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Hello,
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my name is Rachel nath and I am here to tell you today why I want to become a teacher.
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Many people in my life have asked me why would you choose that path.
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Kids are so challenging there so exhausting.
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The pay is so underrated and I would love to answer all
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those questions which I'm here today to answer them for you.
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So for starters I've had many influences, my life, teachers, family members,
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peers,
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but today I'd like to special shout out to the ones who have really made an impact.
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So
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growing up I was surrounded by teachers.
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I even so often said teaching runs in my bones because
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I've been surrounded by it since I was a little girl.
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In fact most of my family members in this picture
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right here ended up becoming teachers because of my grandmother,
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the ultimate influence grandma Marsha.
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Now in this picture before you see we have in the pink, this is aunt heather.
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My aunt ended up running her own daycare center in the
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sanctity of her own home for many years with many,
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many Children and loved on them and was very much like favored
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by all then we have right here on the doll horse.
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My mother, my mother ended up being a preschool teacher, a elementary
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teacher in a k through 12 district to now running a very
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successful online school business And so I look up to her many
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ways and I aspire to be just like her in a lot
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of ways here we have in the middle or center corner.
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My aunt Heidi who ended up marrying someone and moving to south America chile
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and becoming a school teacher for underprivileged
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Children in South America who are Chilean and
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she teaches them english for many many years and was very beloved by all.
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Then the last we have aunt holly, she did not end up being a teacher,
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she wanted to become a nurse but she did in fact do childcare.
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She had many, many Children she nanny for and all of them loved her very,
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very much and so you could say teaching was kind of
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like my only choice but for many reasons I chose it.
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In fact this lovely lady right here next to me is my grandma Marcia.
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She meant the absolute world to me.
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I always heard stories of her teaching days in
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second grade and how she was the beloved teacher.
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Everyone's favorite.
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Everyone adored her and I could just see why because her her essence and
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her spirit was so much joy and loved by all like I mean you would
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have loved to have met her so and we would play school when I was
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little so you could say you know teaching was just it was the alternative and
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yeah,
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no
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as many Children can testify with childhood trauma
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school is never just a piece of cake.
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In fact many, many,
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many of my school years I was made fun of bullied and just picked on by many,
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many kids but there was one teacher who stood out to me and that was the one right here,
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pictured next to me in the first grade.
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Her name was Mrs morrow, she was light sunshine in a bottle and just a genuine,
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amazing person.
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I remember my first day of school she made sure that every student felt included.
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Every student felt special and every student as cliche as that sounds,
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which I know it does, she just made sure every student was appreciated.
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I remember one of my fondest memories was when we went on the carpet and we had
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story time and we would all sit there and be amazed by her and you know kids,
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they have a short attention span, so if they can lock on to you,
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you got their attention, you absolutely mean something to them.
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And so she would embellish the voices of the
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characters and she would just come to life.
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And I remember that's when I fell in love with reading was
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through her story times and I just loved it so much.
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I look forward to it every single week. And you know, she was always loving and kind.
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I remember personal story when my father passed away,
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she went to my father's funeral and was there for me during this difficult time.
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So she means a lot to me. Now,
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you could say that schooling wasn't all peaches in korean
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because I got bullied a lot like I said,
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but I also got made fun of for having a learning disability,
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never experienced racism or discrimination,
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but did get picked on for having a learning disability and
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was called Rachel math because I wasn't good at math.
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I almost got held back from kindergarten but thankfully I
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overcame those and the people that stood by me,
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those educators,
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those teachers challenged me and showed me what a teacher
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is as someone who perseveres and is your biggest fan
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And that is the type of teacher I want to be.
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One memory that stands out is a few years ago in
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2018 I took a semester off and went to South America
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Chile with my aunt Heidi and we worked in underprivileged schools
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and daycare centers and with a look on the kids faces,
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you can say we had a good time and I learned a lot.
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I learned how to be bilingual.
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I learned how to transition and be independent and be a
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teacher and I don't take any of those memories for granted.
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And it really showed the community of how much they
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have so little yet they are so grateful for everything you
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give them and the love you show them because they don't
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get that shown at home that affection and that affirmation.
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So it definitely stood out to me
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these last photos I have before me is my aunt Heidi and I we
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got very close during this time together and I'm very grateful for that.
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She showed me what an educator is as someone who was firm
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but kind and supportive and make sure that you are being,
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that your needs are being met.
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And this is mail in many,
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many Children I gave my heart to and she was definitely one of them.
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And she definitely showed me that teaching is what I'm supposed to do and that
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teaching is about putting the students needs first. And I know my experience.
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I want to be the type of teacher that cares for the students
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intentionally and their needs and loves them and make sure they feel included.
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So I hope you enjoy this present.