LAKE PLACID There’s something magical about watching a child learn something new. There’s a moment a twinkle in a kid’s eye, a smile, a catching excitement when you can see that a child has absorbed a new bit of information or learned a new skill. It’s that exact moment that made Lake Placid native Crystal (Lawrence) McComber want to become a teacher. McComber, 42, is St. Agnes School’s Pre-K 3 teacher. As she spoke about her job on Wednesday, May 5 right in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week her passion for teaching and her genuine love for her students was evident. Pushing back a lock of wavy, black hair, McComber smiled behind her mask as she talked about teaching her students how to hold a pencil, how to open their own snacks or discern between different facial expressions.