Colleen has taught as a full teacher for 32 years, after that she became a substitute teacher which is what she does today. During this time she taught a lot of grades. She said there was never a class she didn’t like or favorite as they are all great ages it depends more on what you are in to. She preferred 3rd grade though because they are at the age where they can understand more and like to learn, but are also small enough they still like to give you hugs. She didn’t always want to be a teacher though, when she was at college she wanted to do something in Spanish. One of her teachers suggested she take teaching classes. She said her first few years as a teacher was the hardest, it takes so much focus that by the end of the day you want to rip your hair out.