I'm Old School...
I’m a traditionalist. I love baseball, the outdoors, music, and the social sciences, probably in that order. I love the long season and the boys of summer. I love retro caps and the smell of roasted peanuts and fresh cut grass. I love the head game between the pitcher and batter and I love to have a catch with my dad. I love to pull fish from the river. I love to yank up a ring full of dungeoness. I love to pull razor clams from the sand. I love to find a crease while floating upon a rapid. I love to hike to remote locations. I love the smell of a campfire. I love it when my friends play guitar around it. I love the feeling of enlightenment and being turned on to an idea I never knew existed. I love the sound and the vibe of live music. I love the feeling of culture shock. I love to try new foods for the first time. I love to look at maps and I love to make mix tapes because a mix cd just doesn’t sound right. I love pure, fundamental hardwood basketball. Short shorts, head bands and Chuck Taylors. I love the old school Blazers and tough defense. I was raised by baby boomers in Milwaukie, Oregon, a suburb in southeast Portland, and have two younger sisters. I kept the lawn, the dishes, and the cars tight every week to earn my keep. In many ways, I’m a prototype Gen X’er. I was a latchkey kid with a pop-top VCR and a basketball hoop in the driveway. I collected baseball cards, rode my Mongoose, and played Colecovision. I went to Western Oregon University to play baseball and to become a teacher. When I got there I learned the hard way that high school didn’t prepare me. In high school I learned responsibility and follow-through, but somehow critical thinking was left out. University was quite an adjustment, but good for the soul. I’ve always valued industriousness, but like many Gen X’ers, I had to learn to be an independent person through experience. I got my B.S. in Social Science from WOU and my Masters in Teaching at Willamette University. I coached baseball for 4 years at the varsity and j.v. levels, but what happens in my classroom is what I enjoy most. As with other classrooms, you’d have to be there to find out...it’s tough to put into words. That’s the beauty of it. Every day something different happens. Sure, my students may learn from me if they choose to, although often I learn from them. Contact Lake at [email protected] |
Favorite Color: Blue? Favorite Books: The Grapes of Wrath, Fast Food Nation, The Great Gatsby, A People’s History of the United States, The Catcher in the Rye, Nickeled & Dimed, Ishmael, A Long Way Gone Favorite Movies: The Truman Show, American History X, Fight Club, Rocky III, American Beauty... ...and the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings Trilogies Favorite Food: Thai Green Curry, Barbecue Brisket, and a fresh Crab Louie Favorite Quotes: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.'' “No one is free while others are oppressed.” “Question the Answers” “Education IS national security.” “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” “In general, it’s circumstantial.” “Peace cannot be kept by force, it must be achieved through understanding.” My Favorite Music: (In no particular order) Pearl Jam Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beck The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Radiohead Willie Nelson The Fugees Jurassic 5 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Steely Dan Son Volt A Tribe Called Quest Guided By Voices Rage Against the Machine Amy Winehouse Neil Young Pavement The Who Wilco Johnny Cash The Black Crowes The Black Keys The War on Drugs The Pixies and of course, The Beatles My favorite links: www.npr.org www.blazersedge.com www.mlb.com www.friendsbeyondborders.net |
Just an Ordinary Average Guy.....
Name: Geoffrey Scott Lake
Birthday: June 18, 1975
College: Western Oregon and Willamette University
Major: Social Science
Photo taken on the inaugural Reality Tour 2012, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by Eric Isaacs