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I learned a lot from interviewing Mrs. Pramenko and Mr. Sales and have a good idea of what it would be like to be an educator/coach. The most obvious thing I found out was that you have to love hanging out with teenagers to have a job like this. Coaching is about making the kids better and it’s hard to do that unless you really care about them and want to make a difference. Teaching and being an administrator are also jobs that require the same desire and dedication to help out the kids and make them better. I also learned that there are going to be a lot of challenges in both coaching and educating and you have to be ready to deal with those. These jobs require a lot of patience because not everybody understands the same things you might so you have to find a way to connect to each student and athlete in a different way. Injuries are going to happen to your players and grades might cause people to have to sit out and these are both things that I know would frustrate me a ton. One key aspect I would have to look at if I really became serious about going into this career would be the patience part of the job. I don’t know if I have the patience for these jobs so that is something I would have to think long and hard about. Overall, I think I would really enjoy a job like this where you have the opportunity to interact and have fun with teenagers every day. It takes a special kind of person to do what Mr. Sales and Mrs. Pramenko do every day, but after my conversations with them I think I might be interested in a future of educating/coaching. **
 * In my interviews with Mr. Sales and Mrs. Pramenko I asked a lot about what they enjoy about their jobs and things that weren’t as exciting for them. Both of them said how much they enjoy working with the kids and being able to interact with them while making a difference in the lives of these teens. They loved how they get the chance to improve the performance of the athletes and have fun with them at the same time. As for the things that weren’t as good, both said a hard part was the time it took away from being with their families. Mr. Sales said that some of the challenging parts of being a coach are the talent level he works with, the commitment from the kids, parents complaining, and keeping everything in perspective. What was challenging about being a PE teacher was that students set too low of expectations for themselves. Mrs. Pramenko said some challenges she faces as a cheer coach are when girls have injuries or grade problems close to competition dates. Both Mrs. Pramenko and Mr. Sales said that they knew for a very long time that they wanted to grow up to become an educator and coach. Mr. Sales said that he only had one cool PE teacher growing up that would interact with the kids and have a good time so he wanted to be like that and change the lives of kids he would get to hang out with. Mrs. Pramenko said she has always loved cheerleading and has learned so much from her experiences in cheerleading that she wanted to pass this on and change the lives of girls she would coach one day. When I asked what motivates you in your job the answer was very clear for both; hanging out with the kids. It’s very obvious how much these role models care about the teenagers they get to work with every day. **
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