61歲終圓教師夢

年齡只是一個數字，誰說60歲就該在家中頤養天年？為了實現兒時的教師夢，他重新走進校園，獲得教學資格，在61歲時終于夢想成真。他教給學生的不僅僅是知識，還有他豐富的人生經歷和堅持夢想的精神。 Host： He’s just starting out as a middle school science teacher at the age of 61.

Hostess： He says it’s something that he’s always wanted to do，and now he’s getting a chance to do it.

Larry： Your favorite subject in school...

Reporter： When you watch Larry McIntosh in front of his seventh-grade science class at DeeDee Middle School，you’d probably never guess this is his first day.

I’m trying to figure out a way to put that.You’re older than your average first-year teacher.

Larry： I’m an old guy teaching for my first year.Reporter： But at 61 years old，McIntosh is a first-year teacher，and “this，” he says，“is the fulfillment of a dream after years of working in other fields.” He went back to school himself to get his Masters in Education a few years ago，and got his certification.

Larry： Principal Ranier here at DeeDee Middle School has given me the opportunity to actually，you know，stand in front of kids and teach.

（to students）Try your very best.

男主持人：他現年61歲，剛剛開始當中學科學老師。

女主持人：他說這是他一直想做的事情，現在，他有機會了。

拉里：你在學校最喜歡的科目……

記者：你看到拉里·麥金托什站在迪迪中學的課堂講臺上，給七年級的學生上科學課，你一定想不到這是他在這兒當老師的第一天。

我在想該如何說這句話——你比一般的新老師要老。

拉里：我是個老家伙，教學生涯的第一年剛開始。

記者：麥金托什61歲了，但卻是一位新老師，他說：“在其他領域工作多年后，我終于實現了夢想。”幾年前，他自己回到學校學習，獲得了教育碩士學位，取得了教師資格。

拉里：迪迪中學的校長雷尼爾給了我這個機會，讓我終于可以真正地給孩子們上課。

（對學生說）盡你的所能去做。

Reporter： And that’s exactly what he did.Mr.McIntosh and his wife have two kids of their own，a 15-year-old and a 6-year-old，and he relishes the idea that he gets to shape young minds at home and at work.

Larry： The hope they have and the interest they show and the promise that’s there，you know，there’s nothin’ else.

Reporter： Seventh-grade science touches on different areas...

Larry： We have a period of time where we go over plants and...and cell structure，and we’re gonna

do the 1）periodic table.

Reporter： There’s a lot of work in the school year ahead.

Larry： In seventh grade you really hit everything.

Reporter： But，on this first day of school，Mr.McIntosh has the energy of any other new professional and the life experience of a veteran teacher.

Larry： And one of the things about science is，it is such an exciting，it’s such a fun field，that it’s really easy for me to keep them interested.

Host： He was in the financial industry，he worked in food management，but it’s really great.So many people go through life thinking “I always wished I’d did this...”

Hostess： Yeah.

Host： ...And he made it happen.

Hostess： He said he started with this dream when he was in Junior High and there was a band teacher who just had an impact on him，and since then，he’s wanted to be a teacher.

記者：他正是這么做的。麥金托什先生和他的妻子育有兩個孩子，一個15歲，一個6歲，所以他不管是在家還是上班，都能教育孩子，這讓他非常開心。

拉里：他們心懷希望，他們充滿好奇，前程似錦，你知道，這就足夠了。

記者：七年級的科學課涉及不同的領域……

拉里：我們有一段時間是學習植物和……細胞結構的，然后我們會學習元素周期表。記者：這一學年有很多工作要做吧。

拉里：七年級階段，你真的所有領域都會接觸到。