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Nancy Turner
Keeping It Real
by Hannah Cirilo
and continued to teach, retiring
in 2015, resulting in a 42-year
career in education. She taught
at twelve different schools, all
within Lubbock ISD throughout
her career. Her desire to teach
and help others get an education,
despite their setbacks in life,
continues to inspire me and have
an impact on my life to help
others as well.
any children consider She was born on November
their mothers to be 9, 1950. She has lived through My grandmother has had my
Mtheir greatest role momentous times and has back since day one. I have
model, but my grandmother experienced numerous events always been spoiled by her just
says that is incorrect; she says that were critical to the because she is my grandmother,
that grandmothers are the best development and modernization but that does not stop her from
to look to for anything. That of the United States. My telling me the truth when I need
statement should summarize my grandmother attended Texas to hear it or helping me when
grandmother’s character on its Tech University and graduated I need advice. She has lived an
own. My grandmother, Nancy with a Bachelor of Science in amazing life, teaching me and
Turner, is an amazing woman education, as well as a Master so many others what life is truly
with many accomplishments. of Science in speech pathology about and helping to improve
She is the smartest person I and audiology. She used these their situations. She keeps me in
know, inspiring me to reach degrees to become a teacher. line when I think that I am right
my goals in life and to one day, She began her career in 1973 as about something and is sure to
hopefully, live up to her level. a speech-language pathologist put me in my place every time.
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