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my name is tyler lange i was born in
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rialto california yes i grew up in
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rialto and i'm happy to be working in my
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hometown and contributing i attended
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csusb from 2010 to 2015. i graduated
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with a bachelor's degree in sociology i
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graduated with my degree in sociology i
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pursued a job as an instructional aide
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working in a special needs class and i
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really enjoyed it and i figured it'd be
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a natural fit for somebody especially as
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a sociology major who already had that
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interest in working with other people
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and having a commitment to community
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service i thought that pursuing a career
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as a teacher would be a great way for me
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to contribute to society and help help
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the next generation and enlighten uh
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young minds it was not my intention it
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just so happened that i was able to find
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a job working in rialto it was not my
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original intention but i'm glad that i
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was able to and i do have a passion for
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working in my hometown i do love being
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able to make that impact i think it's
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better to teach where you grew up
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because i can relate to the students a
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little bit better and i know that i can
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serve as an example and as a role model
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for students in this community to show
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that i came from the same community and
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i was able to get an education and to
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get a good successful career so i think
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it's important for someone from the
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community to work within that community
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as well i chose csusb because it was a
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local school it was affordable but you
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know despite its affordability it does
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have a prestigious reputation and my
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mother's an alum as well so i've heard
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nothing but great things about cal state
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san bernardino so i wanted to experience
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being a coyote
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my primary goal is to just continue
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serving the citizens of the inland
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empire as an educator and continuing to
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prepare the next generation for success
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as a cal state san bernardino student i
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worked in the admissions office i worked
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as a student intern and as a campus tour
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guide so i was really able to understand
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everything that cal state san bernardino
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had to offer and really
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encourage other people into pursuing an
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education at cal state san bernardino so
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that job did help me become a lot more
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attached to the campus community one of
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the main things that people were
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surprised to learn about cal state san
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bernardino was just how beautiful the
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campus actually was itself like a lot of
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people may have heard things about cal
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state san bernardino but actually being
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able to see the campus itself and
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experience its beauty for some people is
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shocking i think a lot of people don't
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underestimate how beautiful cal state
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san bernardino's campus is and i think
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another thing too is people don't
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understand just how highly ranked a lot
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of the programs at cal state san
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bernardino are like the business
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administration program
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so on and so forth so i think a lot of
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people were shocked to know how
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prestigious our university actually is
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i decided to pursue a college degree
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because growing up my parents all always
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advocated for an education they
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instilled the value of education in both
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myself and my sisters so
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growing up i knew that an education was
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a way to open doors and to help me
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pursue
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a fulfilling career rather than just
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settling for a job
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i just pursued college because i knew it
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was a way for me to grow as a person and
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to just gain that knowledge and to just
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have a much more fulfilling life i think
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college opens a lot of doors and that's
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what i was always told and i'm glad that
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i pursued that education because i see
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that everyone who told me that college
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was a way to open doors and open
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opportunities was correct
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i would tell them that it's an
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incredible place to get an education
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it's diverse you're going to meet a lot
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of incredible people you're going to
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have a lot of great professors that
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truly do value as a student and as a
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person more than just a number and i
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think that it's also just a great place
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for you to just learn different things
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and kind of expand your horizons and
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become a more multifaceted person and
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just be expose yourself to different
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subject areas that you may not
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necessarily have thought that you had an
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interest in
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csusb helped me personally and
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professionally obviously having a
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college degree as i've alluded to did
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open a lot of doors and was able to help
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me find employment right when i got out
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of school and it did prepare me with the
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necessary skills to contribute to a work
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environment but personally cal state san
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bernardino was able to benefit me
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because going to school in such a
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diverse environment was able to give me
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the skills and help me grow as a person
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and understand different people
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different cultures different ideologies
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so i definitely think that my experience
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at cal state san bernardino helped me
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mature as a person and shape me into the
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man that i am today i decided to become
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a teacher because i wanted to make an
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impact i think that's the biggest thing
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uh as a teacher you are
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really for a lot of students you are the
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most positive adult figure that they may
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have in their lives so i wanted to serve
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as a role model especially in my
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community and especially as a young
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black male i wanted to contribute to
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students who look just like me and had
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similar experiences so as a teacher i'm
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able to advocate for education and be on
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the front lines in really working in the
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community and helping people i teach
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special education because i think that's
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special that students with special needs
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are often misunderstood and very
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underestimated i think a lot of people
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don't truly have an idea of what
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potential that special education
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students have so i wanted to serve as
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somebody that could help reach help
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those students reach that potential i
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know that a lot of these students have
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so much innate ability and i do truly
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believe that it takes the right person
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the right educator to help those
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students realize that ability and to get
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that ability out of them so you know in
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short i wanted to give students with
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special needs an opportunity i wanted to
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give them a chance at having a good
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education the same chance that every
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student every other student is entitled
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to
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the pandemic affected my teaching in
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many ways but i think the main way that
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the pandemic affected my teaching was
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that i learned to be more cognizant of
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some of the other things that factor
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into a student's life home life and
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family structure because the pandemic
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affected every one of us in a certain
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type of way people lost family members
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people lost jobs so i as a teacher had
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to learn how to prioritize mental health
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as much as i prioritize academic
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progress so i had to learn to really
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incorporate mental health strategies
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into my teaching a lot more and to make
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sure that my students were doing well
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not just academically but within their
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mental well-being as well the pandemic
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has actually forced me to interact with
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my students a lot more and has forced me
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to engage with the the students that i
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work with a lot more when we were
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working virtually doing what we call
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distance learning i took time out of
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every class to engage with my students
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and discuss non-school related subjects
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for example sports a lot of my students
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myself included were interested in anime
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we were interested in video games so we
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would just talk about those things that
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students are interested in just to take
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their minds off of a lot of the drama
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and a lot of the other things going on
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in the world since we've been back to an
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in-person setting i've really made it a
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point this year to get to know every
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single student here at henry elementary
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and to know something about them so not
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just that they're a second grader for
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example taking the time to know that
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their birthday is in february or that
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they have an interest in football and
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just discussing things with those kids
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and really just getting to know them a
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lot prior to the pandemic i had already
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been a large advocate for the use of
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technology in the classroom so i had
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already been utilizing
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google classroom as a major resource in
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my class i had essentially already had a
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paperless classroom my students use
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google classroom to access and submit
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assignments we relied heavily on the use
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of various computer programs so i was
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fortunate that some of the really
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detrimental effects of transitioning to
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virtual learning were mitigated a bit
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because my students were very prepared
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for that setup a lot of my students
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already knew how to navigate the
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technology and access it so
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utilizing the technology fortunately for
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me was not a large challenge for me
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during the pandemic i think diversity is
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having an eclectic mix of different
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personalities different cultures
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different religions different ideologies
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so on and so forth all working within a
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common space or a common setting
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the diversity at csusb was a major
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selling point for me attending the
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university i thought that it would be
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really important for me to attend a
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school where i'd be exposed to different
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types of people and not just stuck in a
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bubble around like-minded people i
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thought that it was great for me to be
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able to attend a school that had
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different perspectives on issues
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different viewpoints different things
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that i hadn't quite considered so i
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thought that that was a major point for
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me in attending cal state san bernardino
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because in the real world you're going
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to be working in diverse environments
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you know at a school site within the
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office you name it so you have to know
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how to navigate working with different
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types of people and i think that cal
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state san bernardino was able to give me
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that perfect experience
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in working with a diverse people group
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of people in my opinion a diverse campus
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is where you have just a different mix
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of so many different types let me try
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that again i'm sorry
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so
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in my opinion a diverse campus has a
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different mix of people who have
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different backgrounds different cultures
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different religions different political
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views i think a diverse environment out
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of campus is important because it really
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does help prepare you for the quote
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unquote real world in the real world
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you're going to be associating with
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different types of people people who may
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not have the same type of opinion as you
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people who may not have the same
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religion as you people who may not have
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the same culture as you and you're going
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to have to learn how to work with those
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individuals so college will give you
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that necessary experience a diverse
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college would give you that necessary
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experience
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i think that a diverse campus
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environment is important because it
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helps prepare you for the challenges in
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the real world quote unquote because in
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the real world you're going to be
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interacting with different types of
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people who may not have the same
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religious views as you the same
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political views the same cultural
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background so on and so forth so a
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diverse campus is important because it
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gives you that experience in
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understanding different different types
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of people and just working with those
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people towards a common goal which you
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may be doing in a workspace for example
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as i reflect on my time as a student at
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csusb the major experience that i got
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that helped shape me as a person was my
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freshman year living in serrano village
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living in the freshman dorms i lived in
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joshua hall and for me that really gave
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me the full college experience i was
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able to really feel as though i was a
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member of the campus community i was
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able to establish a lot of friendships a
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lot of great relationships with people
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that i still hold to this day and my
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experience helped me grow as a man and
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be helped me grow and mature and to just
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get a little bit of that experience
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living on my own and just being
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responsible for my own decisions and not
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having my parents always there
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my mentors at csusb i can i can list so
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many people but if i had to narrow it
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down it would be five people that i
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would identify as really helping me grow
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during my time at csusb the first i can
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name is lucia zarate who's an admissions
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counselor at the admissions office at
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cal state san bernardino i worked under
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her for two years and she really helped
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give me great work experience and great
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guidance during my time there and the
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other four individuals were all
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professors within the sociology
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department the first one is professor
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don howie who i still communicate with
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to this day
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so i'm glad that i still can keep in
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contact with her another one was dr jose
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munoz who i think was a great professor
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and i remember writing a paper for him
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for sociology 311 and it's my favorite
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paper so i hope he still has that paper
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because i love it it's one of my
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absolute favorite papers it's hilarious
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another professor is dr mary texera who
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i spent sociology 590 with her and she
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was a really great professor and i
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remember having great discussions in her
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class and really enjoying my time as a
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student within her class and then the
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final is dr ogre bright who i spent i
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had her for i cannot remember the
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specific class but i remember taking her
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on uh deviant behavior and i really
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enjoyed that class and it really helped
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open my mind to just some of the
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experiences that
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other people may have in the world and
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just understand the real world and
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things that go on
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for me personally the thing about csusb
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that surprised me was just how much i
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ended up enjoying it you know a lot of
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people dream of going to college very
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far away going to the other side of the
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country
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going wherever and i went basically in
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my own backyard
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so i was surprised at how much i enjoyed
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my time and how much it actually felt as
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though i even though i was local how
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much it felt like i was away if that
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makes sense because i was in a different
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environment and i was able to better
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immerse myself within that environment i
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would encourage all prospective cal
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state san bernardino students to really
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get involved in the campus community as
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much as possible and you can do that by
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looking into different clubs i'm sure
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every major has a specific club and
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there's different organizations that you
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can really look into and really help
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maximize your college experience you
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know as a student i was not involved in
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those different extracurricular
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activities and i really wish that i had
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been a lot more involved so i would
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encourage prospective students to really
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pursue those type of opportunities
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i would tell all prospective cal state
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san bernardino students to really look
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into joining clubs and looking into
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different organizations as a cal state
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san bernardino student that was
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something that i did not do and i truly
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regret it and i wish i had looked into
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more extracurricular activities so i
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would definitely encourage all
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prospective cal state san bernardinos to
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look into some of those extracurricular
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activities so that you can maximize your
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college experience
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as a cal state san bernardino student
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there are multiple ways that you can get
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involved they're not just limited to
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joining a club or an organization even
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though those are great options
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you can also work on campus you can
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pursue an internship within a department
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for me i was able to intern at the cal
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state san bernardino admissions office
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and that really did help me immerse
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myself within the campus community and
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maximize my college experience
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when i think of cal state san bernardino
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i just think of a great environment and
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a great place to receive an education
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and for just growth as a person
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my name is tyler lange i love csusb and
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i'm a coyote for life
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