David Omar:  

For most people on here, they are students and they remember their high school years as if that is all they have. Well, I have been very lucky to The first school I had a real job teaching was Holy Trinity School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The school was a Catholic k-8 and I taught the older students. I taught 7 & 8th grade english, and some social studies and 6th grade english and 8th grade music. What a teaching schedule and on top of all of that I was in charge of the safety patrol as parents drove across the playground in the morning and afternoon to pick up their children. While I was at HTS, I met some of the nicest kids I have ever known. I still have correspondence with some of them and it is nice. Even though I am not a priest, they have confessed their sins of what they did when they were in school to me and their fellow classmates. It was a good time. I completed my Bachelor's degree at Univ of Maryland and went to Kansas for a Masters. I taught at Mission Valley High School as a teacher intern and while teaching a few classes, I was debate coach of a very good team. On that team were several individuals who I thought would be on top of the world. We placed 2nd in our class in the state tournement and I think they should have won. They worked so hard and loved it. But it wasn't meant to be. As I taught there in Eskridge, Kansas, I lived 9 miles or so South of town in a stone house just off of Hwy 99. The house was built in 1866 or so was made from 24 inch thick stones and wooden windows and doors. While living in that house, my son, Aaron was born on a beautiful March evening and he has been a great person and a great friend for many years. He and I share so many ideas and interests. When I finally graduated with my Master's Degree from Emporia State Univeristy with highest honors, I was hired by the Wichita School District to teach theatre arts at Southeast High School. There I enjoyed classroms full of talented and gifted young people who made my tenure there a great experience. I had actors, actresses, stage hands and gifted mimests and brilliant singers who made up casts of good to great plays. We did murder mysteries, classical drama, Shakespeare, and musicals all with only students for musicians, actors and stage crew. One such play, the best one I directed there, was Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. The cast was supurb, the sets were excellent and the lighting was first rate. And then with all the hoopla and pride came the fire. The fire was a defining moment for me. I felt that the ones who started it were speaking to me and telling me that they ...Expand for more