they were fun for me. As I got older, and the competition became more serious for me in field hockey, he became my number one fan. Before every game he would say these words to me, Good luck, play hard, and have fun. With just that simple phrase, I knew that he and my mother were my supporters, my encouragers, and my biggest fans. My elementary and high school gym teachers, Mrs. Cline and Mr. Cutchall, were amazing individuals who, when I look back now, lived for teaching their students the importance of physical activity and how to push themselves to be their best. Their examples and the impressions they made on me as my teachers, definitely had an influence on my decision to study physical education. Even now the professors I have make it obvious to me that their main goal is to make their students better people; physically, mentally, and socially. Seeing their work makes me crave to be able to do the same for my students.I also chose a career in physical education because it is easy to see the benefits and outcomes of what you teach your students. As a teacher, not only can you see the results of your work through what the students do while they are playing, but also in their actions elsewhere. Children learn so much just from playing a simple game of softball. Lumpkin discusses these benefits or outcomes in her book, where she calls them objectives. She looks at three main objectives: Affective, Cognitive, and Psychomotor. I will also discuss a physical objective. These objectives are what we should see our students learning from our teachings as an educator.I think that the four developmental objectives are all very important, but if I have to place an order to them, the affective would be listed as number one. As a teacher, I think one big part of our job is to motivate the students and to encourage them. Being able to be the encourager while a student is up to bat or running the bases in a softball game, is a simpl...
