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Nabiha Sabree wrote this card when she first started the Concurrent Teacher Education program in 2015 to share why she wanted to become a teacher.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Class of 2021 is the first to graduate from the six-year Concurrent Teacher Education program since initial teacher education programs were expanded from one year to two by the Government of Ontario in 2015.<\/p>\n
Vietgen promised students they would get their cards back when they graduated in 2021 \u2014 and he did not disappoint. COVID-19 restrictions meant hand-delivery was not possible, so a team of Faculty of Education staff mailed the cards to the students, who graduated during Brock\u2019s Virtual Spring Convocation<\/a> on June 18.<\/p>\n Nabiha Sabree feels as though her path hasn\u2019t wavered since she wrote her note so many years ago.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy do I want to become a teacher?\u201d she questioned on the card. \u201cBecause the transformational teacher within is just waiting to help change students\u2019 lives for the better \u2014 not just academically, but in as many other ways as I possibly can to help them grow and be a successful individual.\u201d<\/p>\n Sabree chose a career in teaching because she loves helping others and wants to inspire her students to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n \u201cI wrote that during the orientation because I knew this profession has so much purpose and I knew it was meant to be mine to pursue,\u201d she said. \u201cI would most definitely write that note again today.\u201d<\/p>\n Her journey was not without challenges. In her fourth year, Sabree missed a month of classes while recovering from a concussion as well missing several weeks due to another illness.<\/p>\n Even when it seemed impossible for her to keep up with her classes, Sabree kept working toward her dream of becoming a teacher.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring my time at Brock I faced so many obstacles,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I always overcame each and every one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Kirstin Dreise graduated from the six-year Concurrent Teacher Education program on Friday, June 18.<\/p><\/div>\n Kirstin Dreise has also long dreamed of becoming a teacher.<\/p>\n “<\/strong>As a young child, I looked up to my teachers and always wanted to be a teacher just like them,\u201d she said, recalling how she would play school with her sisters on snow days and write math worksheets for them to complete. \u201cThe desire to be a math teacher has stayed with me since then, but the reasoning has developed over time.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kirstin-Dreise.jpg\")