~ INTERVIEW~

I INTERVIEW MR. MAFFETT A TEACHER WHO TEACHES AT PIPER HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR SIX YEAR AT BLANCHE ELY THEN EVENTUALLY HE ATTEND PIPER HIGH SCHOOL.HE GREW UP IN WAS RAISE IN MICHIGAN AND HE ATTEND LANSING EASTERN HIGH WHERE HE DESIDED HE WANTED TO BE A BASKETBALL COACH, HE EVEN PLAYED ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WHICH WAS A DEFEATED TEAM IN HIS 10TH GRADE YEAR.HIS MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT AND HIGH SCHOOL WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL. THEN LATER ON HE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE KIDS SO HE DESIDED TO BE A TEACHER. ONE THING THAT REALLY ASPIRE HIM TO BE A TEACHER IS TO SEE HIS KIDS SUCEED AND GO ON WITH LIFE DOING THE RIGHT THING,THAT KEEPS HIM GOING EVERY DAY. HIS GOALS FOR ALL OF HIS KIDS (STUDENTS) EVEN HIS PLAYER ON HIS TEAM IS THE ACHIEVE, LIKE HIS FAVORITE ''QUOTE WAS BEING ''UNPREPARED IS PREPARING TO FAIL'' ASKING HIM WATS THE GREATEST THING ABOUT BEING A BENGAL HE SAYS HELPING THE STUDENTS.BUT HE HAD HES MOMENTS WITH KIDS THAT ARE UNDISIPLINE THATS ONE OF HIS PET PEVEES.BUT ASKING HIM DO HE ENJOY HIS JOB HE SAYS YES CAUSE HE MAKES THE BEST OF IT. I ASK HIM WAT DO HE THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT ELETION AND HE THINKS ITS A GREAT TO HAVE THE FIRST AFRCAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT THAT WOULD MAKE HISTORY. THEN ASKING HIM HOW DO HE FEEL ABOUT THE BUDGET CUT AND HE SAID THAT THEY COULD DO BETTER GIVING MONEY TO THE SCHOOL CAUSE THEY GIVE MORE MONEY TO SCHOOL THAT DONT REALLY NEED IT THEN TO THE SCHOOL WHO REALLY NEED IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I KNOW MY VERY OWN TEACHER, AND THE COACH OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM LOVES BOTH OF HIS JOBS. AND LOVES MAKING THE BEST FOR THE KIDS FUTURE.


JASMINE SAWYER
TEAHER MR MAFFETT
4TH BLOCK
9/17/08