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Why I am proud to be a teacher

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When I was young, I always wanted to become a teacher. This desire was partly aroused in me by my mother who nicknamed me headmaster—after the envious headmaster of the local primary school that I would later join.

My mother always said we looked alike. In all my primary and secondary school years, I always envied my teachers, not for what they owned, but for the mere fact they wielded immense knowledge and that I looked up to them for my future.

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