Students enjoy my sense of humor. Fellow teachers report that my high school classes feel like a college classroom. I strive to combine fun and rigor while teaching while trying to impart both an understanding and an enthusiasm for each subject I teach. Like Aristotle, my hero, I seek expertise in many branches of knowledge. My philosophy is his, that "all people by nature desire to know."

I have had the distinct pleasure of seeing many of my former students go on to become teachers ...