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Teaching is my passion. Every day I come to this job I understand the importance.
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You can't take that lightly, you need to really respect it and that's why I try to give
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everything I have in each day to these kids.
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My name is Nathan Portelli and I'm a
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Southern Cross University Educational graduate.
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After I finished year 12 I had
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a great opportunity with a feeder team for the Gold Coast Titans. Part of the
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requirement was that I was either working a certain amount of hours or
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studying full-time. I was thrown into a job working with children 1 to 6 years
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old and I instantly enjoyed that so I started studying at the preparing for
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Success Program through Southern Cross which then led into starting studying
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full-time. If I look back at my time at Southern Cross I'm very thankful the
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staff they're real people they do the whole professional aspect really well
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but they also take the time to get to know you. They supported me by allowing
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me to study online particularly with the Summer School that's offered for
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those that are willing they can continue their study over summer. That flexibility
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is really a great thing.
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Through Southern Cross I was awarded a
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scholarship to go and teach in Vietnam for three weeks, it was an amazing
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experience. Being an educational professional it was really refreshing
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visiting a country where education is just valued so highly.
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I've now been teaching nearly three years at core public school. I do come every day and I
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want to learn and I grow and I want to get better at what
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I'm doing. It's one of those professions that the more you give the more you get
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back and the more you feel a sense of achievement. You can turn a kid's day
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from being an average day to a really great day with just a few little comments.
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And I think that is so powerful.
