Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~Steve Jobs
All About Finn
*Teaching high school English since 2002.
*Coached IHSSA, NFL, plays, swimming, and basketball
*Sponsored Journalism, Independent Film Club, Spoken Word Poetry, Knowledge Bowl, and more.
My wife, Kaitlin, is a Chemistry teacher in Cedar Rapids. Mick and Nora Jane are my son and daughter.
I love all things English, but especially film, rhetoric, and independent, critical thinking.
*Coached IHSSA, NFL, plays, swimming, and basketball
*Sponsored Journalism, Independent Film Club, Spoken Word Poetry, Knowledge Bowl, and more.
My wife, Kaitlin, is a Chemistry teacher in Cedar Rapids. Mick and Nora Jane are my son and daughter.
I love all things English, but especially film, rhetoric, and independent, critical thinking.
My Teaching Philosophy
What Students Can Get From My Classes
1.A Reawakening of CREATIVITY and PASSION
(Ideas & Passion make you an interesting person)
2.The realization that THERE ARE NO RIGHT ANSWERS
(…Just better answers: more informed, more revealing, or more interesting).
3.The tools to UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN WORLD
(…So that you can change it for the better).
4.The ability to THINK FOR YOURSELF
(Logical and critical thinking that is generated by sifting through others’ ideas)
5.READING, WRITING, & SPEAKING SKILLS
(…to go to college, to get a job, to become a better person)
1.A Reawakening of CREATIVITY and PASSION
(Ideas & Passion make you an interesting person)
2.The realization that THERE ARE NO RIGHT ANSWERS
(…Just better answers: more informed, more revealing, or more interesting).
3.The tools to UNDERSTAND THE HIDDEN WORLD
(…So that you can change it for the better).
4.The ability to THINK FOR YOURSELF
(Logical and critical thinking that is generated by sifting through others’ ideas)
5.READING, WRITING, & SPEAKING SKILLS
(…to go to college, to get a job, to become a better person)
"We need to teach children how to think rather than what to think" ~Margaret Mead– Margaret Mead
Ideas that Inspire My Philosophy:
Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things. ~Ken Kesey
|
|
|
|
|
|