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VOK: 1.16
January 16, 2014
“I think what makes Kirkwood special is all the different types [of people] and all the different walks of life that we have. There’s always somebody new. There’s not really a certain type of student. Everybody’s different. Everybody’s an individual in this building, and I really like that.”
“My younger years, those were the days for sure. When you’re young you’re innocent, you know you’re just discovering the world so it’s a lot of fun. When you get older you’ve already seen it so it’s like whatever, but when you’re a kid it’s just like yeahhhh.”
VOK: Colin Enslin & Brent Kirkpatrick
TKC: There’s nothing you’ve ever regretted?
“It’s all in the past so I just kind of, live in the future you know? I mean, why think about that, especially since you can’t do it? Unless someone makes a time machine.”
TKC: What was the saddest moment of your life?
“The only one I’d feel comfortable sharing was when my cat died. He was with me from Kindergarten through college, so that was very difficult when I had to choose to put him to sleep. That was very sad because I had to choose the day. That was very, very hard for me.”
VOK: Tierney Furlong & Rob Griffith
TKC: What did you study in college?
“I have a degree in special education. Both of [the kids I work with] are non-verbal. It’s really interesting because the communication is so different, so you just learn who they are after being with them. I feel like I really learn a lot about myself because I’m with them day to day and things that are hard for them to do are easy for me, and it’s interesting to see that.”
“My best advice would be, from my eighth grade math teacher, don’t ever think that if you try drugs that you wouldn’t like them, because the chances are greater than not that you would like them, and that should be enough fear for you to never want to try them.”
VOK: Donald Haltmann & Danny Harris
TKC: “What advice would you give to a large group of people?”
“Eat good and make a lot of love.”
TKC: “If you could do anything, what would it be?”
“Maybe something with technology, but I really want to work on motorcycles. I have my own dirt bike at home, and I’m still working on it right now. I just need a pipe to start it, but that costs a lot of money.”
VOK: Miriam Brundage & Jason Hoeing
TKC: “Why child psychology?”
“A number of people in my family were abused, including myself, and they became really jaded and closed off, but therapy helped me so much so that didn’t happen to me. I want to make a negative experience a positive one and make sure that doesn’t happen to other kids who have also suffered abuse.”
“Here’s a picture of me in high school. I was a hippie. Except I wasn’t a hippie because this was like ‘89.”
TKC: What’s your best memory from high school?
“Skipping school to go to the Arch with a friend of mine and going to the museum underneath. Is that horrible as a teacher?”
VOK: Pam Hufford & David Indstrom
TKC: “What did you do before working at KHS?”
“I sang for four years at a saloon in Silver Dollar City.”
TKC: “What made you stop?”
“I grew up.”
TKC: “What’s the most interesting thing that happened to you?”
“I’ve ridden [a bicycle] coast to coast before. I’ve been almost taken out before.
By a combine one time.”