Teacher Spotlight Information

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Full name: Mr. Smith
Voice Mail: x322
Email: rjsmith@laca.org
Courses taught: Latin I - IV, Keyboarding
Started at NC: 1994
Other Activities at NC: Latin Club / NC Webmaster
Education: BA in Humanities/Classics from Ohio Wesleyan University
Marital status: Married for 10+ great years
Kids: no
Pets: 2 bi-lingual dogs: Ferox and Scipio
Where and when were you born: Lorain, OH quite some time ago
Any other jobs beside teaching: During high school and college: stockman at The Gap and Toys R Us, Delivered mail for a summer
Reason to decide to become a teacher: The challenge of making it interesting and the reward of seeing students succeed
Hobbies: woodworking, Star Wars collecting
Favorite book: The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
Favorite movie: Star Wars: A New Hope
Favorite food: Chicken Paprikas (dumplings)
Favorite restaurant: Buca diBeppo
Kind of car: Ford Focus
One of most memorable experiences: most recently, two weeks in Italy in summer 2004
Words of wisdom for the student body: Find out who you are and then be yourself.  Don't worry about impressing everyone else until you are happy.  Then it doesn't really matter what others think.