A View Into My Life

Hello my name is AJ Phillips, and I a senior at Henderson State University.  This is my second College I have attended after I got out of high school, at my first College I spent two years there and completed my Associate Degree and graduating with a 3.94 GPA. This spring semester is my last semester I will attend Henderson, and the following fall I will start my internship.  I am majoring in Physical Education, where I will be certified to teach Physical Education K-12, and I plan on getting my coaching endorsements, and become a certified math teacher.

Through my life my family and I have lived in different states throughout my life.  We have lived in North Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and finally moved to Arkansas where we live now.  While I was growing up I followed in my father's foot steps, even when I was young I was told that I had a southern accent in the way I talk.  When we moved to Arkansas I got into hunting and fishing even more than I was when I was younger. I always loved being in the outdoors, and during my free time or on my time off, I tend to go out into the woods and walk around, or go out onto the lake to fish to settle down my nerves. 

I graduated from Poyen High School in 2010, where I was a starter on the baseball and basketball teams. I have two older sisters who are 5 and 10 years older than I am.  My oldest sister's name is Jennifer and my other sister's name is Tracy, both of them are married now and have a family of their own.  Our parents name's are Tim and Debbie Phillips, who raised the three of us the right way and have taught us how to live right and to be responsible for our own actions. 

Throughout my whole life I have been very involved in sports, I have played baseball my whole life and have also played soccer, basketball, and football.  My whole family loves to watch baseball, and our favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals, who we are watching and hoping to make the World Series this 2013 year. Since I was young, I have always loved to play sports and to help others in need.  The reason I want to become a teacher, is to help students learn the most that they can, and I want to help them make the most out of their lives.  While I was in school I always enjoyed sports but on the academic side I always loved the subject of math.  I plan on becoming a high school math teacher and the head coach for the baseball team. I want to help students succeed on and off the field, I hope I can watch all these students become successful adults and live great lives.