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Where
in the World are the Teachers of El Segundo?
by Lindsey Saldin, Staff Writer
After the question of what really goes on in the faculty lounge, the
mystery of what teachers do over the summer might be a close second.
Anyone who has ever seen their teacher outside of school such as at
the grocery store or driving around town cannot deny that they were
shocked at the concept that teachers have lives outside of lesson
plans, obnoxious pencil sharpeners, grading papers, and maps that
never seem to go back up after they pull them down. After
interviewing a few members of the faculty at ESHS, we found that
this summer most went to the places all over the Earth only talked
about in geography class, and also spent valuable time with friends
and family.
Mr. Harris had a "summer with the
boys," in this case referring to the Boy's Water Polo Team. "There
were eight straight weekends where we played tournament after
tournament." After being around water in its liquid state at the
pools, he then saw it in its solid form on his cruise through the
snowy and icy inward passage of Alaska and also in his drive to the
Yukon Territory in Canada.
One indication that Miss Fetcho had a
summer of change was that she came back as Mrs. Munger. She said she
had a "nice, short ceremony followed by a big party where we got to
spend time with our friends and family," and also traveled to Maui
with her friends for snorkeling and touring. "The most interesting
thing for me was watching the sunrise in Hana over the ocean. I've
lived in California all my life, so I'm not used to seeing the sun
come out of the ocean!"
Kirstie Alley should watch her job as
the Jenny Craig spokeswoman because Mrs. Brown lost 50 pounds over
the summer! She states, "My horses (Tuesday and Hazar), have been my
inspiration to lose the weight and keep it off (along with some help
from the school district staff's own Weight Watchers
program)…because weight gain would be problematic for horse riding."
The Bay Eagle would like to congratulate her on this inspirational
achievement! Also, Mrs. Brown flew to England with her son Alex to
be around the familiar British accents she grew up with. Her son
"watched some of the British soaps…and discovered that they allow
much more risqué language/action than on American T.V.!"
Mr. Lund had a similar experience to
Jake Gyllenhaal in The Day After Tomorrow. He says that he was
fishing in the Bahia de Los Angeles when he was caught in the eye of
a storm! He also went water skiing twice, and went to Lopez Lake and
Palm Springs.
For Ms. Cobb, Señora Delello, and Mr.
Doering, quality family time was at the top of their lesson plans
for vacation. Ms. Cobb states she "enjoyed most spending time with
my grandchildren, ages two and four, especially our dinosaur
projects: reading dinosaur books and making T-Rex tracks in the
sand. Amazing how little kids love to learn new vocabulary words!"
If only students had the same work ethic as her grandchildren!
Señora Delello said, "I went on vacation with my family to South
Carolina and Washington where I …got to spend some time with my son,
Jared, who is in the Marines." Finally Mr. Doering and his family
embraced Utah, where they took a rafting trip, hiked through Deer
Valley, watched a baseball game, and similar to Ms. Cobb, went to a
dinosaur museum.
After my interviews with a part of
the faculty at ESHS, we realize that the teachers here might have
secretly had their suitcases packed underneath their desks and hit
the road as soon as school was out. This is supported by how a
teacher once jokingly said that, "The best part of being a teacher
is June, July, and August." However, every single person on the
faculty certainly deserves a break and spend time with their kids,
and we are not talking about the thirty they have from 7:45 - 3:45
Monday through Friday. For when the school year comes around,
whether they can tell their class about the Yukon or their near
death fishing experience, they come back with more knowledge to pass
onto their students and a recharged battery for another year at ESHS.
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