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<v ->I just love making a difference in these student's lives.</v>

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I mean, they're 10 to 14 years old

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so they're still at an age where they want to learn,

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they want to improve, most of them.

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Some of them are at that age where they're kind of like

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okay, I've had speech for a really long time

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I don't wanna come see you.

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But I try my hardest to kind of motivate them

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and remind them, you know, I'm not here to be annoying

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I'm here to help you so I think it's just rewarding

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to try and you know, make differences

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in these children's lives.

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So I would say that working with

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the middle school population

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is a challenge in getting them to be motivated,

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to want to change.

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They've been doing, let's say they've been saying

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their R sound incorrectly since they were

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you know, they could talk, right?

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So now they're 10 to 14 years old

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they've had all of this time of using the wrong sound

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and they have to train their tongue

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while it's almost like riding a bike, practicing for soccer,

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playing an instrument, you've gotta practice,

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you've got to want to make a change.

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So I think motivating them to do that

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is one of the hardest things I face.

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But that's, you know, one challenge

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I would say another challenge is probably

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the paperwork aspect, deadlines are really important.

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So being able to time manage

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and get all of the paperwork completed,

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all of the testing completed

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I think is another challenge but I enjoy it

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even though it's a challenge so. (chuckles)