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I googled 'Larry Moceri' and

Greg Galvin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:54:28 +0000

I googled 'Larry Moceri' and your entry came up. I had him as a teacher in 1972 -1974 at Parkway North Senior High. Any idea if Larry is still with us? If so, any idea where I could contact him?

Thank you.

Greg Galvin

Here here for Larry Moceri.

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:06:24 +0000

In reply to I'm shocked that no one

Here here for Larry Moceri. By far the best teacher I ever had.My intro to Kafka. By the way, Mrs Spring taught first grade at Craig

Hmm, the morning-afternoon

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:20:48 +0000

In reply to I'll always remember that

Hmm, the morning-afternoon disparity casts some doubt on the wisdom of "pop quiz day."

I'll always remember that

chache — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:38:32 +0000

In reply to cool tribute. made me want to

I'll always remember that black tshirt and its inscription -- "Machiavelli is my kind of guy". I was so glad I had his class in the afternoon so I could cram for his quiz. I still feel bad for the folks who had him in the morning session.

cool tribute. made me want to

Deadman — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:00:50 +0000

In reply to Dr. Brooke Workman, who

cool tribute. made me want to also give a quick nod to Dr. Dan Stelmach, history teacher, who also approached his class as a college seminar, where constant note-taking was the name of the game. he always wore a black shirt on days when he would be giving pop quizzes and he had a sign at his door which read something like 'Abandon all faith ye who enter here'. And he was a stickler about geography - to the degree that i can point out forieng countries on a map or name their capitals it's because of Dr. Stelmach.

Unfortunately, no. I use the

Nebton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:54:50 +0000

In reply to i think being an

Unfortunately, no. I use the physics bit, but not the astronomy bit. It's possible I might get to in a couple years or so, though, and I look forward to that possibility.

Dr. Brooke Workman, who

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:53:00 +0000

In reply to 8) My English teachers in

Dr. Brooke Workman, who taught the two best classes I took in high school: a seminar on J.D. Salinger and a course on satire. He treated his students like college students, with the benefits and the responsibilities that entails. We read all of Salinger's work, tracking and analyzing his development as a writer. We were required to turn in a paper every week, and two of them were chosen for the class to discuss and to grade. I produced schlock some weeks, but I also wrote the best paper I'd done in high school.

In the satire class, I discovered writers I'd never heard of, like H.L. Mencken and Ring Lardner. I read Twain beyond Huck Finn and Swift beyond Gulliver's Travels. I learned to hear the biting critique hidden in the folds of Garrison Keillor's radio shows and e. e. cummings' poems. Most importantly, I learned how to write satire, a muscle that I've only recently begun to exercise again. If I ever publish a satire book, I will dedicate it to the memory of Dr. Workman.

i think being an

Deadman — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:39:48 +0000

In reply to Probably my Masters thesis in

i think being an astrophysicist is very cool! do you use that in your day job?

Wrote and directed a

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:27:50 +0000

In reply to 9) Enough about regrets for

Wrote and directed a play

(associated regret: didn't take the play to Edinburgh fringe festival)

Strength: hidden

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:22:45 +0000

In reply to 7) What is (or was, if you

Strength: hidden depths

Weakness: depths are too well hidden