I am a middle school health & physical education teacher. I teach mostly health education to grades 6 through 8 and I really enjoy it. I especially enjoy the curriculum for grades 6 and 8 and also enjoy the age range. I find middle schoolers predictably unpredictable--that is, you never know what they will say or what kind of mood they will be in--hormones play such a big part of what they are like at this age.
I enjoy teaching health because there is so much in the curriculum that lends to life long skills and knowledge. I also enjoy the physcial edcuation part, even though I only teach two P.E. classes per day, in that there is so much cross over with regard to health and fitness (the two go hand in hand). This schedule allows me to see my students in a different venue.
I am very family oriented and I am also a "people person". I enjoy the daily interaction with both students and faculty. I really feel that raising two children through every developmental stage has given me a better understanding of kids. When people ask me what age I teach and I tell them that I teach middle school- aged children, they ask me why? My response is, why not? I love that age and I truly enjoyed my own children as they moved through that stage of development.
While my family is and always will be my passion, my kids are grown now and have their own lives. That said, my husband and I are now able to enjoy so many things that we didn't have time to do earlier in our lives because our kids were our focus. We now enjoy traveling, especially international traveling! So--travel has now become my passion. I really enjoy experiencing other cultures. There is so much to learn and experience--both in this country and abroad. Our plans for the future include trips to Ireland, Italy, and Greece. Can't wait!
On the horizon--my son just got engaged this May (2008) and our family looks forward to his wedding in 2009.
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