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My main purpose for furthering my education is that I have a passion for working with children, I want to go into a career where I know that I'm going to enjoy what I’m doing. I believe that one of my main goals for teaching, would be to teach children how to love learning because learning is a lifelong process. I believe every student deserves an equal opportunity to be successful, and the best way to be successful is through education. Through the Agricultural Leadership course, I got first hand-experience in planning and teaching a class of third-grade students. This has only fueled my desire to become a teacher. This scholarship would be a great way to help finance my college education. One of my goals has been to independently pay for
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