Circles: Stories about coming back around
b'This week we present two stories about times in which everything came full circle.\\nPart 1: In the middle of a school day, science teacher Brittany Beck passes out in her classroom, leading her to reflect on what got her here.\\n\\nPart 2: Inspired by her grandfather, Kitty Yang becomes a math teacher, but soon realizes she misses being a student.\\nBrittany Beck is a science teacher at the High School of\\xa0 Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Brittany\\xa0 is also her school\\u2019s Coordinator of Student Activities and lives for\\xa0 event logistics, fundraising and trip organizing, and the facilitating\\xa0 of many student groups including Women in Science Club and Student\\xa0 Government. You can follow Brittany on twitter at @brittanbeck. Brittany\\xa0 has been an MfA Master teacher since 2015. \\xa0\\nKitty is a doctoral candidate in mathematics at Northwestern University,\\xa0 studying dynamical systems and ergodic theory. She grew up in\\xa0 California and went to college in New York, and attending school on both\\xa0 coasts, is now enjoying studying the midwest. She spends her non-math\\xa0 time tap dancing, running, baking, and watching baking shows. She is\\xa0 also a labor activist, as an organizing committee member of the\\xa0 Northwestern University Graduate Workers. \\xa0\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'