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[nagano]

Hello teachers,

How do these sentences sound to you?

1) I want to become a teacher and teach the joy of reading to many children.
2) I want to become a teacher and teach the joy of reading to as many children as possible.

I somehow feel 1) is unacceptable. Am I correct? If so, why?

Thank you in advance.

Nagano

[lotus]

Hi Nagano,

Welcome...

Number 1 is possible, but sounds overly ambitious. Once you put in "as many children as possible", you are more realistic and perhaps more sincere.

It may even be better without the quantity:

I want to become a teacher, so that I can teach children the joy of reading.


--lotus
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[nagano]

Thank you very much, lotus-san.

Best regards,

nagano