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this is the multi Singletary signing on with a very special guest with me today Mr English so you tomorrow interviewing you today so if there are no further introduction / messing up a vocabulary let's get it to the questions my first question when did you graduate from school my goodness you're asking me age questions now right okay well I graduated Swansea High School in 1982 I graduated the University of South Carolina in 1986 I graduated Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary in 1989 I graduated since Southern Wesleyan University and education in 2009 and in 2011 I graduated from the University of Phoenix for educational leadership and supervision I mean hey that's impressive though but less the okay Mark off this one mark of this one okay what college station University go to you already answered what was your reason for going to those colleges University South Carolina because basically that was that was my team growing up love the Gamecocks and when I got there my major was psychology and while I was there I got the call to be a minister and so that's why I went to Seminary at Southwestern in Fort Worth and I decided it's time for education and that's why I went to the other two colleges hey pretty good goal to me I wish I could have most of those goals let's see when you graduate from school did you have any other college did the universities you want to go to Wild why not no not really I was pretty happy with my choices I had a few options Carolina just kind of fit me I was coming from a small town I wanted to see what it was like to go to a large school have a different environment and I kind of enjoyed it but I mean sometimes you make out looking and you just don't what means you're one of the lucky ones and thank the Lord for that okay anyways how many degrees did you graduate with and call it Rice University and what was the name of those degrees okay I have an associate of Arts from Anderson University I have a BS in Psychology and a minor in business from South Carolina have a masters of divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary the masters of education from Southern Wesleyan University and a masters of education from Phoenix University BS degree Bachelor science where can I request a good catch this question yes sir thank you next question what made you want to become a school principal oh and the case are high school principal it was not a it was not a goal of mine when I was your age father was a school superintendent and I had no desire to follow in his footsteps I felt like we didn't have a lot of privacy or in stuff like that it didn't want to do it and it's funny that I made a full circle to loving what I do I ended up being a principal by starting as a teacher I'll be coming to behavior Behavior specialist and Aiken County then an assistant principal and then a principal I ended up at McCormick is first assistant principal principal well another pop-up question was the principal he didn't very good job he was set a good example for me to follow up that's right okay next question what are your daily / yearly perks of being a school principal and what do you like about me okay I think about that for a second being a and this is not a perk but we are a high school principal is probably one of the hardest jobs because of the amount of hours you have to work but the park is UC how do you say the students come in his freshman and you just like oh my goodness are they going to make it and when they're seniors and they're going off the colleges and they're getting these great job it just is just so over whelming Lee joyful to see the difference that the school has made and I'm being part of a great team at McCormick High School is that that is just Joy on on Heather did I just I just love it we have a a team that I enjoy coming to work with but biggest park students it's it's fun to go and see our students perform with his the band where there is athletic is fun to see our students in classrooms I want to see a student like you take advantage of this program in the Meathead just seeing those that student growth that dude and engagement and that student excitement and I want to see our students just take pride in the fact that they're from McCormick McCormick is a gray place to be from a little town with so much history you just wouldn't like for first people that visited you just wouldn't believe that there's so much history in such a small little town well not really dated but kind of small community but I understand you on that one so next question woke if you had a job what was your job before you became a principal if you do if have a job did you like it and why before I became a principal course I was the assistant principal so I'll go before that because that's all my time in Mccormick I was a behavior specialist for the Aiken County Public School District and that was a feeling job in that I got to go and work with teachers and students who are just having difficulty and I kind of found my Niche I found out that I really love students that I enjoy teachers pictures too but I found a joy and just seeing students who are struggling graduate students who had no hope find Hope students that just did not see a future find a future and even today they still contact me I just it just makes me just quiver with joy when he talked to for but to the people that graduated long before an hour personally that would make make me feel like a bunch of Joyce Atwell old they still remember me when you say that okay okay what what do when after you retire not saying you ever will but this feels like a little question you know I haven't really thought that through to be honest I enjoy living in Mccormick I enjoyed I enjoy the privacy because I live out in the woods and I enjoy that and I enjoy the just the folksy attitude I enjoy the fact most of the time that everyone knows everybody people will ask me about sometimes my family or I'll ask them about their family because we all know each other I think that's a positive and it kind of brings a community together when you when you know each other and even more importantly when you care about each other I can't say there's any people in Mccormick that I've met here that I just I would say oh I don't care about that people be that person because I just find them intriguing I find most people in Mccormick original and I find most people in the car I just to be friendly and welcoming to put that in my notes hashtag on special occasion anyway when you first became a principal was hard for you for the first few weeks while why not why I tell you to my JD the first few months I was the assistant principal I was ready to go I was like I had this is not for me I am not going to make it as the what went on I started just speaking with the students and getting to know the students and understanding why they were doing some of the things they were doing at that time and I had a difficult start but I got my feet on him and became principal then I got to really reach out and have conversations for students find out what students needed find out what students needed to be successful and my whole view of McCormick in the school just changed in the reason it is because of the students humans have superpowers if you watching this kids remember that okay do you like working with your fellow co-workers or in your case teachers have been here a while now so most of the teachers here I hired and so you do I'm going to hire people that I think are best for our school and I also I think I've hired people that are just they just love children because that's the main the most important thing about working in the school you got to love children if you don't love children and by children I mean students you're in the wrong business because as you probably know even at a young age some children can try you but the staff I work with they show compassion and concern my student that's number one that is the most important thing to me they get along very well there's not a whole lot of back by in the back stabbing or anything like that and they care about each other and so my front office takes really good care of me I don't know what I would do without Miss Talbot or Miss Belton or Miss Martin or mr. Davis and honestly I don't know what I would do without my content teachers because I'm going to be honest with you I don't know what mr. camp knows about science I don't know what Miss Kinsler and mr. Johnson and his Fenwick know about mad so I have to trust that they do and I've been fortunate because they really know their content areas it has been wonderful to work with Ms Alex she's bringing a hold Dimension with his broadcasting room that we have now whoever whoever would have thought that McCormick would have what we have here is a lyrics listen to history anyway what what brings you Joy at the end of the year like every at the end of every school year what brings you Joy I tell you it's extremely joyful but it's also sad when my seniors leave I'm happy form I'm so glad they made it through four years I'm happy to know that they have an education that they can progress they can go to college they can go to a career hopefully of their choice if they work hard enough but I also hate to see him go when they go across that stage take the hand I'm happy but I'm also a little sad because I'm thinking I'll probably see him again but it's going to be totally different you know it's kind of like when a child leaves the house you know it's still your child but it's different so it's always a very joyful time graduation but it's also just a little emotional for me as well for years with the first thing but joyful in ending okay well this question can connect to this one do you like the way you do it I like the way that I that I principal handle like your seniors moving on I would like to do more I think myself and we as a school needs to do a better job of making sure that my seniors have choices and the way you get choices is that you prepare yourself you've got have good grades you need to take advantage of the Piedmont check Lander Abbeville whatever cuz we have most everything and I need my students to take advantage of that I need my students to apply for college I need my students to make sure they've got money through scholarship scholarship there out there and every year it is so hard to get students to get that free money because they have to do a little bit and so if I had something I would do differently really as far as the seniors I'm just going to really push because they need to graduate and have choices you know if you think about yourself as you come to high school and you finish High School wouldn't it be nice to have called you saying we want you instead of you saying I got to take what's left because I didn't work hard in high school is so as you come over transition High School I really want you to work hard so you when you graduate you go across the stage and you have all of these choices well McCormick high school I'm glad that Mr English was so nice and joining me for this kind of strange but kind of first for me interview but anyway I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day McCormick high school I will see you tomorrow have a good week

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