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We need committed teachers.

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If you discover that teaching is your go,
 then just jump in and embrace it

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because there's just so much reward
 to be had in the classroom.

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So prior to teaching, 

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I was a chemical engineer for 11 years
 and then a personal trainer for three.

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I took a lot of skills across

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from my career in banking and finance.

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I decided to become an ITD teacher 

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about a year after
 I finished my apprenticeship as a joiner.

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I love working on the tools,
 but I wanted a little bit more variety

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in the day to day role. 

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The thing that I love most
 about working with children and working

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with specifically special needs kids
 is that every day is completely different.

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Every day you kind of end up doing things
 that are linked to social work.

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It's a caring profession.
 You're working with people.

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I like that I get to teach
 and I get to tell the next generation

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all about the ocean
 and get to spend my weekends exploring it.