Name:Christopher H. Adams

Birthday:June 7

School I work at: Lakeside High School

Hobbies: reading books and comics, binge-watching TV (especially love UK and European police dramas and murder mysteries), hiking, singing

 

Song: "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye (this comes to mind, but I have tons of favorites)

Book: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

Movie:(four way tie) Nothin But a Man, The Two Towers (LOTR), Camp, and Network

Food: French fries (especially Belgian), Thai, Ethiopian

Place: Camino de Santiago, northwest Spain 

Quote: "Si, se puede!" (Yes, we can!) -- Cesar Chavez

Web Site: Edhelper.com (full of so many activities that it's saved my life as a teacher for many subjects and many years)

 

Place of Birth: Atlanta, GA

My mom is a retired elementary teacher.

My dad is a retired high school counselor and coach (basketball, football and track).

My daughter is a Lakeside senior (class of 2021)

Middle School I attended: Sutton Middle School (APS)

High School I graduated from: Northside High (APS, now called North Atlanta)

College I graduated from: University of Georgia (Athens), BA in Drama (originally a journalism major)

Graduate School I graduated from: National University (Los Angeles), MA in Education

Some jobs outside of teaching: Shakespearean actor, Kraft cheese factory worker, restaurant manager, waiter, busboy, butler, administrative assistant, web site creation and MS office trainer, puppeteer.

What new skills I've learned/practiced during Covid-19: beginning conversational Spanish (again), recording voice-overs and audiobooks.