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Theresa Sitto, English Language Learners and Reading Recovery teacher at Pleasant Lake Elementary in Walled Lake, Michigan
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Michigan, USA - Ask most southeast Michigan residents about Chaldeans and you’re likely to hear that Chaldeans are well known for their creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence, hard-work ethics, competitive drive, and success. The influential group of Iraqi immigrants seems to have a special knack of turning lemons into lemonade.
“We learned from our parents and grandparents to rely on ourselves and to reject being dependant. Our community struggle taught us not to rely on the government. Doing so will enslave you and make you weak. We were taught to work together as a family, help one another, and that each and every Chaldean, no matter where they work or how old they are, must make a difference,” says Renee Hindo of the Chaldean Education and Career Center in Southfield, Michigan.
Can such a spirit survive in corporations where thinking outside-the-box is reserved only for executives? Can the Chaldean entrepreneurship gene survive in professional and corporate environment?
Theresa Sitto, an English Language Learners and Reading Recovery teacher at Pleasant Lake Elementary in Walled Lake, Michigan seems to think so. The 20 year teaching veteran shows that no matter what type of work or profession you do, you can make a difference.
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