I received a perfect grade including the speech to end precisely at ten minutes. Later that year while mowing the yard, I devised a story for a class assignment but only found time to finish it when having to read it aloud the next day. Only a schoolmate nearby realized my paper was blank. I admired my uncle who was a science teacher and considered that as a profession but college stimulated a fascination with psychology rather than a teaching certificate. However, the fields interplay considerably in the broad sense of learning as human behavior and more precisely in teaching psychology.
Psychology analyzes the process of learning and then communicates that knowledge.
I first began teaching professionally as a substitute teacher. They were good kids but so were the youngsters at the YMCA Day Care Center where I taught craft projects parttime one summer. There are lots of places and ways to teach and learn. I began teaching psychology in the classroom during the late 70's. Throughout my career I have taught in an adjunct capacity at several colleges, fulltime at others, and now find myself in a tenure track position making a contribution to education in a number of capacities.