Political Quotes

“when I introduced Transition to Teaching in October last year, I talked about my workday with Bill Aradine. He teaches 150 students, from 9th to 12th grade at North Marion High School near Ocala, FL. He teaches auto mechanics, and has sparked an interest in students that may lead to rewarding, lucrative, and challenging careers for them. But Mr. Aradine brings something else to his first year in North Marion High School--eleven years of on-the-job experience. He has years of experience in a local Chevrolet car dealership, and he is starting a second career in teaching. The students look at him with a different perspective: When he says that 'you will need to know this to succeed' they know that he knows. Having just come from the automotive industry, he teaches at the cutting edge. The information that he brings to his students is what he was actually doing in the workplace not that long ago. Mr. Aradine is also a bridge between North Marion High students and the world of employment. He offers them advice, counsel, and real-life connections to future jobs. As Bill Aradine made the mid-career transition into the teaching profession, students gained a valuable instructor and mentor, and North Marion High School was able to fill a vacancy and ease its teacher shortage.”