Hello and thanks for taking an interest in learning Okay, that's enough of that education crap.
more about me personally. I am married to an What I really like to do is run. I have been seriously
awesome woman, April, and we have a really competing in various events since 1983, when I
cool little two-year old boy named Kaiden. April was 15 years old. I was lucky enough to run at
is quite literally the love of my life and Kaiden the collegiate level where I surprisingly turned
is a huge spark in our lives. The picture you see out to be a pretty good miler. I hate to talk
in the background is us at Myrtle Beach during about how fast I used to be since my
the summer of 2008. philosophy is that you are only as good as
your last race. So, while I may not be able to
beat you anymore, I will most certainly race
Please keep in mind that teaching is really just you!
my profession and how I make a living in this
world. I earned my Ph.D. mostly because I wasn't
doing anything else at that point in my life. My I have also qualified and run the Boston
job does not define me at all! I hope that I am so Marathon. Lately, I have been doing 200 mile
much more than what I am in the classroom. On relays with friends such as Reach the Beach
the other hand, the way I am in the classroom is and Hood to Coast and competing in
basically the way I am in most all aspects of my life. duathlons and triathlons. I have done several
Olympic triathlons and a half-ironman (1.2
mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) as
I graduated from Clarion University in 1991 with well. I hope to compete in a full iron (you
degrees in Secondary Mathematics and Physics. I can double the distances) in another year or
then taught math, physics, and computer science so. I do okay at triathlons, but I am not that
in high schools in North Carolina for seven years strong of a swimmer. I do them because I
while earning my master's degree and beginning like to see how far I can push my body.
work on my Ph.D. at NC State. After moving back
to PA in 1999, I earned my Ph.D. from Kent State
University in Ohio in 2004. I enjoy playing most any other sport as well,
although they tend to hurt more as I get
I spend a lot of my time doing "educational" things; older!
mostly because I have to in order to do my job well.
However, I also do like it. I enjoy learning all I can Besides these things, I am involved in my
about the math I am teaching so I can be a better local church and enjoy studying the Bible
teacher, and I love to help others become the best and attempting to live my life the way God
teacher they can be. intended it.