with whom I share relationships. Teaching is so much more than delivering 1essons; it is an opportunity to challenge my students to become critical thinkers, inquiring minds, and lifelong learners. By experiencing such growth myself, I am better able to model this life for them and to live a personal axiom that I learned a long time ago: "To teach is to touch a life forever."
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