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I didn't mind telling people what happened, but I realized really quickly that people were

really nervous when I told them. In 2008, Amanda was working as an ESL teacher at a high school

in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was not actually really intent to move to Charlotte. I just thought

I would go somewhere outside of North Carolina, actually, but I got this internship and then

my aunt and uncle actually lived in Charlotte. I lived with them at the beginning, but at that time,

I had a roommate who was my best friend. She was 24 years old and hadn't been teaching for long,

but she loved it. I worked in working with kids for a really long time, so I taught some lessons

when I was a kid and I worked as a tutor in college and I really liked it and I really loved my job.

I was teaching at a very high poverty school and we were like 90% of the students were below

the poverty level. Basically, all my kids were from different countries. I had a lot of kids who

had limited formal education in the past, so they hadn't been in a formal school setting before

they came to the US. That was really cool. What does this only mean is a teacher, but it was just

having a teacher that cared about them was really important. It was a fun experience to have,

kids who really wanted to be in the classroom and I really loved it.

School had just resumed after winter break and Amanda left during her lunch to get some candy

for her students as motivation. Just as she was about to return to school, she was approached by a man

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