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Wilma DeCastro was named Teacher of the Year at Kennedy High School but has resigned due to low pay. As a single mother of two daughters, she struggles to afford basic necessities on her teacher's salary. She has been selling real estate part-time and can now triple her salary by becoming a full-time real estate agent. The school superintendent is sorry to see her go but there is no money for higher teacher salaries due to lack of funding. DeCastro hopes to eventually open her own real estate business to better support her family.

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Wilma DeCastro was named Teacher of the Year at Kennedy High School but has resigned due to low pay. As a single mother of two daughters, she struggles to afford basic necessities on her teacher's salary. She has been selling real estate part-time and can now triple her salary by becoming a full-time real estate agent. The school superintendent is sorry to see her go but there is no money for higher teacher salaries due to lack of funding. DeCastro hopes to eventually open her own real estate business to better support her family.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Using the proper copy-editing symbols, correct the errors in

the following story. Except for some obvious errors, the stories’ style (the
abbreviations, punctuation and spelling, for example) is correct. There is one
exception, however. You will have to form all the possessives. None have been
formed for you.

Outstanding Teacher

Wilma DeCastro is an English teacher at Kennedy High Schol and, six months ago,

was named the city’s “Teacher ofthe Year.” Today she resigned.

“All my life I wanted to be a teachher,” DeCastro said. “Ive really enjoyed it, but I

have two little girls and Can’t afford it any longer. I want a good live for may family, and

now wecan’t afford to buy a decent house in a good neighborhood, a newcar, nice

clothes, or so many of the other things we want. wee skimp on everything, even food.”

There years ago, DeCastro began to sell real estate during her sumer vacations.

For th e last year, she has continued to sell real estate part-time, primarily weakends

“I can’t do it any longer,” she said. ”I can’t wrok two jobs, do a good job at both of the

jobbs, and a.lso have time for my daughters, so I’ve decided to go into real estate full

time. I can triple salary my salary. INN a few years, if I work hard, I should be able to

do even better than that. eventually, I’d like togo into businss for myself.”

Greg Hubbard, superintendent of the city’s school system, said: “Of coures we’re

sorry to see her leave. We’d like to keep her, to be able to pay all our teachers mr more,

espec ially our best teachers. But there’s no moneey for higher salaries. NO one wants

to pay higher taxes.”

DeCastro is 28 and started teaching at the high schoo0l six years ago. she aws

named “Teacher OF The Year” because of her popularity, but also because she inspired

several studentsto start a literary maga zine that has won adozenprizes
Panuto: Iwasto ang kasunod na artikulo gamit ang pananda sa pagwawasto. Gumawa ng
ulo ng balita ayon dito.

ako na yata ang pinakaswerteng tao sa lahat ng kilala kong tao dahil pinanganak akong marcos na-

expose kahitt maeeliit pa eh exceptional namman talagaa ang akingg maging pamilya pahayag ni

marcos sa kanilang panaeyam sa umagang kay ganda .

hindi nakikitangg prolebmaa ni Vice Presidential candidate bongbong marcoses angg kaniyang

pagiging marcos para sa

nalalapit na eleksyon 2016 .

Tinauturing ng Sedorna na Isang assett ang Pagiging marcos sa kabilaan ng mga kinaki-harap ng

kaugnay isyung ng kasangkutang konnatrobersya ng kan-yang ama at datting pangulo ferdinand

marcos .

Naniniwala sa oras siyang ng butuhan ay hindii ang iisyuu ng kaninyang pamilyya ang maiisip ng

Public kondi ang kinakaharap na suliranin arawaraw.

Ang mga ganitong katwiran ng mamamayan sa panahon ng pananalasa ng bagyo ang nagdudulot sa

kanila ng kapahamakan. Ito ang dahilan kaya maraming napapahamak at namamatay. Sa pinaka-

huling report ukol sa mga namatay sa pananalasa ng bagyong Glenda, mahigit apat napu ang

kabilang dito.

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