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Welcome to my Professional Blog

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 What's up?! My name is Dylan and I guess you're reading my blog. As I'm writing this, I am currently on my fifth year of college and my third year at UW Milwaukee. I am currently student teaching English 10 at The Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education  and it already is playing a major role at how I view English Education. This is a school where a large amount of the student population don't care about learning or have simply been "swept up" by life. These students have had to deal with hardships that I can barely understand, but looking past these hardships I see students with a fire to survive and thrive in whatever way they deem necessary. My goal, as an educator is to provide these students with the tools they need to survive and thrive after high school. I would also love to spark an interest in reading for the kids too. Helping students learn applicable skills, like writing emails, leaving voicemails, and even creating a resume can help ...
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Visualization Project

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