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Interviewing Mrs. Lamberti By: Prescott Potter Q. What do you do for a living? A. I am a fifth grade teacher in Lake Forest. I have the wonderful priviledge of teaching a group of students who are 21st century learners. My job is not just a job. My job is my passion....teaching, inspiring, and modeling how to be a citizen of our world. Q. Did you think of being a teacher when you were a kid? A. NO WAY! I always thought I would be a secretary. I loved technology, working on computers, and dealing with the public. I was organized and personable. Being a teacher never had crossed my mind until I was a freshman in college. Q. Do you like it or love it? A. I LOVE being a teacher. Teaching students makes me love coming to work every day. I also love sharing my knowledge, thoughts, and ideas with my colleagues (other teachers). Q. From 1-10 what do you give it? A. I would rate being a teacher a 10. Because our world is changing every day, I am able to keep up with what is going on with technology, learning, and the world. Q. Do you like teaching in the 21st century? A. The bonus is that I am not the only teacher. The kids are just as much a teacher as I am. If anything is true to say, I get to share the job of teaching with my students. I love when I get a student who shares ideas, links, knowledge, and new discovers with them. Q. Do you wish you could teach your kids? A. No I don't think teaching my own kids would be good. Being honest, fair and truthful is best when you don't have that personal connection. I like that fact that my kids will have different teachers. Being exposed to others is so important. This way they learn how to relate to other adults, besides just me. Q. What do you teach? A. I get to teach LA, math, and science. But the first and most important thing I teach is how to have good character. Sometimes it isn't about all the curriculum, but it more about teaching kids how to be a good person on the inside and make good choices. Q. What is your favorite subject? A. My favorite subject is math. I like teaching math because I can relate it to real life experiences. I always hated math as a kid because I didn't understand WHY my teacher was teaching it. Now I get to change the way that kids look math because I want them to understand WHY we learn math. I try to make it fun too. Q. Would you like to do it for the rest of your life? A. Being a teacher, mom, wife, friend, neighbor, daughter, sister, and partner is my favorite jobs in life.