Mr. Gibson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Laoshi |
| Location | Taichung, Taiwan |
| Introduction | I am a 23 year old American teaching Social Studies here at Mingdao High School. I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. in 1985 and have lived in Cape Girardeau, MO for five years and Qingdao, Zhongguo for one before coming to Taichung. I have three siblings: John (didi), Kyle (didi) and Maggie (mei mei), a girlfriend named Megan who also lives in Taichung, and my parents, Rodger and Paula who live in St. Louis. I have a lot of passion for teaching and learning Social Studies. Be prepared to learn a lot and tihnk a lot in our M.U.N. class. We are going to work hard, read a lot of material and ask ourselves some very hard questions and the hardest part will be that YOU (yes, you!) the students will initiate a majority of the work. I am very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, excited to be here and teach you guys!!! |
| Interests | teaching, history, listening to music, playing music, studying Mandarin, basketball, American football, camping, hiking, canoeing, and eating |
| Favorite movies | The Godfather (Part I & II), Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Good Will Hunting, American Beauty, Little Miss Sunshine, Tae Guk Gi, and Billy Madison |
| Favorite music | Led Zeppelin, The Talking Heads, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown, The Who, Hank Williams Sr., Leadbelly, Talib Kweli, Old Crow Medicine Show, Cake, Bob Dylan, Tupac, Dispatch, The Funk Brothers and everyone at Motown Records and The White Stripes Blur, Nirvana, The Mars Volta, Cream, Dr. Dog, Alice in Chains, Otis Redding, Vladimir Vysotsky ("бард"), Sly and the Family Stone, Simon and Garfunkel, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Celia Cruz, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Etta James, The Wu-Tang Clan, George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, The Meters, The Allman Brothers, Jenny Lewis, The Kins, The Beach Boys, and OutKast |
| Favorite books | Calvin and Hobbes, Walden, The "Rabbit" books by John Updike, Brave New World, Guns, Germs, and Steel, Things Fall Apart, Bowling Alone, Into the Wild, and anything related to History, Political Science, or the Social Sciences. |