Personally, I think it’s really the teachers who have awakened that passion in me. If I had had teachers who were not passionate, I would never have become one. So that certainly made a big difference for me. Teachers are also the ones who helped me understand that it was possible to use the French language elsewhere. So in grade 11, I spent a week in Ottawa at the Forum for Young Canadians. It was so exciting. It was wonderful to hear so many people speak French.
We also travelled to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City in grade 8. It also allowed me to explore an entirely different culture. It was fascinating for me. So, if teachers had not organized those trips and opened the door to those possibilities, I would have never discovered it.