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When school teacher Solona Islam got caught in a financial bind she turned to the world's oldest profession, hoping it could bail her out. Instead she lost her dream job as a teacher and needed to be bailed out of jail after being arrested for prostitution.

"I was scared more than anything else because I was thinking of my son. If I do go to jail, what am I supposed to do?" she said.

According to Islam she went on a date through an escort service. When she was offered more money to have sex, she said yes. The guy turned out to be an undercover cop.

She says credit card debt and the cost of caring for her 18-month old son caused her to make a bad decision.

"I can't even describe what I've been thinking the whole week, just pure pain," she says.

Islam was an algebra teacher at McClellan High School, the same school she had graduated from as valedictorian.

She pleaded guilty to the prostitution charge and paid the $640 fine, then waited to hear what school official would say when they found out. She also felt like she let her students down. adding, "I just love everything about my job, and love my students more than anything else in the world."

After the Little Rock, Arkansas school placed her on paid leave, Islam decided to resign.

"They can only see Ms Islam the teacher, not Solona the person," she said.

Armed with a masters degree and on her was to getting a Ph.D, Islam hopes to put this all behind her.