This is my sixth year as a language arts teacher at West Port High School and my third year as a communications department adjunct professor at College of Central Florida. I have taught 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grade language arts, as well as courses in the dual enrollment program and on campus at CF. Before becoming a teacher, I was an ESE paraprofessional at Horizon Academy. I’m married to a teacher, and my wife and I have three eccentric children. I enjoy stuff like polyhedral dice and pull-ups.

Although we won’t be reading these books in class, I highly recommend them: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Zen and the Birds of Appetite by Thomas Merton, and Convict Conditioning by Paul Wade.

A book can change your life.