
Earl Bench
Social Science Teacher
Buena Park High School
Buena Park, CA USA
“I believe that you have to put yourself out there to get what you want in life and that it all starts with you.”
Buena Park High School
Buena Park, CA USA
“I believe that you have to put yourself out there to get what you want in life and that it all starts with you.”
Social Science Teacher
Mr. Bench teaches high school students US History and AP Psychology.
I don't take a lot of work home, other than like lesson plan ideas or a here's a cool TedTalk or here's something I can do or maybe grading something digitally. On a typical day, I'm not doing much work outside of school. It is more responding to emails and things like that. Now I have a lot better work life balance. A typical work day for me is teaching AP Psychology first period and four periods of US History.
Here's the first step for everyone
I believe that you have to put yourself out there to get what you want in life and that it all starts with you. You can be the change of your future, but you just have to be willing to do what it takes. Also, just communicating with others can just be so beneficial.
"Mr. Bench was told by his high school's counselor that the Marines were the right place for him and that it would straighten him out. A friend's mom told him that "College isn't for everybody. Keep working in a warehouse, you'll do fine.""
I'll probably be teaching for (this is my 21st year) and I'll probably teach for 17 more years...I don't see myself doing admin [work]. If anything...if I felt like if it was getting mundane, I would be changing up, teaching a new class.
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