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The Importance of Being a Teacher
In sixth grade, when I was six and first grade, I was performing above the class to the point where they weren't really sure what to do with me. There was a student that came in from Venezuela that didn't speak English and they paired me with her. And I taught her, I helped her to learn English and do all of her coursework by end of the year. Has there been a theme of you being a teacher for other people throughout your life? "I think a lot of it was just, I like connection with people," she says.