Jesus M., Vieney C., Herman E., Jose G., and we interviewed Coach Mar on Wednesday November 14th. He told us that he has been working as a teacher for thirty years. We learned about some opinions about his salary and what he is doing after he retires. Here are some other questions and answers from the interview:
1. Q: What is your full name?
A: Francisco Bert Mar.
2. Q: Why did your parents choose that name?
A: Francisco was his dad’s name.
3. Q: Where are you from?
A: San Angelo, Texas.
4. Q: Why are you retiring?
A: It’s time; he wants to take some time with his wife.
5. Q: What are you planning to do after you retire?
A: He is planning to go fishing, relax, and do things that people that are retired do.
6. Q: Is this the career that you always wanted?
A: Yes this is the career that he always wanted, and he is also a Probation Officer.
7. Q: What did you wanted to be when you were a child?
A: He didn’t know, because in his time they didn’t think that far, they did not have that many opportunities.
8. Q: Do you think that your salary is worth what you do?
A: No, it’s not worth it, because “We have the future of America in our hands (students) we go to college for five years to become teachers and then we still take courses for the rest of our life to teach, and yet other people in other fields with less education get paid more.”
9. Q: Why did you choose to be a P.E. teacher?
A: He was good in sports and figured that he can work with kids through sports.
10. Q: How long have you been working as a teacher?
A: He has been working as teacher for 30 years.
11. Q: What sport do you like the most?
A: He loves Tennis, but he played Football, Baseball, Track, Soccer, and he was a state wrestler.
12. Q: How many County titles did you win when you were a child?
A: He won two County titles when he was in Brownell in 1961 and 1962.
13. Q: What Football team do you like the most?
A: He likes the 49ers, but he is a Jeff Garcia fan, so right now he is going for Tampa Bay.
14. Q: What Soccer team do you like the most?
A: He likes Chivas and he used to like the Earthquakes.
15. Q: How many kids do you have?
A: He has two sons; they are 34 and 38 years old.
16. Q: Have you ever worked in the fields?
A: He has been working in the fields since he was seven years old. He picked cotton, prunes, strawberries, apricots, walnuts, tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, and thin sugar beets.
