Podcasting

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My name is Jarret and I would like to welcome you to my podcast. To give you a quick intro about myself I am from Philadelphia and have lived in Colorado for 4 and half years now. I graduated form Wittenberg University in 2006 with a degree in history. I have lived on both coasts and overseas. I taught English in Thailand and worked with Habitat for Humanity in Lesotho. I am excited to start teaching here in Colorado and help students succeed.

I have always wanted to be a teacher. There have been a few other careers I have thought about but always wanted to come back to teaching. At one point I was going to start my own fashion line, restore vintage cars, be a professional bartender, or just travel the world living off the grid. In all of these different phases of my life I have worked under great teachers and learned so much. I will relate as much of these life lessons to the classroom as possible trying to show how learning doesn’t stop when you leave school.

My educational philosophy is rather simple. I want to be a teacher with high expectations. I want my students to work hard and be focused on their goals. I think that it is important to teach and practice the idea of solving problems rather than making them. Through history I want my students to realize that they can do just about anything they want. They need to simply accept responsibilities and succeed. All of the examples from the past along with my lessons will set us up in the classroom make progress and grow as people.

I have always loved history and specifically studying people and their cultures is my favorite part. I think that it is very important to pay attention to details and not be afraid of creativity and new thoughts. I think that it is important to teach history to students //and why things are the way they are today.