Your Questions, answered - Period 1

1. Am I difficult person?  I hope not.  I will tell you that I really want to educate and challenge what you might already know.  So, I appreciate your participation and especially your patience.  
2. Why a teacher and not join the military?  I really enjoy humanity.  I also could never kill anyone...
3. How long have I been teaching?  Around 3 years.
4. What type of person are you?  I am passionate about politics and changing the game.  I LOVE ART. I am here to help you learn so whatever I can do to help you accomplish this and guide you let me know.
5. hahaha Why would I come back to the worse place ever?  Yes, high school can be, well, challenging, if not insane at times.  However, I have always found my students to be an awesome part of my day.
6. Where am I from? What college did I go to?  I was born in Long Beach.  I have gone to 3 colleges.  I have a Bachelors degree from the University of California, San Diego in Political Science and International Relations, a Masters from Queen's University, Belfast in International Politics, and am working on a teaching credential at Cal State Dominquez Hills.  I am considering a PhD in political psychology. 
7. I wanted to be a teacher for two reasons.  1.  The moment "the light goes on" and you guys understand something makes me very happy.  2.  Around 40% of students do not graduate high school.  I want to do my part to decrease that.
8. I lived in Cordoba, Spain for 4 months and Belfast, Northern Ireland for 7 years.
9. A good student is a person who nurtures their curiosity.  Many times students can feel either bored or frustrated with a subject.  I have found though that anyone can learn anything.  You must do two things though:  not fear the process (and sometimes the frustration of learning) and two, open yourself to all subjects.
10. The funnest thing I have done is travel.  Go see the world youngens.  It is awesome and insane and worth seeing. 
11. How will my class benefit you?  One, ALL education makes you stronger.  Two, most great events in the world were run by people who knew their history and how to control, maintain and manipulate power.  Learning history can help you avoid mistakes and maybe give you the tools to change things for your generation.
12. I am 475 years old and that means I have survived my mistakes and made some good choices too!