Chris Harris
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¨ What do you teach?
What grades do you teach?
¨ Have you ever
wanted to be in the Navy like your dad?
¨ How many years have
you been teaching? Why did you choose this job?
¨ What kind of food
is in your cafeteria?
¨ How big is your
school? How big is your classroom?
¨ What do you have to
say to someone who would want your job because it is
their dream?
¨ When you were a
child what did you want to be?
¨ What is your
favorite part of teaching?
¨ How has your
teaching career changed your life? How has your
teaching taught you?
¨ What are some of your hobbies?
¨ WWhat is your favorite cartoon or TV
channel?
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QUESTION:
What do you teach? What grades do you teach?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
I teach Computer Class, Website design to grades 7-12 at
Equity American School in Guatemala.
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QUESTION:
Have you ever wanted to be in the Navy like your dad?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Not really, except to learn how to fly helicopters.
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QUESTION:
How many years have you been teaching? Why did you
choose this job?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Officially 1, but I used to teach at a summer
conservation/natural sciences camp (for 7 years). I
chose this job because I like kids.
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QUESTION:
What kind of food is in your cafeteria?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Good. Burritos, Lasagna, chicken nuggets.
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QUESTION:
How big is your school? How big is your classroom?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Small. There are 50 kids in the high school. My
classroom is teenie tiny. Our school is an old
converted house and I think I'm in one of the broom
closets.
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QUESTION:
What do you have to say to someone who would want your
job because it is their dream?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Remember that you are doing it for the kids, and that the
example you set is in many ways more important than the
materials you teach - why? because it is an incredibly
influential job.
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QUESTION:
When you were a child what did you want to be? Why?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Never really had a "I want to be a fireman"
type idea when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to
travel, and that's what I'm doing.
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QUESTION:
What is your favorite part of teaching?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Knowing that you can really light up a students interest
in something they never knew about before or thought they
would like.
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QUESTION:
How has your teaching career changed your life? How
has your teaching taught you?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
It made me really realize the gift of patience. To
be a teacher, you need to be prepared. You have to
be patient.
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QUESTION:
What are some of your hobbies?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Basketball, Traveling, Hiking, Camping, Cooking
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QUESTION:
What is your favorite cartoon or TV channel?
ANSWER
from Chris Harris on 27 May 2001:
Any channel with lots of nature shows or Red Sox games.
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