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A Lowell cardinal has come back to his nest this year.
He speaks French and has traveled to Europe. Hes an artist and an actor. English teacher Samuel Williams, new resident to the bungalows, is back with plenty of blood, sweat, and tears to give to the school.
A class of 99 alumnus, Williams is returning to his roots as a Lowellite. Though this is his first year as a full-time teacher, students may recognize him as the student teacher for Latin last spring.
As a student and a student teacher at the same school, Williams has seen the campus through many lenses. The Lowell experience was different during the 90s, according to Williams. We didnt have cell phones and we didnt have Spark Notes, he said. As a student, he took French with Annie Puretz and was involved in Peer Resource. Williams was an illustrator for The Lowell and active in drama, appearing in three of the school plays: Hot of Baltimore, The Tempest, and As You Like It.
THE LOWELL ARCHIVES
For a feature he worked on for The Lowell in 1998, current English teacher Sam Williams had a fake ID made for him. |
Along with his love for theater and drama, Williams has a love for traveling. Williams has visited Greece, France, and England, and most recently Italy in 2004 to study classics. Studying classics contributed to my appreciation of literature and historical literature, he said. Theres an importance of studying many languages for the light they shed on the native language.
In addition to speaking French, Williams can read Latin and is informally learning Spanish. But he doesnt want to stop there. I want to go to Asia and learn Chinese because its an important and useful language, he said. I grew up in San Francisco, so I was exposed to it but was unable to understand (the language).
Aside from this big mission, Williams has other trips in mind. I havent driven across the country. Id like to do that.
When hes not dreaming about his next adventure, hes nesting at Lowell and getting the hang of being a teacher. Being a teacher makes him realize the amount of work teachers do, he said.
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