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Why become a teacher? To be a role model
“ A teacher should be someone that students look up to for the rest of their lives.
Someone who is a role model. I want to be a role model.”
Nahanni Rose
Nahanni Rose is just finishing up her first year in the elementary teacher education program. She has an interesting story about her journey to here and now, and why she decided to become a teacher.
A story can be told about each of Nahanni Evelyn Rose( Adams- Lindberg)’ s names, which is not surprising when you consider that she was named by her mother, Carol Rose GoldenEagle, the 9th poet laureate of Saskatchewan. She was named after the Nahanni River located near Yellowknife, in
Photo credit: Shuana Niessen
Canada’ s beautiful North West Territories( NWT). Yellowknife is where Nahanni spent her early years until the end of Grade 6, when her family moved to Saskatchewan. " Nahanni " is a Dene word that means " strong rock," referring to a large rock that juts out of the Virginia Falls on the Nahanni River. www2. uregina. ca / education / news