MIxed tenses

Katherine 1 (be) a teacher for almost twenty years and she really loves her job.

Since she started being a teacher she 2 (teach) primary kids, teenagers and even adults,

but she often says that working as a teacher for children with special needs is the best experience she 3 (ever / have).

'I remember my first day with special needs children last year. I almost 3 (end up) crying’,

Katherine says. ‘When I 4____________(see) my students for the first time,

two of them 5_______________(sleep),

while another one 5______________ (run) around the classroom,

and there was even a little girl who 6_____________(sit) alone on the floor in the middle of the room, , still as a statue.

So I 7__________(sit) beside the little girl,

8____________(close) my eyes