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Interview

Mr. Anthony Olseski


Career: Education
Date: Friday, October 9th, 2009
What does teaching mean to you? Helping students Giving them useful skills that they can use in the future Making history interesting Long hours, yet rewarding Keep learning yourself, learn from students Why teaching instead of anything else? History teacher I wanted to be like Love history, teaching, and talking Rewarding, steady job in a recession Wanted to be a chef, wanted to be in charge Who/what inspired you to teach? History teacher Mr. Kauffman catholic school Lies My Teacher Told Me Career I could deal with for years Desire to find the truth about history How do you react to a student who misbehaves? Depends on student Depends on a level of patience Discipline code, verbal warning, writing assignment, lunch detention, after school How do you react or how do you think is best to react if a student asks you a question you dont know the answer to? Simple I dont know Look it up How do you react when you accuse a student of something he hasnt done? Sometimes it is sarcasm Simple apology Does salary matter? Some teacher dont care about students Depends on private/public If I did, I would be doing something else What is the best thing about teaching?

Teaching knowledge Wherever you fit any grade with a certification What is the worst thing about teaching? Phone calls, helicopter parents Disrespectful students Would you rather teach another grade? No, I like this grade What advice would you give a person who wants to be a teacher like me? Be yourself and do everything to the fullest. Why did you choose to teach History To teach students aspects of history they know nothing or little about How would you define history? History is the study of what people did in the past to make the world what it is today.

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