the students in the class at alhambra high school are from different parts of the world and in different grades, all in their second year of learning english. students like sophomore zing neeme: >> miss erickson is the best my teacher is that she help me a lot to learn english. >> reporter: gustavo benjunme, a freshman, also likes mrs. erickson because he says she keeps the class orderly. >> i think this class is the best, the best class, because everybody's quiet and do whatever the teacher tells us to do, and, yeah, she's a good teacher. >> reporter: the orderliness gustavo notices in her class has its roots in her previous career, the military. erickson served in the army national guard and the army reserves for 20 years before going into teaching, a profession she loves. >> just seeing them grow from when i get them in august until they leave in may, the progress is just phenomenal. >> reporter: erickson got support from the national program troops to teachers, funded by the u.s. department of education and administered through state programs. troops to teachers takes veterans from s

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