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Megan Norrish always knew she wanted to be a teacher. It wasn’t just that her father was a teacher or that, at 5 years old, she didn’t know what other career options were out there. It was that she fully embodied everything it meant to be an educator. 

“I always enjoyed helping my friends with their schoolwork when they were confused, and they said I explained it well. Plus, I have always been drawn to creative ways of thinking, an important skill for any elementary school teacher,” she said. “Even in high school, I was voted for the superlative of ‘most likely to become a teacher,’ so I’m excited to finally be living up to that now.” 

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