1) “This is my first year teaching.”
2) “I really like connecting with the students I work with; that’s been my favorite part so far.”
3) “I always really liked science as a student, so I wanted to stick to what I liked.”
4) “I think now that I’ve kind of made my mind up I wouldn’t really want to do anything else.”
5) “I like to spend time outside; I like to read.”

1) “[This is my] first year teaching. [Before teaching] I worked in the aerospace industry as a certified aircraft mechanic.”
2) “All of the students; just watching them learn and grasp new ideas is pretty cool.”
3) “This is a good fit for my technical background, and I think it’s good skills to have for life.”
4) “[I would] probably still be in the aerospace industry.”
5) “I still like to fix airplanes, fly airplanes, I like to play guitar, hangout with friends and family.”
uld] probably still be in the aerospace industry.”
5) “I still like to fix airplanes, fly airplanes, I like to play guitar, hangout with friends and family.”

1) “This will be my 14th year teaching.”
2) “My favorite part about teaching is that moment when somebody gets it right. When somebody gets something for the first time that sort of spark like ‘oh my gosh I know what I’m doing now.’”
3) “I’ve always been a really good writer, and I love drama; I love that type of literature and things like that. I love the creativity that comes with English as well.”
4) “I’ve always wanted to be a pilot. I think that that would be an awesome job. My actual dream job would be a bench player on a professional soccer team, so I could train with the team but not have all the pressure of being the superstar.”
5) “Outside of school my favorite thing to do is play soccer. I also play a lot of video games, and I like to travel.”

1) “This is my fourth year teaching, so I was three years at Jefferson teaching Biology.”
2) “I like helping students learn and just seeing the process of them discovering things and also building those relationships.”
3) “I really like APES because you get to do a lot more labs and it’s a lot more applicable to the real-world problems that we’re facing today.”
4) “I wanted to be a perfusionist for a while, they’re the people in the hospital that run the cardiopulmonary bypass machine during open heart surgery.”
5) “Right now, I’m really into crocheting, so I’ve been making sweaters. I want to make a blanket. I’ve been making some Halloween decorations, so that’s probably my favorite thing right now.”

1) “This is my 11th year teaching. The last 10 years I was at Roosevelt High School.”
2) “My favorite part about teaching is getting to know the kids in the classroom and building relationships with them.”
3) “I like that there’s a logical progression of finding the answers.”
4) “If I wasn’t a teacher I would probably work in construction.”
5) “Obviously spend time with family and I like to work out, just be active.”