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Being a teacher may not look hard but it sure can be. According to Mrs. Munguia a teacher who teaches success 101, sophomore English, and AP psychology, “All things considered its rewarding, but the its stressful and a little tiring at times.” The interview started with a basic opening up question, asking her why she wanted to become a teacher. She replied like every great teacher should with, “I’ve always enjoyed working with young people. I am a lover of knowledge and love to learn new things all the time. It’s just something exciting for me, so I love to kind of share that with my students.” Surprisingly, she didn’t always want to be a teacher stating, “When I was in high school I didn’t want to be a teacher. I thought it wasn’t going to be my thing, I wanted to study …show more content…

Munguia also stated she went to the California University of Stanislaus. After the professional questions I asked her some basic and simple questions like if she could be anything other than a teacher what would you be and much to my surprise, she replied with, “I don’t know…but I definitely want to be somebody who has the ability to help the world.” Next I asked her what her favorite color, Food, and Movie was and she said. “Favorite color is pink. Favorite food chicken tacos…crispy kind. That’s tough I have so many, but “Grease” is one of my favorites.” When I asked her whether she preferred New York or LA and Paris or Bora Bora she replied with ease with, “I’ve never been to New York so I’d have to choose LA.” and “Bora Bora.” A little more about her personal life Mrs. M is married and has to beautiful children. Then I started talking a little about high school and Mrs. Munguia’s favorite high school memory was from being a leadership student. Next I asked her for Freshman Advice and Senior advice and she

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