Frightening

One of our coaches here sent around a forwarded email that he received from another teacher/coach whose school will be closing in 3 or 4 years - "I'll have a teaching job, but coaching is why I teach."

Am I the only one who is frightened by that kind of sentiment?

I knew many guys in college who earned phy-ed degrees because they wanted to coach, not teach. But I thought that ended when they flooded the job market and had to find something else to do. Maybe this is the real reason why athletics are so driven in high schools. Maybe this is the real reason so many of test scores are low. What does it matter as long as we field athletics?

This kind of thinking sickens me.

I love coaching, but first and foremost, I'm a teacher. And it will never be any other way.