WELCOME BACK.
IT IS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
WE ARE HEADING OVER TO
HILLCREST HIGH FOR DAY THREE OF
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
THIS STORY IS PRETTY COOL
BECAUSE IT IS COMING FULL
CIRCLE.
SHE WENT TO THIS HIGH SCHOOL AND
NOW SHE TEACHES THERE.
SHE ALSO GOT THE TITLE OF
TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
TEACHER.
I WENT HERE FOR NINE YEARS AND
THEN I WENT TO HILLCREST.
I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO BE A
TEACHER.
THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.
I TAUGHT AT CENTRAL FOR SIX
YEARS.
I CONSTANTLY FEEL LIKE MY LIFE
IS FULL CIRCLE.
I HAVE KIDS IN MY CLASS NOW AND
I CONSTANTLY SEE MY OLD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT
BASEBALL GAMES BECAUSE THEIR
GRANDKIDS GO HERE.
I AM CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MY
FORMER TEACHERS AND NOW WE ARE
COLLEAGUES.
IT IS A CONSTANT STREAM OF FULL
CIRCLE AND I LOVE IT.
I LOVE BEING INSIDE OF A
COMMUNITY.
THEY SERVED ME FOR SO LONG AND
NOW I CAN SERVE THEM.
SHE IS A SCHOOL MOM.
SHE HELPS WITH EVERYONE.
SHE HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE
NEED TO DO.
SHE IS VERY CARING.
SHE ALSO INSPIRES STUDENTS TO BE
AS NICE AS THEY CAN.
SHE IS THE BEST TEACHER EVER.
SHE MAKES EVERYTHING FUN AND
EXCITING.
SHE'S NOT BORING.
SHE MAKES YOU WANT TO COME TO
SCHOOL.
SHE MAKES YOU WANT TO COME TO
CLASS AND NOT BE TARDY.
OH YES, SHE IS GREAT.
WHEN I TOOK CLASSES IN THE
ROOMS I TEACH IN NOW, I FELL IN
LOVE WITH SCIENCE.
THE REAL-LIFE APPLICATION WITH
THE CAREER TECHNICAL ASPECT OF
IT.
IT WAS SKILLS I WAS ALWAYS
TAUGHT.
I REALIZED A LOT OF MY PEERS
DIDN'T KNOW THESE TYPES OF
THINGS.
I KIND OF BECAME A TEACHER
MENTOR BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT
THESE THINGS AT HOME.
I WANTED TO PASS ON THIS
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THE HOME AND
YOURSELF AND BUDGETING AND
COOKING.
THAT IS HOW I FELL IN LOVE WITH
THAT.
SHE IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT
HER TEACHING.
SHE DOES A LOT FOR THE SCHOOL
AND ALWAYS TRIES TO DO POSITIVE
THINGS.
SHE IS ALWAYS OF LIFTING AND
TRIES PUT SMILES ON YOUR FACE.
YOU SEE THE FACEBOOK POST
ABOUT TEACHING THIS IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND WE DO HERE.
THE STUDENTS CHOOSE TO TAKE
THESE ELECTIVES.
WHEN THEY GRADUATE THEY SAY THEY
WISH THEY HAD TAKEN CULINARY
ARTS OR EARLY CHILDHOOD.
WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE THRIVING.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WANTED TO BE
A TEACHER AND I WANTED TO TALK
TO STUDENTS.
AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER THE BEST
PART IS DEFINITELY THE KIDS.
I DON'T THINK AN 18 -YEAR-OLD
GIRL OR A TWEEN ONE EURO GIRL AT
THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREER
WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONTENT.
NOW I COME EVERY DAY BECAUSE I
AM EXCITED TO SEE THE KIDS.
THEY ARE MY BABIES.
THAT IS A HIGH SKILL HONOR.
SHE SEEMS LOVELY TOO.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THEY WERE
DOING WAS THEY BROKE THE POTS
YOU PUT PLANTS IN.
IT SYMBOLIZES CHILD ABUSE.
THEN THEY PUT IT BACK TOGETHER
WITH GLUE.
I HOPE I AM SAYING THIS RIGHT.
THEY PUT THINGS ON IT THAT WERE
HEALING.
INSPIRATIONAL WORDS.
THAT IS GREAT.
THEY DO NEED TO ADDRESS THAT
IN SOME WAY.