of my teaching friends seemed to have lots of fun outside of work.

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I really love math and wanted to spread my love of math to young inquiring minds.

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I love to draw connections between words, syntax, and punctuation and the actual ideas being communicated. The meaning between the words is what I love to explore, so teaching this skill seemed to be a necessary life goal for me.

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I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. I particularly enjoy it when a student has an "aha" moment.

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Initially, it was the path of least resistance to have some kind of career after college. But it really became a desire/drive to facilitate knowledge and growth. I want to spark a desire in students to find what interested them and pursue it.

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My love for the natural world and the fact you can link everything you see in nature to the fundamentals of biology.

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I decided to be a teacher after working one summer with juveniles in the probation program. Working with them I realized I could make a difference. That is why I teach still today.

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I started teaching because I needed to find a career that I cared about. I tried working in business and more lucrative areas, but it was so hard going to work each day when I didn't really care about what I was doing. Teaching filled that void as I was able to do something each day that I knew was important.

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I decided to become a teacher after seeing how much my welding teacher enjoyed his job. I also wanted to impact students by sharing important life lessons through history and coaching. I have discovered a love for government and econ throughout my journey.

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I wanted to ...

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Teaching is a profession that allows me to make connections with students. I remember being a shy student and my teachers helped me come out of my shell. I want to be able to do that with my students.

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I enjoy teaching and helping young people grow and learn, helping them be productive in their community and life-long learners.

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I teach science. I came to teaching because I wanted others to know how awe-inspiring nature and the universe are.

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I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a teacher (2nd grade). I had a passion from that age. I would gather all of the kids in the neighborhood and form clubs and take roll call.

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Confusion as to what my future career would be after college.

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I wanted to be involved with the subject I loved every single day.

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My high school math teacher. I had him for 3 years and he was amazing! I want to pass on the same passion.

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Being able to positively impact youth, and making them excited about things they might not have been excited about before.

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I love to learn! The teacher always learns more than the students.

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Inspire and empower students to creatively express themselves.

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I was inspired to teach by all the teachers who repeatedly showed they cared about me and not just making me smarter, but also a better human being who thinks and is passionate and compassionate about life and other human beings.

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I like learning new things and want to share that with others.

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To help students unlock their potential. "Ah ha moments".

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I loved connecting to students through literature. People learn so much about themselves through reading and discussing a piece of literature so I have always enjoyed helping students go through that journey.

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To make a difference in my own child's life. I continue teaching because of the difference it makes in other children's lives.

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I loved working with teenagers and I love history.

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I wanted to teach so that I could help those that are lost in the system. Struggling students that need that extra help to realize they can do it.

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I was drawn to teaching to help create a sense of human connection and understanding. When I was in school, I had teachers who robotically taught traditional curriculum but failed to create a human connection or find the heart of the matter. Human connection, emotion, and understanding creates lifelong curiosity in life and education. Be a student of life!

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I went into education for two reasons: 1. There's not much else you can do with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in English :) and 2. I love helping gifted and talented students excel. Writing letters of rec and college recs is a favorite part of my job. I was in GATE so I relate to this subject and I just feed off THEIR passion!

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Passion for the subject/content. Having an influence.