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After completing my first year of post-secondary school at Trent University, it is clearer than ever that I want to be a teacher. Being in the teacher education stream at Trent and majoring in sociology will help me make a difference in the future by allowing me to gain a better understanding of the world around me and give me the tools I need to pass my knowledge onto other students. I hope that by becoming a teacher I will be able to make a change in the world by changing the lives of my students and encouraging them to do their best and dream big. I believe that by becoming a teacher I will be able to make a difference in the future by helping others to make a change in the world by showing them the powers kindness and empathy can have.
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