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I am in Library West at UF and Gustavo Rivera (a tutor at the downtown Sante Fe Blount Tutoring Lab and that works for the Academic Foundation) showed me a sheet with info about this program. He told me that you are looking for teachers for this program, and I am very interested because I'm a born teacher at heart!

Here are the classes I'd love to teach/help teach and why:::

Astronomy: I got an A in Introduction to Stars & Galaxies when I took it 3 years ago here at UF, and I love the subject material.

Biology Bliss: I got an A in AP Biology back in 2000 as a freshman in High School. Biology is easy and fun!

Book Club: I am an avid reader and I can talk about books all day!

Creative Writing: I have attached a short story of mine, "Glass Traps Open & Close." I love love love to write.

Drums, Drums, Drums: I can drum for hours!

Garage Band Music: I have made my own music using Intua Beatmaker for iPhone (attached v4 preview.wav) using loops, samples, my voice, and rhythms, and I can play the keyboard, so I'd love to help out here. Here is a link to some of my favorite of my own sequences mixed together:http://soundcloud.com/fonling/preview5

Karma Kidz: I've done yoga on several occations, and although I don't know much by heart (I remember downward dog!) I know I've got the flexibility and form to be of help here.

Logic & Debate: I did Policy Debate and Lincoln Douglas debate in high school. I was the Most Valuable Varsity Debator at Lake Brantley High School under Rob Carraway, and I love, love, love debate! I taught younger kids how to *think* in terms of value debate and I know I can be of great help here.

Maniacle Math: I tutored pre-calculus, I went up to Linear Algebra here at UF, my algebra skills are stellar, I can teach math like nobody's business! Helping kids understand the logic of math is all about good examples, in my own humble opinion, and that means imagination! I can no doubt help out a ton here.

Modern Dance: I'm a dancer with the local Gainesville band Oh, Fortuna. I love to dance and make up movements to match music. Here's a video of us performing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azHO-_I7_ug

Pencil Drawing: I've been drawing since childhood. I especially loved The Draw Squad! (with Mark Kissler) a television program that taught kids how to draw in 3D. I have been recently going through a book he put out and redrawing all the examples in it. I love to draw in pencil and I'd love to help out here.

Philosophy 101: "How do you know who your friends are? Can computers think? Can you think about nothing at all?" I'd love to hear the kinds of things kids would have to say on these subjects, and I'm confident that I could help regulate a discussion among kids so that every idea is heard and answers are allowed to develop.

Photoshop Fun: Here's the one I'm most interested in. I've been teaching myself Photoshop for the past 2 years by taking leaves off the ground, scanning them, and then turning them into digital art. Photoshop is the most fun I can have! I've attached some of my better works, but I actually have hundreds (fon.picturepush.com). I would love love love LOVE to teach Photoshop Fun because fun is exactly what photoshop is all about to me!

Piano: I learned, as a child, to read music. I've forgotten that (but I can learn again quickly) but I've never forgotten how to play the Can-Can, and a handful of other songs. With a little brushing up, I'd be up to snuff to help out here.

Sculpture: This is just pure fun and imagination with a dash of technique and procedure. I can help the kids do clay, paster of paris, and papier mache all day!

Sensational Science: I was largly science minded all through high school and at UF. I majored in physics, then nuclear engineering, and then computer engineering. I think scientifically and can gently help kids slow down and state a hypothisis and ask them the right questions to help them find a way they'd like to test it. This would be a blast.

Shutter Bug: I do digital photography, not film, but I've got 100 photo albums on my facebook, and I've been an avid photographer for the past 4 years. I'm glad to read that "students will be allowed the freedom of artistic expression through the lens." I've attached one of my fav photos that I took this year "DSC02984 Rubber Bend."

Soccer: I played club soccer for years as a kid and some in high school and college with friends. I love to play; I've got all the basic skills, and above all: I know when to pass!

Spanish in the USA: I went up to Spanish 3 in high school, took one class at UF, and went to Santigo, Chile for a week in 2006. I'd need to brush up, but I know I could handle a beginner's class in spanish... and my accent is quite good. I've got the pronounciation down.

Theater for Everyone: I love to act and sing. I've acted in a handful of my friend's videos, so I know I'd enjoy helping out here.

Wild Ones: I love animals and I'm always eco-minded. I could certainly help the more timid ones face the animals and help maintain an atmosphere of respect for nature, the animals, and our environment.

-Bjørn Halden Parramoure

P.S. Let me know how to apply properly! :-)