Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call [my husband] because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years. He'll say, 'Christa, just hang in there. People are going to try to do a good job for you.

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I don't think any teacher is as ready as I am.

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Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

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I touch the future. I teach. I really appreciate that sentiment. That's going with me.

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I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.

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