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Overview

  • 22 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
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  • 53, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • I provide professional development to teachers and school...
  • to much of the stuff in classrooms not enough of the stuf...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION : Get back to what is right and important. And doing it.

To have no regrets...PLEASE READ PROFILE

ABOUT ME

pretty optomistic, love to have fun, laugh and experience stuff...reader, writer, teacher...hmmm relatively easy going but like to be part of the decision making.

PLEASE HAVE REFERENCES or REVIEWS if you want to stay with me...thank you.

PHILOSOPHY

Push yourself, feel uncomfortable, don't get stuck and shrug it off...change for the sake of change is really good...don't get stuck...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm interested in hosting, meeting people and being a good person for those on the road. Had a great time surfing in Spain this past summer ... can't wait to do it again..and really love the hosting part.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far pretty great...love the kind of people that want to do this, love to explain to people who don't understand the experience of meeting strangers who want to meet you...love the beers and coffees.

Interests

Tons of interests, but my favorite is getting to know people, reading, traveling, the news, I love my job and enjoy becoming better at it..which is an interest.

  • writing
  • architecture
  • beer
  • clothing
  • news
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • surfing
  • teaching
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Sedaris, travel, kids books by the dozen...sci fi...star trek, wars, gate...cheezy sci fi movies, books that help me become a better teacher...short articles...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Spain for 7 weeks: I'm an active HOME EXCHANGER too! I danced back up for Gloria Gaynor while she sang 'I will survive' on a tv show...in 70's clothing...Surfed in Madrid twice...taught English in Salamanca...FREE ROOM AND BOARD..ask me how! Snorkelers between the tectonic plates in Iceland.

Teach, Learn, Share

Perceptions of the US, perceptions of the world, points of view, reading, changes in their life that I might pick pocket...architecture..foods...history..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, Germany, Iceland, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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