P.E. Teacher Walter Marte has worked at Lincoln High School, Jersey City, for 26 years. He talks about how he feels about his career and what he does.
Panther Press: Where do you work as a P.E. teacher?
Walter Marte: I work [at] Lincoln High School, which is in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Press: Does anyone help you work or do you work by yourself?
Marte: I do team teaching. Another teacher and I team teach between 80-100 students every P.E. class.
Press: What sports do you teach?
Marte: [We do] football, basketball, kickball, speedball, floor hockey, and volleyball.
Press: What is your favorite sport to teach?
Marte: My favorite sport to teach is probably volleyball.
Press: Do you like watching sports?
Marte: Yes, I do enjoy watching pretty much all sports.
Press: What is your favorite sport to watch?
Marte: My two favorites to watch are football and boxing.
Press: What is your overall favorite sport?
Marte: When I was younger, I played football, but now I really can’t, so I do Fantasy Football. [Fantasy Football makes me feel good, and that makes me feel like football is still my favorite sport.]
Press: Do your students like you as a teacher?
Marte: I have a lot of students who like to hang out in the gym, and I try to make my class as fun as possible, so I think they [enjoy P.E. class with me].
Press: Do you like teaching?
Marte: I LOVE teaching!
Press: Why do you like teaching?
Marte: I love sports, and I love teaching students about sports, and while teaching students, I can recruit students for one of the teams in our school.
Press: Do you like your job or do you wish you had done something else?
Marte: I absolutely love my career and if I had to do it all over again, [I would teach P.E. all over again].
Press: How long have you been doing this?
Marte: I have been teaching for 26 years and I was the head coach of the boys and girls volleyball team for 21 years.
Press: Are you planning to keep going?
Marte: My goal is to do this for approximately 8-10 more years.
Press: Thank you for letting me interview you.
Marte: You’re welcome.
