Teaching

Ever thought what you might want to do when you grow up? I have been thinking about it for some time. I decided that I wanted to be a teacher at the end of my sophomore year in college. I loved history, I wanted to coach, and I loved being around kids so what better thing to do with my life.

It feels like a million years ago that I had my first classroom in Wichita. In 1986, I taught 35 kids 6 hours a day freshman social studies. On my 7th hour I rested! I would catch my breath and begin planning for basketball and tennis practice after school. Those were the days!

I miss those days. Days where I felt I made a difference because I taught kids not just about American History or Geography but lessons about life. Lessons on how to treat people, how to work as a team, how to problem solve different situations.

If you are deciding what you would like to do as a career, if you love kids and feel like you have the ability to motivate and teach kids, I encourage you to look at a career in teaching. We need good teachers who wish to help mold the new generation of learners. We need good teachers who are not intimidated easily and wish to take a stand and teach what is right and what is wrong in our nations classrooms.

I love what John Wooden says about education……."They ask me why I teach, where could I find such splendid company."