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Who is James Proctor? | Nick and Matt Show Clips
James Proctor is a unique individual with a passion for disc golf and teaching special education. In this interview on The Nick and Matt Show, James shares his story, from being born and raised two hours north of Seattle to moving to the city to live with his girlfriend who's pursuing graduate school. He opens up about his career as a special education teacher, highlighting the importance of making connections with students and the fulfillment he finds in this work. As a skilled disc golfer, James also discusses his accomplishments and the dedication it takes to excel in his sport. The conversation is an entertaining and informative look into the life of this talented individual, offering insights into the world of special education and competitive disc golf.
Watch James Proctor in action with Nick and Matt as they showcase clips of him competing at a thrilling tournament.
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welcome to the nick and matt show bringing the player interviews you want to hear and the hot topics you want to discuss streaming live on the foundation podcast youtube channel here's nick and matt uh let's go ahead and bring him in and find out a little bit about him uh how is it going james and uh where are you calling us from hey guys thanks for having me on the show uh it's going good i'm calling you from up in seattle washington is this where you're living is this the hometown for you yeah i was born and raised two hours north of where daylight is um and then in january of this year i moved up to seattle to live with my girlfriend who's going up here for grad school nice and are you so i mean we'll obviously get into this in the interview but do you work another job or you focus solely on disc golf at the moment i do i teach special education so wow it's very cool yeah very cool you probably already learning new things i love it yeah you probably get the wow often when someone says that um what does it take what does it take and i guess how do i say this because i want you to brag on yourself but that's hard to do what does it take to be a special education teacher um i think you know you just have to want to be there for the kids there's a lot of kind of politics that comes with education and and obviously they can you know all kids can be frustrating at times so i originally i went to school to teach high school math and then during my undergrad i found special education and students with disabilities and i just the work meant so much more to me making connections with those kids and and uh so i just you know i was really drawn to to that side and that specific group of students and uh it's part of the reason why i'm not on tour full-time is because i just love doing what i do so much so that's awesome incredible because you're obviously an incredibly gifted disc golfer as well as probably a very incredibly gifted teacher and so it's really cool where you're able to dedicate so...
