Jennifer Garner took to her role as a teacher on set and made her way to a class of students in Brentwood, California on August 18, 2009 while on set of Valentines Day.

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Jennifer Garner never thought she would grow up to become a Hollywood actress – her childhood dream was to work in a library.

The 37 year old was an avid reader during her early years in her native West Virginia and Garner always assumed she would take her love of literature on into her profession.

But after discovering drama while she was at university, she dropped her bookish dreams to try her luck as an actress.

She tells Oprah Winfrey’s O magazine, “As a kid in West Virginia, I had a very rich imaginary world. And my dream was to grow up to be a librarian, because I had a librarian named Mrs. McCann who I thought was the most magical woman on the planet. She used to publish little versions of my stories, typing them on manila folders and illustrating them with pictures of me and my teddy bear!”

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Jennifer Garner enjoyed a relaxed day to herself as she perused the many goods at the Brentwood, CA farmer’s market on July 26, 2009.

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Gwyneth Paltrow is that kind of person who likes to stay friendly with her exes.

Especially her ex Ben Affleck.

Friends say the star is big on sending personal notes and gifts for births and other major celebrations, and Ben and his wife Jennifer Garner have been on the lucky receiving end of such gifts.

“Ben and Jen got one of Gwyneth’s famous notes this year just after Seraphina was born,” says the insider. “It was very nice, but it was a little too personal. Gwyneth made sure to mention how she was happy that Ben was finally creating the family he had always wanted, a family, which the two of them discussed in depth when they were dating. It just rubs Jen the wrong way.”

But that’s just the beginning of Paltrow’s too-close-for-comfort behavior.

Gwyneth has enrolled her children, Apple and Moses, in the same Beverly Hills school that Violet Affleck attends, according to our source.

“Luckily, Gwyneth and Chris are barely in California three months out of the year, so Jen should not have to run into her too often at school,” says the insider. “The other moms already have a problem with the paparazzi following the Garner-Afflecks, and Gwyneth Paltrow will only make the situation worse.”

So far Garner, and Paltrow’s husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, are playing it cool with the Ben/Gwyneth thing. Martin is so laid back, says our source, he actually promotes Gwyneth to stay in touch with Ben. And Jen is taking his cue.

“Jen will always allow Ben to have contact and friendship with Gwyneth,” the pal says. “But she doesn’t always like it.”

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As much as Jennifer Garner has enjoyed her near-daily shopping trips with daughter Violet Affleck, the actress seems to be delighted to be putting her mom hat to the side, if only for a few hours, while shooting Valentine’s Day in L.A. on Wednesday.

The film, which co-stars Patrick Dempsey, is the first movie Jen has worked on since the Jan. 6 birth of her baby girl Seraphina Rose Affleck.

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Actress Jennifer Garner films a scene for the romantic comedy, “The Valentine”, where she talked on her cell phone while playing keep away from a group of kids. Jennifer is one of many stars in the film which is due out in February of next year.

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