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Sarah Wilcox: Personal Statement
While in high school my Spanish teacher Mrs. Robinson asked if I would be interested in joining the Cadet Teaching Program working with the special education students. This is a day I will never forget because agreeing to join the program led me on the road to find myself and my passion in Speech-Language Pathology. I worked with the students on their interpersonal skills and felt extreme joy in watching the progression they were making through our interactions. There was a Speech Pathologist that worked in the special education classroom that let me shadow her and when she explained her role in the school district it seemed very fulfilling to me. I remember one student in particular that I became very close …show more content…

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