Personal Narrative: To Save A Life Start With Your Own

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To Save a Life Start With Your Own When I first started college I strongly desired to help people. I thought the best way to help was to become a doctor. So true to form I completed every science class related to a pre-medicine course schedule. One science instructor built a relationship with me and challenged my thinking. “Why ‘fix’ people after the fact? Isn’t prevention and education a better form of help?” His simple act of inquiry sent my world into a spin. Perhaps my goal of medical school was too hasty and out of ignorance? Perhaps it was arrogance and position that drew me? Pride can blind you to itself. It was in this time of distress that developed my philosophy of teaching – inquiry, action, reflection. For the betterment

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