Paul Bopp:
CLASS OF 1978
Albertus Magnus High SchoolClass of 1978
Bardonia, NY
St. Paul SchoolClass of 1974
Valley cottage, NY
St. Ann SchoolClass of 1974
Nyack, NY
Memorial High SchoolClass of 1973
Cedar grove, NJ
Lake Road Elementary SchoolClass of 1971
Valley cottage, NY
Paul's Story
Life
Stardate December 2000: I graduated from A.M. in June and started my new career at Pathmark. A funny thing about school: I've always seemed to do it as an aside to my job, much the way someone eats potato chips while watching T.V. You're really there to watch the game, but next thing you know the bag of chips is gone and you are now sick to your stomach.
Well, I started working and the next thing I know I'm done with RCC, done with STAC, a pile of student loans, and still not sure what I want to do when I grow up.
I did the common sense thing. I enlisted in the Marines. I will tell the truth, I had the best 8 years anyone ever could have hoped for. I traveled all over, went to MORE school, and settled in sunny California with my Jersey born wife, Danielle.
Not knowing what to do when I got out, I went ba...Expand for more
ck to school and got my Master's. Still not knowing, I tried several jobs before settling on a teaching position in Perris, C.A.
Finally, at 41 years, I THINK I know what I want to do.
UPDATE: Stardate December 2005. I am finally a credentialed teacher in the State of California (Hemet). I have taught successfully for 6 years fulltime and I can honestly say this is what I want to do.
UPDATE: Stardate December 2007. I am in my eighth year of teaching, I am at a great school (Acacia Middle School, Hemet, California), and I am loving life.
UPDATE: Stardate September 2008: Tonight at my school's Back to School Night I had a parent from my first yeaqr of teaching, nine years ago, come up to me and tell me I was the only teacher her daughter still talks about. I am in the greatest profession in the world.
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