Cultural Autobiography Project

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  Hello. My name is Nikita Diesel and this is my

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  cultural autobiography presentation.

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  The first thing I want to talk about are the

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  social aspects that I believe made a contribution to what

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  I want to become a teacher.

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  The first one of these things is that I actually

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  always used to force both my brothers to play teacher

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  with me.

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  Of course I had to be the teacher.

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  The second thing is that my freshman year at texas

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  state, I applied for a teacher a position at the

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  child development center on campus by my dorm.

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  Growing up, I had always been a little helper in

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  the sunday school classes at my church.

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  So I decided why not give it a shot having

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  this job my first year really made it so much

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  easier and made me relax knowing that I would work

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  with kids just like this in my future classroom, the

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  daycare was full of obviously younger kids.

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  It ranged from kids ages six months all the way

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  up to five years old, so