Chris Schumerth's Chicago Black Hawks Extended Profile

I am a teacher, writer, and sports fan. I am a hoosier who lives in the Sunshine State. And I am a Christ follower. Those are a few identities and allegiances I subscribe to. Other than that, how else do I really introduce myself? I'm sure none of them are completely adequate descriptions.

I am a huge sports fan, mainly of Notre Dame athletics and the Chicago Cubs. But I have recently moved to Jacksonville and am really excited about following the Jaguars.

Jacksonville

FL

U.S.

cnschumerth@gmail.com

http://www.schumes.blogspot.com

culture, international affairs, philosophy, politics, religion, sports

a little bit of chaos, cookouts, food, good books, honesty, Michael Jordan, natural beauty, Notre Dame, people and organizations that do selfless work in the world, playing and watching sports, roadtrips, sarcasm, sleep, the Chicago Cubs, the hoosier state, the ocean, traveling, writing

athletes who screw up and then fail to take responsibility, bureaucracy, cheese, Dishonesty, elitism, fans and athletes who don't respect their respective sports, humidity, political corruption, snakes

teacher

Education

Teach For America/North Shore K-8

5th grade language arts teacher

I try to manage chaos while teaching reading, writing, and social studies.

and to see the Chicago Cubs win a World Series, to close the Achievement Gap in education (with some help of course), to live abroad at some point, to one day perhaps publish a book or two

My commitment with TFA is two years, but I see myself teaching in the Duval Public Schools for a while beyond. Eventually, I would like to teach in a few other contexts, perhaps abroad, at the high school level, or even back in a boarding school setting, like, but not the same one, that I went to. I also see writing as a big part of my future, whether free lance online writing, or perhaps writing books of some sort eventually. My degree is in political science, but I don't really have aspirations in that direction, unless it was to jump on the bandwagon of a close friend who did go in that direction and in whom I really believed.

B.A.

Culver Academies

Anderson University

Political Science

arguing, dancing freely and obnoxiously, playing sports with other has-beens, reading, teaching, writing