Well, I checked in, now a pictorial of my life.
In 1990, I graduated from Lafayette College with a BS in chemistry and a PA teaching certificate. For the first 5 years of my teaching career (all of it in the Stroudsburg Area School District), I taught 7th grade life science at the now nonexistant Stroudsburg Middle School. I luckily got transferred to the high school and now I have been teaching chemistry (all levels) for the past 11 years.
I got my Masters in Education from Wilkes University (have a degree, get alumni newsletter, but have NEVER stepped on campus), and I am currently taking as many online courses as my district will allow to move horizontally across the payscale.
In 1995, I finally moved out of the house when I bought a house (433 16th Ave., Bethlehem) with my fiancee, Trina Ruth.
In 1996, we bought two dogs, A rottweiller named Charles Wade Bark-Lee (RIP 7/10/05) and an English bulldog named King Louie Albert III (still going strong and about to turn 11 on March 13th). For a few years our "boys" were our children.
On October 4th, 1996, Trina and I got married (after we bought the house and got the dogs).
On January 31st, 1999, my first son, Trae Stephen Freeman was born, and my life totally changed. Life continued with two dogs and a son for three and a half years. Then, on July 28th, 2002, my second son, Liam Edward Freeman was born, and the house was starting to get cramped. The two boys are constantly fighting and keep my vocal cords sore. I dont' think I talk to them, just order them and yell alot.
Now, in 2006, I continue to make students lives miserable for 180 days, but some of them actually appreciate my stern, to-the-point, no-punches-pulled, no-BS method of teaching. I have a nasty reputation for being "hard", when I just think I am trying to prepare them as best as possible. Most complain, but so many have come back to thank me for being tough, because they are being successful at the college level.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Now, my life since CHS
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26 comments:
Steve,
Thanks for the update and the fond memories you keep posting.
Are the blue font suppose to launch pictures? If so, they aren't working correctly.
double the picture question, thought maybe it was just my computer. nice bio steve
steve - send me the links in an email and i'll see if i can see how you screwed it all up.
it might just be a matter of having spaces on your file names. maybe use an undersccore instead.
Stve, Where are the pics? No IT at Lafayette?
Steve, links don't work. :-(
Does anyone remember when Mr. Cadden threw Nogales' desk across the room?
I think I fixed the problems, check again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Robb - Was the NO IT at Lafayette comment supposed to be a joke because I did not have working images. I checked it out, and Yahoo NO LONGER allows pictures on their server to be shared (unless you pay a per month charge).
Now that you don't live up the street anymore, this is the only way I can pick on you. Great to hear things are good. Let's get the Reunion set. Let me know if you need help.
Wait a minute Tim. You have the same free time as us, since you have time to check up on us. haha..
how appropriate that freeman is the blog over achiever:
he starts the scheckler roll, then the lincoln roll, and now he is plugging colleges and posting linked photos left and right.
dude, class prez to winning a gold medal in the blog olympics.
steve, you're a blog role model!
wow. slow day at the blogoffice.
Very slow. I think everyone has been"blogged". Hey Jude, what type of design work are you doing? Corporate branding stuff?
Yea, the links work! Your kids are so cute Steve and you and Trina look great together.
Steve, I think there should be more teachers like you out there. When I was teaching, one of the things that was most annoying was the lousy attitude of some of the teachers. I'd take the nasty reputation any day.
Jamie,
Unfortunately, your comment about the lousy attitude seems to be the prevalent one in most schools. The older teachers (like myself, holy spit, I am an old teacher now - how can that be, I am too young for that) seem to see a decline in discipline in younger teachers, and a decline in people wanted their students to act like students.
Thanks, some parents actually agree with you, but most think I am the second coming of SATAN, no I did NOT misspell SANTA.
Jamie,
Unfortunately, your comment about the lousy attitude seems to be the prevalent one in most schools. The older teachers (like myself, holy spit, I am an old teacher now - how can that be, I am too young for that) seem to see a decline in discipline in younger teachers, and a decline in people wanted their students to act like students.
Thanks, some parents actually agree with you, but most think I am the second coming of SATAN, no I did NOT misspell SANTA.
I had fourth graders who would not walk into my classroom on the first day of school due to my strict reputation. Unfortunately, there was only one class for each grade so they were stuck with me! It's amazing to me how parents can ALWAYS find a way to blame the teacher. I have to tell you...the part I miss least about teaching is dealing with parents. And now that's I am one, I still can't fathom how some could have acted the way they did. My parents never took my word over the teacher's! We MUST be getting old. But I admire you for sticking with it...I think teaching can be exhausting. And to be honest...I don't miss it all that much.
Steve and Jamie - you know it's really interesting reading about teaching in the U.S. I didn't start teaching until I moved to the U.K., but the same problems exist in the school system here. It's interesting how two different countries with completely different educational systems can have exactly the same difficulties.
I don't know how you guys do the teaching thing.... I was in to monitor my daughter's second grade class. The Teacher had alot of patience, but I noticed alot of the kids looked tired and disinterested. Parents don't realize kids need sleep and lack of has an impact on learning. Keep up the good work. Teachers should be role models !
Steve- I think yu should bring the family up to the Piotrowski homestead for some dinner. Let me know if you have the time. Trina needs to know about the Faith Drive, Poplar street days.
i think Trina needs to know about her husband's propensity for jumping off roofs to avoid getting in trouble.
Matt- That was a good one. Didn't he break his arm during one episode? I wonder how the corn pipes got into his closet...
Hey everyone -- it sounds like life is treating you all very well. The Faith Drive, Poplar Street days are sure ones to remember. Today was my first day logging on and it sounds like there is always something going on in this blog.
Robb - Cap'n Black was yours. I thought you were going to bring up our fishing in a puddle story. I believe it was snowing and then the damned place burned down. Do you have any idea why?
Michelle - remember the "gang" hangin' out by your street light and the cops coming to bitch that we had our bikes and NO headlights?
Hey Michelle ! Great to see your text in "Blogotopia" . I see your brother Billy quite often. I hope he passes along my hellos. Those were some good days at the tree !
Hey Steve- Why were you carrying a leaf rake at 10pm? Catty PD would like to know.
Hi Steve, great pictures of the family. I was trying to figure out how everyone was looking at the pictures when my son said just click on the words because they look like links. Oh well, I never claimed to be a computer genius.
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