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Written by Michelle Lambert and Griffin Tyree
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Written by Logan Weir
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New math teacher Lyudmila Karapetyan was born and
raised in Baku, Azerbaijan, a country along the
Caspian Sea.
She taught there for 20 years after
college, until a war left her with no other option but
to leave.
“I was in class one day,” she recalls, “and
10 big men in big black suits came and told to leave
right away because I was Armenian. I left the country
as soon as I could.”
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Written by Christine Lin
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"The craziest thing I've ever done was move here
without knowing anyone or having a job," new Japanese
teacher Naomi Okada said. "This is also the longest
time I've stayed in one place. But I like it here.”
Born in Seattle into a military family, Okada spent
most of her life moving from one place to another.
After living three years in California, her family
moved to Germany and then to Japan, where she first
fell in love with Japanese culture.
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Written by Elisa Zhang
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“I know it sounds strange, but I really do like
teaching,” Advanced Placement Art History teacher Hugh
Aanonsen says. “It’s like breathing for me.”
Aanonsen’s love for teaching runs so deep that he
came out of retirement this year to work part-time
after previous art history teacher Jan Mishel decided
to retire over the summer.
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Written by Heather Hammel and Carmen Sze
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"All I can think about is getting another taste; the
thirst is getting so strong that I am going to
probably be on the brink of insanity," wrote
“Mary_bin_ich” on Bloodthirsty, an online community
for those looking for support from other vampires
(www.livejournal.com/community/_bloodthirsty).
“Confused_em” is another vampire on the prowl. I’m
“standing in the dark, drinking my own blood, and a
voice, it whispers, hello, my love,” she wrote,
elaborating on her love for drinking blood.
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Written by Heather Hammel and Carmen Sze
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The city lights twinkle, the sky darkens, the wind
blows heavily and a cluster of people on a street
corner shiver as a lady dressed in black and holding a
candelabra cackles.
The lady is just an actress, and although her antics
are quite believable, the huddling people are
shivering because of San Francisco’s nippy weather.
Here at the corner of California and Taylor on Nob
Hill, the San Francisco Vampire Tour, led by Kitty
Burns, who plays 127-year-old vampire, Mina Harker,
begins. The tour combines San Francisco history with
freaky, but realistic vampire stories.
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Written by Michelle Lambert and Griffin Tyree
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Written by Helene Servillon
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She gave up the skies for the classroom. Her life changed and her dream of being a pilot turned into a desire to spread knowledge.
Long before deciding to teach, new math teacher and anime club sponsor Ellen Reller dreamt of planes and traveling. But she chose education after she spent three years teaching math in Japan. “When I started teaching in Japan, I realized the importance of education and wanted to spread my knowledge,” Reller said.
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Written by Noey Neumark
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Returning to teaching after maternity leave, freshmen English teacher Sydney Recht is ecstatic to be at Lowell.
I love it here, I'm not kidding, Recht said. I think it's fabulous.
Recht is only teaching one class this semester, but she is happy to slowly ease her way back into the field.
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Written by Tony Dear
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A few years ago, new counselor Dorothy Burge participated in a bicycling excursion with a group of about 40 people. They started in Monterey and biked down the coastal highway, through southern California and ending at the Arizona border 650 miles later. It was pretty challenging and tough, she said, adding that conditions were wet and cold.
Burge said she was proud of the progress she made. On the first day, I was the last person, she said. ?By the last day, I became third.
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Written by Andrew Linford and Beatriz Datangel
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Matthew Lavoie is no ordinary teacher. Not only is he currently developing a program for high-functioning autistic kids the only autistic program in the district he also got a kidney stone from dehydration when he spent too much time at the beach.
Although teaching takes up most of his time, new special education teacher Lavoie enjoys going to Santa Cruz, riding roller coasters and spending time with his two dogs. His only complaint about San Francisco is the foggy weather, which interferes with his beach bum tendencies.
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Written by Noey Neumark
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Former Peace Corps member and avid biologist Shawn Laureyns is enjoying his time here at Lowell, despite the need to wear shoes.
Laureyns attended Redwood High School in Marin County where he associated himself with a group that was known as the organics, which he describes as being very hippy-ish. In his junior year, he often didn't wear shoes to his classes.
This nature-loving trend found support in a biology teacher, an ornithologist who sometimes took his students on weekend outings to Tiburon to observe native birds. These excursions enhanced his love for the environment, according to Laureyns.
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