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。