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  1. Hi guys, my name is Maggie smith and I wanted
  2. to do my presentation on reasons why I pursue teaching.
  3. Reason one is my mother, that is a picture of
  4. us at the 2019, schoolyard awards where she was nominated
  5. for teacher of the year.
  6. My mother was an educator for 30 years.
  7. She just recently retired.
  8. She cared very deeply for her students and I think
  9. she is a wonderful example of what educator should inspire
  10. to be.
  11. It never fails when we go somewhere in public, someone
  12. wants to walk up to my mom and catch up
  13. and tell her all about what they're doing in life
  14. now and you can see with my mother and her
  15. students, the bond they have and how much joy it
  16. brings my mother to see where the students are now
  17. that they're older Reason# two is support for students.
  18. We know that some students may come from a different
  19. difficult background.
  20. So I want students to know that no matter what
  21. may be going on at home that they have someone
  22. they can turn to and trust and I want to
  23. give my students that I want my students to have
  24. the confidence to know that they can go out and
  25. do whatever they set their mind to and that they
  26. will always have somebody on their side Raising.
  27. # three is the teacher shortage, I know that you
  28. all are all well aware that there is a critical
  29. teacher shortage in Mississippi right now that is leaving these
  30. Children in very, very cramped classrooms.
  31. Okay, I just maybe one teacher, but I know that
  32. I can make a difference in these students lives and
  33. put my foot forward to make the best of the
  34. situation. And we know with so many students, teachers may
  35. not recognize, Um, when students are being left behind in
  36. the classroom, it's hard to see when 30 students all
  37. need your attention.
  38. So I think that with just one more teacher, it
  39. makes a difference, and I would love to do that.