Sunday, October 12, 2008

Your Decision to become a PE teacher

What impacted your decision to become a PE teacher. Was it the money and benefits? Was the summers off? Was it because you wanted to help kids?

2 comments:

Mr. Campsie's official PE blog said...

Pat,

Good question! I used to toil away in the accounting field and wanted to do something more exciting and meaningful with my work.

So, I thought I would have FUN teaching the youth of America about sports, fitness and the like every day for a living. Guess what? I was right.

This works for me. After a year or so of teaching in Baltimore County, I realized that I like, and have a need, to perform. Being in front of a group of youngsters given me that opportunity.

Oh sure, I want to help young people learn about this underrated topic because I have a passion for it. However, I have to like what I am doing first before anything else can happen. It does now!

Anonymous said...

I started out in pre-dentistry and thought that I was going to be a dentist. I did not like all of the biology classes that I had to take such as zoology because I thought that it had zero relevance to being a dentist. After talking with several people in the PE department I decided it was for me and absolutely loved it. It is my goal to one day teach at the collegiate level and further educate the future PE teachers of America!