| Administrator and Teacher Interview | Julia Deaton | Christine Kirchner | Edu 310 | 11/3/2012 |

For my administrator and teacher interview I chose to interview Donnie Drew from Commerce High School where I live here in Georgia and Amberly Neese an English teacher here at Grand Canyon University. I chose Mr. Drew to interview first and for my administrator because he is an educator that I have looked up to since a very young age. I chose Mrs. Neese because she is the first teacher I have encountered here at GCU so far who has truly made a long, lasting impression on me as a person. Based on Mr. Drew and Mrs. Neese’s responses a few things were actually very similar. In fact, the answers that were similar are that; they both are educators who have a master’s degree; they both would recommend teaching only to people with a passion for it. They are also similar because they both have fellow teachers in their families, they both live in the communities they teach in, and both believe the greatest benefit of teaching is being able to influence and help children. Out of both of my interviews with Mr. Drew and Mrs. Neese only a few things stood out in stark contrast. These responses were; Mr. Drew has been an educator for almost 50 years while Mrs. Neese for almost 20, Mr. Drew began teaching because of a love of young people and sports, Mrs. Neese because of a love of children, helping people and because she wanted to be a good influence unlike some of her past teachers. I learned a lot about being an insider in the field of education during the two interviews I conducted. I learned from both interviews that the field of education is not for the light hearted. That education can be fun but also very challenging, and that the best way to succeed in this field is to ignore the politics around you and just worry about your job and the children around