“Hmm just trying new things um, when I decided to become a teacher it was just something I wanted to see if I enjoyed it or if I wanted to like it if I liked it or not. I was motivated by friends to try it out because they all thought it was a fun career to do so. I always did enjoy um, like helping others, tutoring, so I thought “Why not?” and after I decided to join my, uh, teaching program. I started liking it more and more and after I got a lot of experience working at this school. This is the first school I’ve ever worked at and the only school I worked at so I just decided to stay here so I can keep growing and keep becoming a good educator.”

Mr. Aleman sits on his chair in front of his Thinking Maps in his classroom to ponder. He wants to sit down for a moment to think.
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