Hello there, my name is Melissa and I am a college student who strives to become a health and physical education teacher. Along with being a striving college student, I am the oldest of five and the first person in my immediate family who will have gone to and graduated from college. I grew up playing sports and being active; lucky for me I have always been one of those kids who is pretty good at anything they try. Throughout my childhood years and into my teenage years, I played a number of sports including soccer, basketball, softball, and even did some competitive cheer leading. During my high school years I chose to specialize in one sport, playing year-round soccer.
Along with my love for sports, I have a love for school. Unlike most kids, who enjoyed their days off during the summer, I looked forward to going back to school and having a daily schedule. School has always been something I enjoyed because like sports, I was good at most academic activities. Along with being academically gifted, it never failed that every year I had a teacher who really inspired me whether it involved bettering myself in sports or in the classroom.
My motivation for becoming a health and physical education teacher, other than my love for sports and school, is to be that teacher that inspired the next generation to do/be something great. I believe that inspiration and motivation are where a person’s future begins. Without motivation and inspiration, as humans, we have no desire to accomplish anything. For many students a majority of their time will be spent at or in school, especially if they decide to partake in athletics. This reason, along with many others, is one of my deciding factors for becoming a health and physical education teacher.
