Who Am I?

I realized that since starting my blog, I have yet to describe myself. I am a twenty-five year old married man that is working toward fulfilling two dreams in my life. I went to Simpson University for the sole purpose of becoming a high school history teacher. After graduation and a year and a half of credentialing, I am a certified teacher. But I am still waiting to fulfill that dream because I have yet to attain a full time teaching position. Currently, I am a substitute teacher in the local area, and a pretty busy one at that. I sub every day and primarily at my alma mater where I coach football. Some days it is no better than babysitting over 150 students. Other days, teachers actually let me teach and I get to interact with students and assure myself that this is what I want to do. The difficult part of teaching in this area is that there are a lot of teacher candidates but not as many jobs. Eventually I will get a job, either here in the Redding area, or elsewhere in California. My other dream is to coach football at the collegiate level. Every year I give myself new goals to challenge myself and never stop learning this profession and skill. Lately, I am working closely with our varsity staff during playoffs and have been able to have a positive impact in meetings. It is fun to be able to participate at an intellectual level with them. One day, I will be able to fulfill both of these dreams, but for now I blog about the future. Soon I will be able to blog about my new job and coaching position.