I remember when my husband started coaching the basketball team at a local high school in Richmond, California. He had a(n)1for sports and loved working with kids. Sitting in the stands during the first game, I cried 2joy as I watched him interact with the students. He seemed to3.
On the car ride home, we both realized that he has a gift for4. Not just on the5, but also in the classroom. He6a well-paid job in finance, and went back to school to7his teaching certification. He landed a job teaching 8th grade US history to the amazing kids at Helms Middle School in San Pablo, California. He had found his occupation. Little did I know that I would be in the8, too.
My husband knows that I work for a software company that does stuff with 3D printing and that we get free tickets to Maker Faire(创客节), but that's usually the extent of his interest m my profession. So I was9when he asked me to be a(n)10speaker in his class that first year.
11I was planning my first lesson for his students, I asked myself, "What should I do? How do I integrate(融入)12, modeling and 3D printing into 8th grade US history?" I13my friends from Make magazine, read the local teacher blogs and thought I was14to go. But a15thing happened during my first lesson: I kind of failed. The end result, 16, was better than I ever17.
At the end of the class, I asked the students how they felt about what18had just learned. They raised their hands and19answers and sought me out to more questions. When the bell rang, they thanked me for my20.
