Where do you live?
What's your social security number?
Three, two, one.
Hi, this is Angela from Emerson School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Thank you for listening to the Eagles Represents.
This week we have a special guest, so we hope you enjoy the Eagles Represents this week.
Here are this week's panelists.
Emile.
Me.
Evie.
Emma.
And Dottie.
So our special guest this week is Eddie.
Did he introduce himself?
Oh, yeah, Eddie.
This is Eddie.
Thank you for having me.
Yay.
So where are you going?
The first one?
The first one in red.
It's the reds.
What's your name?
My name's Eddie.
Nice.
Strong start.
What subject do you teach?
Here at Emerson, I teach math, primarily seventh and eighth grade math, and I also assist with various music programs such as band and theater.
Nice, nice.
That's pretty cool, Eddie.
What instruments do you play in band and theater?
I do play several instruments.
My original undergraduate degree is in music, so I play clarinet, I play saxophone, I play piano, I play guitar and bass and I can sort of dabble in a few other things.
What's your favorite instrument to play?
These days I'd probably go with...
Either piano or guitar.
Piano because you can play pretty much yourself and make something that sounds filled out and thorough.
And guitar because that's the way that I usually play with other musicians at this point in my life.
That's cool.
So you just don't like the violin?
I don't play the violin.
Oh, I see.
Well, you should start playing it.
It's kind of the best instrument ever.
I'll take that under advisement.
Nice.
The next question is, what is your favorite part of algebra to teach?
Like, what unit's your favorite?
That's a good question.
I really like systems of equations when we get to that about halfway through the year.
And the quadratic formula also brings a lot of joy.
Is it because we have to sing?
That's part of it, yeah.
But we were just saying.
Yeah, we were just saying.
Nice.
Surprise.
Oh, we have to sing.
I'm scared.
Foil.
Is it that?
Foil.
Foil.
It's not that.
Okay.
Okay, wait, you're next.
It's aluminum, actually.
What's your favorite color?
Green.
Oh, really?
That's my favorite color, too.
Why is it green?
I just like green.
Is it because of MSU?
I mean, that doesn't hurt.
It's not solely because of that.
You know, it's the color of nature.
It's the color of science.
Some might say that.
Okay.
What's your favorite food?
That's tough.
I do like a lot of food.
I'm going to go with pizza on this one though, because I think you can do a lot of different things with pizza.
There's a lot of different styles, a lot of different toppings.
You're not a pizza guy, though.
Oh, I very much am a pizza guy.
I like to make my own pizza.
Big on homemade pizza.
Do you have a pizza oven?
I do, actually.
Whoa!
Do you have, like, a cob oven in your, like, garden?
Do you have a garden?
I don't have a cob oven, but I have... It's actually a portable wood-fired oven.
Wait, that's so cute.
I also just have, like, a regular oven in the house that I use.
Oh, yeah.
I would expect that.
So, why... Why...
Why did you want to teach at Emerson?
Well, as many of you know, I went to Emerson as a kid from first grade all the way through eighth grade.
I went to high school after that obviously, and then I went to college to be in the education program.
And so I liked my time at Emerson very much as a kid, but probably similar to many of you, I didn't really have much frame of reference.
I never went to a different school, so I didn't really know how it might be if I was somewhere else.
I just kind of thought. my experience was a normal experience for anyone.
And then when I was in college and I got to do some practical experiences in various classrooms around the cities that were nearby, I realized quickly that middle school could be middle school in particular could be a much different experience than what.
I was fortunate enough to have really, really realized how lucky I was at that point to have gone here.
And then when I graduated, I worked a few other places.
This is not the only school I've taught at, but I had some public school jobs, some other independent school jobs and then a job was available here and I was very excited about it and have been here ever since.
So I don't regret anything about that.
So it's been a really great place to be.
Whoa, that's like so cool.
How long have you been here?
This is nearing the end of my 11th year teaching here.
Wow.
And I've been around for other reasons longer than that.
That's cool.
That's pretty epic.
Our next question for you is what was your favorite subject in school as a kid and your least favorite subject?
Name the names.
So here's your hot take of the day.
Least favorite?
Probably math.
And you're a math teacher?
That's a crime.
Wild, I know.
That's amazing.
Yeah, so I was not a big math guy growing up.
That was not the thing for me.
I was very excited when I went to college because I was able to test out of my math requirements.
I didn't have to take any math all through college and it was great until I you know willingly went back to college after and took a whole bunch of math.
Um, But growing up, my favorite subject at school was probably social studies.
I really like history and reading and that kind of thing.
Was Victoria the teacher?
For eighth grade, I did have Victoria as my teacher.
So you had to write papers and take the Roman history test?
Oh, I sure did, yes.
I did all that same stuff you guys are doing now.
Wow.
Was it worth it?
It was.
It's called vegetation.
Yeah.
Vegetation.
Education.
Oh, okay.
Education through vegetation.
What our parents pay for each year.
For us to learn.
Okay.
Your next question is, if you could eat lunch with any famous person, who would it be and why?
Oh boy, uh.
Who invented pizza?
That might be the place to go.
Doesn't pizza look like italian?
It is italian.
You can eat with an italian man.
That's not a real answer.
Um, because all italians are famous, i think i would go with lin-manuel miranda.
Oh, i love him because i think he's a genius and i love his work and I just am so curious what goes on in his brain and how he's able to.
He made Hamilton, right.
He did make Hamilton.
He wrote the music to Moana.
He wrote the music to Encanto.
He's written and he wrote the musical In the Heights.
He wrote much of the musical Bring It On as well, if you know that one.
He wrote a lot of songs.
He's written a ton.
So part of my questions for him would be about just how he comes up with his stuff.
And the other part would be how he does so much of it.
Like, he just cranks it out.
So I think that'd be an interesting conversation.
And Encanto.
And Moana.
I love all the classics.
No one knows how far it goes.
Okay, anyways.
Emma?
Wait, do we, is that all?
That's the only question I have.
Just do other ones.
Okay, wait.
Well, we have, like, more that aren't circled.
What's your favorite?
She didn't take long enough to answer.
Betty, what's your favorite ice cream flavor?
So yeah, that's interesting.
So I think the stock answer would be mint chocolate chip.
I like that.
But I get.
I get much more enthused about going to like a local like the blank slate or a place like that where they have creative flavors that you don't see everywhere.
Yeah, exactly.
So, you know, there's there's a lot that they do now.
That's not just like your standard ice cream flavor from the store.
So I like to try a little bit weird ice cream flavors, but I have to stay away from coconut or banana.
I love coconut.
Those flavors don't fly.
I'm allergic to coconut.
Coconut is so good.
Okay, wait.
I have one.
Oh, I just said once I saw a cheese ice cream flavor and like when i was really really weird just cheese, just straight up cheese.
No no, it wasn't cheese, it was like ice cream flavor.
No, it was cheese flavored ice cream.
Ew, i don't know about that.
That sounds bad.
That's a bit too much dairy.
So there, there is a place not far from here, like just down jackson road, and i can't remember the name of it.
It's like a, it's a mexican restaurant, but it also has like a pretty big ice cream service counter and they have weird flavors there and i've had a few and they've all been good that i've tried.
They've had uh, what's it called?
I don't know, i can't remember the name.
It's like it's very close, it's just down on jackson from here.
Is it like a coney island place?
No, it's just like.
Uh, it's just like the corner of one of those little strips, kind of right by uh, sam hill, right across from sam hill.
Um, i just realized what you're talking about, but i don't remember the name either.
Yeah, so i don't remember the name, but that's the only one around like ice cream plus uh, like mexican food.
So definitely worth going for both of those things.
But uh yeah go, go check out some.
They have a cotton candy flavored ice cream.
They have like a Like a churro-flavored ice cream, if I remember correctly.
Maybe a dulce de leche, that kind of thing.
I love that stuff.
It's just free advertising.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You should go to this place.
It's really good.
Wait, I have a thing.
Except we don't know the name, so.
That sounds like it, I think.
Cosa Sobroso.
I want to go there.
Am I allowed to do advertisements on this podcast?
Free advertising.
Anyway, I don't think...
So, Eddie, if you had to teach anything except for math, what would it be?
So, well, music?
Or besides that, too?
Yeah, besides that, too.
Something that you're not already teaching.
Something I don't already teach.
I think, I mean, I'm not.
I would be a little uncomfortable teaching like an English or a social studies class just because I haven't studied to do that.
But I really love to read, so I think that's the way I'd have to go.
English.
Yeah.
English, literature.
Yeah.
Nice.
Reading and literature type thing.
Nice.
Emile, do you have just a question that you came up with?
You mentioned you like to read.
What's your favorite book?
Wow.
Oh, man.
You got me on this one.
What could it be?
Oh, hello.
What could it be?
I don't know, guys.
That's tough.
So I like a wide variety of stuff.
I like to read fiction and nonfiction.
I grew up with the Harry Potter books, so those hold a special place for me, in spite of some recent reasons why that might be a problem.
But those are probably pretty high on the list as far as the nostalgic books in my mind.
I'll throw this one out.
So I recently read I wouldn't say it's my favorite book ever, but it's a recent one that I've read that I've really liked, by John U Bacon, who's a local guy.
He's a local Ann Arbor writer.
And he wrote a book about the Edmund Fitzgerald, which was a ship that sank in the Great Lakes.
Oh, yeah, we learned about that.
We learned about that.
It was a song.
There is a song, yes, there's a song about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Again, not my favorite book, but a great book that I've recently read.
So there you go.
That's nice.
I think that we have to ask the question that everyone's been anticipating.
Oh, no.
How do you draw your perfect circles and lines?
Oh, yeah.
Is it a secret?
Some people are just born with certain talents and skills, and that's just one of them for me.
I just have this ability.
Definitely not the line tool.
Can't explain it.
Yeah, definitely not.
I don't know what you're talking about when you say line tool, autocorrect.
None of those words mean anything to me.
It's just an innate ability.
Like a magical presence in you.
Exactly, exactly.
If you could have any other profession other than teaching, what would you do?
Good question.
I thought very briefly about law school at one point.
I want to go to law school.
Like Kim Kardashian.
Yeah, like Kim K. That would not have been my inspiration.
And certainly not Kim Kardashian.
I think you might mean Rob Kardashian.
No, but she went to law school.
No, she passed her bar exam.
Guys, why are we talking about this on a podcast about school life?
As far as I'm concerned, nothing.
They're just people who people...
They have like a TV show, then they have like businesses and brands and stuff and that's like the only reason why they're famous.
Oh, I see, I see.
Well, actually, one of them being a lawyer is the original reason why they're famous.
Yeah, Dottie.
Oh, yeah.
What about Judge Judy?
Oh, she's a judge.
Okay.
Oh, wait.
Wait, Eddie, what's your favorite sport to watch?
To watch?
Football.
No, to play.
Oh, to play golf.
You play football with me sometimes, Eddie.
I do enjoy playing football, tossing a football around.
I like sports at all.
I like playing basketball.
I like watching basketball.
Do you play volleyball?
I do.
I do like volleyball.
Your sets are really good.
I will.
They are.
I'll play just about any sport or watch just about any sport, but my favorite to watch would be football and my favorite to play is golf.
Hey eddie, would you ride a horse if i asked you to?
Oh boy, i would need a lot of help if i was gonna do that.
I could help you.
You could do my sport for a day.
I feel like i'm.
This is entrapment.
What about field hockey?
Would you do that?
I would.
I haven't, but I would.
Do a backflip, maybe?
Is that a sport?
Gymnastics.
I'm going to draw the line there.
I'm going to hurt myself if I try that kind of thing.
I had a dream I could do backflips.
I was so sad when I woke up and realized I couldn't.
Did you try one when he woke up?
I was Moana.
And then I woke up and I cried because I wasn't Moana.
Because I wanted to be just like her.
It's okay.
It was last night.
Oh yeah.
Let's wrap it up.
Okay, so.
Thank you.
I'm literally the moderator.
Well, I want to say some stuff.
Emil?
Thank you for coming out today.
Okay, I'm the moderator.
Thank you so much for being here, Eddie.
It was very fun interviewing you.
Thank you for having me.
Thank you, of course.
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Bye.
Toodles.
Thank you, Eddie.
