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Miss Crum: "Well, I’m very excited about it. The teachers and staff members voted for me so it’s nice to be recognized by the people that work with me.  Even if I don’t talk to them every day they notice that I’m doing a good job teaching so that means a lot."

Interviewer:  "What's your favorite part about being a teacher?"

Miss Crum: "My favorite part about being a teacher is to be able to help students learn. And if they start to have trouble with something and then start to understand it...it's that little light bulb that goes off and I think that is the best part about being a teacher."

Interviewer:  "How long have you been a teacher?"

Miss Crum: "That’s a difficult question, when I was in college I was in a lot of kindergarten classes.  I’ve only taught first and second grade levels. I enjoy teaching them all but second is my favorite."

Interviewer:  "What grade do you like teaching the most, and why?"

Interviewer:  "What grades have you taught?

Miss Crum: "This is my 12th year teaching."

Miss Crum: "Forest City is the only school I’ve ever taught at.  I’ve been here for 12 years."

Interviewer:  "Where was the first school you taught?

Miss Crum: "Like I said before when I was in college I did a lot of work in kindergarten classes, they call those internships. After college  I’ve only taught first and second grade."

Miss Crum: "Well, first of all, I could never see myself working at an office job and doing the same thing every single day, so I knew I wouldn’t like that. My aunt was a teacher and I was taking a class in college and one of the things the class was about was finding a  career... a career course. It was for students who didn’t know what they wanted to do and I fit into that category.   One of the projects we had to do was going to  go visit people in different careers. So I decided to go visit my aunt, the teacher.  For the whole day I  just sat and watched and I really thought it was something I could see myself doing. I really enjoy being around the students so I guess my aunt Tracy inspired me to be a teacher."

Interviewer:  "What inspired you to be a teacher?"