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Ms. Caitlin Hise Hanzlick English Teacher |
Vital Stats Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Birthday: July 30, 1984  Sign of the Zodiac: Leo Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue/Grey Education: B.A., English, School(s) Worked At: Courses Taught: Speech/Forensics, Reading Enrichment, World Literature, S.A.T. Prep Why I'm a Teacher: Because I love English & Language Arts as well as making a positive difference in the lives of young people through education.
Sometime in the early 1980s, Mary McFall, an Atlanta native and nurse about to get her Ph.D. in Education, meets Randy Hanzlick, a Polish Buckeye beginning his residency in Forensic Pathology at the local Medical Examinar's office. Daughter Cailtin is born July 30, 1984. Precious sister, Marinna, is born December 22, 1985. Caitlin and Marinna attend Christ the King from K-12, and both are actively involved in Gymnastics, Swimming and Tennis. In high school, Caitlin's interests shift from sports and socializing to school, creativity, and deep thinking. She wants to be a writer when she grows up. She reads a lot of books and watches a lot of movies. She also wants to be a teacher. Caitlin goes to Emory University and majors in English. She mostly liked Creative Writing and Art, and her all-time favorites were classes in Shakespeare, Milton, and Metaphysical Poetry taught by the great Rick Rambuss. Caitlin also took some graduate-level courses in the Division of Educational Studies. The fall after graduating from college, she got a job teaching Reading at Stone Mountain High School. She enrolled in the Teacher Alternative Preparation Program through Dekalb County, earning her professional certification while working full-time. In her time at SMHS, Caitlin not only taught Reading, Speech & Forensics, World Literature and S.A.T. Prep, she also coached Swimming. Today, Caitlin has just finished her second year teaching and shares an apratment in Atlanta with the love of her life, her cat, Lola. Caitlin also looks forward to spending next year in the Czech Republic, where she has been hired to teach English as a second language in a small city south-east of Prague.
All-Time Favorite Things Colors: red, orange, yellow, gold; also, vibrant shades of blue and green Food: salad, broccoli, corn on the cob, cheese, peanut butter Animals: cats (well, mostly just Lola), goldendoodles, owls, butteflies Places: Atlanta, the Florida Keys, Scotland People: My Friends and Family! Subject in School: English & Language Arts Books: Still Life with Woodpecker, Anthem, The Stranger, Siddhartha, Mythology Movies: Breathless, Rushmore Music: The Beatles Writers/Poets: John Donne, William Shakespeare, William Blake, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Artists: Jackie Gleisner, Kombo Chapfika, Justin Wagner, Wook Jin Clark Humorists: Oscar Wilde, Mitch Hedburg, Kids in the Hall Scholars: Buddha, Aristotle, Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, Lev Vygotsky, Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, B.F. Skinner, Noam Chomsky, Paulo Friere, Nel Noddings Teachers: Ms. Braham, Mr. Mullally, Pr. Rick Rambuss, Aunt Martha Hobbies: reading, writing, teaching, crossword puzzles, Scrabble,
Symbols Zodiac Sign: Leo Chinese Year: Rat Season: Summer Stones: ruby, tiger's eye Flowers: amaryllis, sunflowers Trees: palm trees Elements: fire, water
Dreams To do the things I want to do in life and be happy.
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