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. |