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16 when I l” Bulldog until 20 become an “officia lly tua ac n’t town of did I Although at heart. My home ays been a Bulldog alw ve ha I n, ma ar the sh enrolled as a fre ough to grow up ne I was fortunate en so , ille rkv Sta m fro Louisville isn’t far my alma mater. knew would become s ay alw I t even more place tha iversity was made Mississippi State Un to me co to ion rtunity My decis e scholarship oppo earned an incredibl d ha I t tha d TP rne clear when I lea (METP). As an ME Teaching Program in e nc lle ce Ex i pp er future through the Mississi connections with oth le make numerous ab en be ve ha I , hort members. Scholar my fellow METP co relationships with se clo ild bu thankful d an educators onships, and I am dependent on relati hly hig so is on be ati The field of educ helped push me to students who have low fel d an y ult fac for both my METP rsion of myself! ve st be e lut to study so the ab holar is the chance being an METP Sc of rt pa g itin was an exc Another and Oxford, and it ndon, Cambridge, Lo d ite vis I er nd mm abroad. Last su on systems in Engla explore the educati to le ab s wa I e! nc ssroom when incredible experie apply in my own cla strategies I plan to w ne me so d rne n Support and lea the Robert M. Heari I am so grateful to l. fal xt ne ing have the ch I begin tea d truly helping me olarship possible an sch s thi g kin ma Foundation for rience at MSU. is almost over. best student expe e my time at MSU aching, I can’t believ pro ap on ati du r, New gra With an orientation leade campus, serving as on e tiv ac ry ve d which have I have staye r, and tutor—all of SS Program mento CE AC or, sel un n’t co Maroon Camp good teacher. I ca at it means to be a wh of e tiv ec rsp t as so many have helped shape my pe s of my students jus live the o int nt me ge will always be a wait to pour encoura mpus every day, I h I won’t be on ca ug ho alt d An . me done for art! proud Bulldog at he
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