Mr. Matchett is a world history teacher at Okeechobee High School currently in 62xx
Mr Matchett brings fun and a good time to learning, making his classroom feel less like a classroom.
He also uses a youtube channel to help teach kids who can’t make it to school for whatever reasons his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEjcP7FnA1JCBLUI_h-9rjg.
But i chose to ask him a few questions
Date 9/16/2021
What do you like to do in your free time?
“Read travel spend time with friends and family hiking visiting historical sites or natural sites”
How long have you been teaching? 35 years
Did you plan on teaching?
“Yes, I took a year once I started university. After a year I said yes, this was my first choice.”
Why did you become interested in teaching?
“I always had a love of history I could have gone into government or law but I chose to teach”
Did a teacher ever inspire you? If so, how?”
two one was my 11th-grade teacher ms turner and my 11th-grade English teacher ms Ryan”
What is a goal you have for your students?
“My goal for my students now and then is to walk away with a good understanding of what we’ve been studying and have a better understanding of history knowing more before they walked in.”
Do you enjoy teaching, and was there ever a time you were like “I don’t want to do this”?
“I do enjoy teaching even tho there was difficult time I never regretted my choice to teach”
Were you nervous about the first year you teach?
“At the beginning of the school year are you ever nervous about a group of students? Yeah I’m nervous every year there are so many new things every year every time I meet my students I’m always nervous”
Any time you want to skip over a lesson?
“No everything I teach or like to teach is needed to understand”
Are there any classes that you are close with?
“Yeah there are certain classes and students that you try not to play favorites with but
I’m closer with my AP class …”
Are there times when students are too much of a problem?
“It happens all the time. Something I learned is that I need to expect teenagers to act like teenagers when I do that most problems with them will disappear but you have to be passionate if there are no patients. I can’t teach the people I want to teach altho I have not mastered it.”
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