Wade Bass 101

I grew up in Nampa my entire life with my two sisters (one older one younger) and my parents. I attended kindergarten through high school at Melba, A very small town of 800 and even smaller school. My Graduating class had 64 other kids. Throughout my life so far I have developed a love and passion for sports and competition. My favorite sport is Basketball which I one day hope to be a coach for at a high school level. I am currently the manager for the Boise State Woman’s Basketball team and am a freshman here at Boise State.

Being a high school basketball coach would really just be a bonus to the career I truly am pursing which is being a high school teacher. Growing up I never thought I would want to teach but over time I realized that having an opportunity to inspire and mentor people was something I would love to be able to do. My best teachers helped me become a better person in and out of the classroom. I believe that if I can help young people discover who they are and improve them as individuals I will have lived a successful life.

I want to teach History, American Government, and Sociology to start off my career and probably work towards being certified in other areas as I go. I want to teach at a smaller high school so that I can teach multiple subjects, plus I like how smaller schools tend to have a more connected feeling with everyone involved. History and political science have always fascinated me from an early age. I love thinking about how things were and how and why things have changed to the way they are today. I hope to be able to spread my excitement to my future students because I will definitely try whether they want me to or not.