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First-year Gwinnett County teacher talks about classroom challenges

First-year teacher Audrey Smith gathers her students together a final time before lining them up to head to the buses on the last day of school at Baldwin Elementary School on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Norcross. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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First-year teacher Audrey Smith gathers her students together a final time before lining them up to head to the buses on the last day of school at Baldwin Elementary School on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Norcross. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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May 30, 2017

Gwinnett County teacher Audrey Smith just finished her first year leading a class of students.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution followed Smith’s first year as a teacher. We asked her at the start of the school year what would be the greatest challenges and a similar question on the last day of school.

Here’s her answer on the first day of school in August 2016:

Here’s Smith’s answer on Wednesday, the last day of school:

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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