Phillip Overeem:  

Life 25-year teaching veteran (all grades 6th through college). 19-year veteran of the rock critic beat. 17-year marriage veteran. Glad to have served the public, plan on being a "lifer.". No kids (125 or so a day's enough for me). 3 pets, 8000+ LPS, 45s, CDs, etc. Favorite books: John Kennedy Toole--A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES John Waters--SHOCK VALUE Jon Krakauer--INTO THE WILD Robert Gordon--IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS Charles Johnson--MIDDLE PASSAGE G. V. Desani--ALL ABOUT H. HATTERR Heraclitus--FRAGMENTS Favorite records (for today): The Flying Burrito Bros.--THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN Jerry Lee Lewis--LIVE AT THE STAR CLUB 1964 John Coltrane--A LOVE SUPREME HANK WILLIAMS' 40 GREATEST HITS Favorite movies: THE WILD BUNCH DUCK SOUP DAZED AND CONFUSED School My favorite teachers while going to school in Carthage were Lee Stevens (the first adult who talked to me and treated me like an adult--a big influence on my own choices in interacting with students), that 9th grade lab-coated physics teacher that had an amazingly dry and sarcastic sense of humor but very high expectations (Mr./Dr. England?), and Howard South, who taught me how to think about and appreciate life during my two years as his art student. If I could have a "redo," I'd have skipped sports (didn't do a thing for me except retard my personal development) and just had more fun. Otherwise, not a horrible experience. Looking back with the perspective of having taught in two huge schools, I do regret that CHS' curriculum and activities were a little narrow. My current students and peers can't believe that, from 7th to 12th grade, I was only required to read THREE full-length literary works: OF MICE AND MEN (Miss-uh Phipps-uh, 9th gr...Expand for more