I'm here and I'm rejuvenated after a nice long spring break. We were supposed to interview a teacher in our school and I choose Ms.Roper,the P.E. teacher. But time flew by and I got tied up in school work and forgot. I will however,when it comes in the mail make a podcast of when I interview her (when I learn how) but right now, I making an educated guess.
My first question to Ms.Roper is,"Why did you decide to become a P.E. teacher?" I think she would've said,"Because, I like to help children have fun at the same time,be fit. Another one is," What are the advantages of being a P.E. teacher?" "One is definitely is getting a lot of exercise." "How long have you been a P.E. teacher." "About two or three years now and many more to come." "Are there any disadvantages in teaching P.E.?""Occasionally when students don't listen but at J.H.House it's rare."
And I hope Ms.Roper comments and tells me if I'm right or wrong.
Have you ever interviewed someone? What was it like?
Impressive Jason! You’re educated guesses where very close.
To answer your first question, I became a P.E. teacher because of a class I took in college – “Elementary Educator Teaching Methods”. Part of the class required me to go to a local elementary school and teach short skills lessons. I loved it! Teaching P.E. combined two of my favorite things: being active and children. It was a perfect match.
The advantages of being a P.E. teacher are many, like getting exercise and being active. Also enjoy having the opportunity to work with all of the students and watching them grow up. They start out as tiny kindergarteners that are scared and sometimes crying the first week of school. Before I know it they are intelligent 5th graders not afraid to share their opinions and taller than me!
I’ve been teaching P.E. for nine years. Six of those years have been at JHH and I hope there are many more to come.
It is difficult to think of a disadvantage of teaching P.E. I guess I would have to say that I don’t get to see my students as often as I would like. The boys and girls of JHH not listening doesn’t happen enough to count as a disadvantage :-)
Posted by: Ms. Roper | April 23, 2006 at 05:57 PM
Well at least I wasn't off by to much!
Posted by: Jason | April 27, 2006 at 06:57 AM