Hello,
My name is Paul Cirlincione and I am a 5th year senior, majoring in Health and Physical Education, and hope to graduate this coming May. I love everything about sports: The teamwork, the effort, the responsibility, the fun and the competition are few things to start. In high school I was only a two sport person of Football and Baseball. That is all I really played and all I really wanted to know. However, in my last two years of high school, I had a teacher which really got me interested in playing other sports besides Football or Baseball. The way he taught other sports like soccer, basketball, and even tennis made me want to practice those sports just as much as the sports I truly loved. This combined with some great MSU professors got me hooked into wanting to teaching Physical Education. Most people in life always talk about their job and their passion or hobby as two or even three different parts of their life. The great thing about physical education is I can do what I love to do and am passionate about every day and get paid to do it.
One activity I am involved in outside of school is coaching, which to me goes hand in hand with teaching physical education. They always say the best teachers are coaches, and the best coaches are teachers. I love working with children and young adults on their skills, abilities, and attitudes towards sports. Right now I am currently coaching football at Livingston High School in New Jersey. This is my third season as a coach and I know there will be many more years to come. I cannot even begin to describe the feeling I get from helping my players become better athletes as well as better people in life. Eventually, I hope to be coaching at the collegiate or professional level.
In general, I do not read a whole lot. However, lately I have been reading some books written by college and professional coaches on coaching (surprise surprise), which in turn has gotten me more into reading and has had me grabbing any other book I can get my hands on.
I am very excited to graduate this spring and to see what life has in store for me.
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You're right, Paul. Not all that many people get paid to do what they love. I feel lucky to be one of those people -- especially when I talk to others whose jobs really grind them down over time.
I've also begun to wonder in what ways we are too wedded to work in our culture. We work harder than ever before, but are making less and taking less time off. It feels like there's a wrong balance there, somehow.
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