Once a Teacher!

These young fresh faces had just accepted brand new Education degrees and were ready to change the world one student at a time. Today we completed our 29th “First Day of School” as professionals, hard to believe that many years have come and gone, and we are all still in the business of touching children’s lives!

Lisa J., Lisa G. and I were sorority sisters. Susan H. (high school classmate of Lisa G.) often joined the Lisa's to work on lesson plans at our sorority house as they were all Elementary Education majors. I learned then and still appreciate all of the work it takes to run the classroom of the younger students. The prep time for each subject, creative bulletin boards and the patience of Job when your name is used a million times a day! These gals loved the classroom from the beginning and still do! 

Lisa G. had the daughter of a very famous country singer in her class while student teaching.  We begged her to schedule a parent conference so we could all meet the girl’s dad! Lisa is gifted at making Math easy to learn and she even tried with me!  Lisa J. has a fabulous sense of humor, is beloved a 5^th grade teacher and was recently named Teacher of the Year!  Susan H. left the classroom for administration a few years back and continues to impact lives on a greater scale.

While I had some of the same of the Education classes, my experience was much different.  With a major in Athletic Training and minor in Political Science, the State of Texas felt it would be safe to for me to instruct high school students in Physical Education, Health or Government!

Dale P. and I co- student taught in P.E. for Mrs. Abernathy and I still use lessons learned from her.  There was no rolling out the ball and then reading the sports section in the corner as she ran a tight ship.   Dale and I made a deal, he handled class discipline and I took care of the lesson plans. No body messed with Dale as he was the starting tight end on our college football team.  I would never teach P. E. again as my three years in the classroom would be spent selling the importance of U.S. and Texas Government to the rolling eyes of high school seniors, no small feat!  While the majority of past 28 years have been spent caring for thousands of injured athletes, I am still teaching every day and the subject is life!