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Hi everyone and welcome to my blog! My name is Isabella Oates and I am a pre-service teacher studying a bachelor of teaching (primary) at ACU. 
From a very young age I have known that I wanted to pursue a career in the education department so I feel really privileged to finally be studying it at ACU. One of my main reasons for wanting to become a primary teacher is because of the teachers that I had, they were always fun, friendly, warm and helpful and I knew that I wanted to be able to help children in the same way and have them look up to me the way I looked up to my teachers. 

My sisters & I in Byron Bay
Me at Mt Donna Buang
My friends & I in Gold Coast 

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