The teachers were asked several questions about their favorite things, subjects they liked and didn't like in high school, where they grew up, and so on. This is your chance to know everything about your favorite World Language teachers!

French teachers: Sarah Sexton, Rita VanDyne
German teachers: Elise Walsh
Spanish teachers: Carey Christensen, Antonio Espinoza, Lani Mozer, Kendall Wilson

Christensen | King | Espinoza | Mozer | Sexton
VanDyne | Walsh | Wilson

Where did you grow up?
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
(one hour north of Green Bay)

Do you have a nickname?
CC, Care Bear, Trainer

What high school did you go to?
Peshtigo High School

Where did you go to college?
University of Wisconsin, White Water

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Taco Bell

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Steak and potatoes

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
No

What are your hobbies?
Pottery, sports

What’s your horoscope sign?
Virgo

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
5 brothers, 1 sister

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
Classes and I lived in Spain (the Canary Islands) for a year

What is your least favorite chore?
Cleaning the kitchen

What is your dream vacation?
Caribbean Cruise

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
English, Math

What subject(s) did you love?
Biology

When did you start teaching?
January 1999

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
The flute (I won the John Phillip Sousa Award)
and piano

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I love to travel and I come from a big family

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Volleyball and basketball

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
Cleaning dorm rooms

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
Skydiving instructor

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Where did you grow up?
I moved here to Ft. Collins from Los Angeles when I was 5 yrs old.                             

Do you have a nickname?
Phil

What high school did you go to?
Poudre High School           

Where did you go to college?
Colorado State University

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Chips and salsa

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Pork cutlets

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
None

What are your hobbies?
Reading, bike-riding, fishing, traveling

What’s your horoscope sign?
Leo

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
One 1

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
Studied in Spain

What is your least favorite chore?
Dusting

What is your dream vacation?
Machu Picchu

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
Science  

What subject(s) did you love?
Woodshop, Art, Languages

When did you start teaching?
1982

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
Piano

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I work for a funeral home

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Golf

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
I work for a funeral home

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
Carpenter

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Mr. Espinoza did not take a survey!

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Do you have a nickname?
Lani (real name Lelani)

What high school did you go to?
Great Falls High School      

Where did you go to college?
Montana State University and Colorado State University

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Pizza

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Tostadas at the Rio

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
3 cats – Riley, Milo, Jasper

What are your hobbies?
Reading, traveling, skiing, learning different languages

What’s your horoscope sign?
Aries

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
3 sisters, 1 brother

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
In high school!!

What is your least favorite chore?
Ironing

What is your dream vacation?
A month in an Italian villa

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
P.E.

What subject(s) did you love?
Spanish, Choir

When did you start teaching?
1988

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
Piano

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I had the lead in my high school musical – “Eliza” in My Fair Lady

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Thespians

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
Interpreter for the deaf students at a junior high school

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
High tech executive

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Where did you grow up?
Manhattan, Kansas and Aurora, Colorado

Do you have a nickname?
No

What high school did you go to?
Smoky Hill High School

Where did you go to college?
Colorado State University and University of California

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Powdered sugar Gem donuts

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Thanksgiving dinner with my grandma’s cornbread stuffing

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
No

What are your hobbies?
Reading, traveling, hiking, francophone culture, shopping, cooking/baking

What’s your horoscope sign?
Sagittarius

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
1 sister, 1 half-brother, 2 stepbrothers and 1 stepsister

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
Junior high school, high school, college, study abroad in Clermont-Ferrand, France

What is your least favorite chore?
Dishes – yuk!

What is your dream vacation?
An apartment in France with my family

What subject(s) did you hate in high school? Chemistry

What subject(s) did you love?
French

When did you start teaching?
1998

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
I used to play the harp, piano, violin, but I quit

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I have broken my arms 6 times

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Basketball

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
Weirdest: mortgage loan foreclosures (not fun)

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
Travel guide writer in Western Europe

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Do you have a nickname?
No

What high school did you go to?
Poudre High School and Alfred Sutton Girls’ School

Where did you go to college?
Colorado State University and Université de Paris

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Salt and vinegar chips

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Dinner out in a Vietnamese restaurant

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
Tino (cat) and Scoot (dog)

What are your hobbies?
Dancing, camping

What’s your horoscope sign?
Scorpio

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
1 brother, 2 sisters

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
Had French from 1 st grade through university with 2 breaks.

What is your least favorite chore?
Vacuuming

What is your dream vacation?
Trip around the world, including Europe, Tahiti, Argentina, Sénégal, India, SE Asia, Japan

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
None!

What subject(s) did you love?
History, Biology and French

When did you start teaching?
Age 22

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
Piano and flute

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I was bitten by a rattlesnake at age 14 and nearly lost my leg because of an incompetent doctor

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
French Club

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
I was an extra in “The Marathon Man” when they were filming in Paris

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
A doctor

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Do you have a nickname?
Lisita

What high school did you go to?  
Northport High School

Where did you go to college?
Ithaca College in New York

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Cheetos

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
Roast chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
1 dog – Rosie, 3 cats – Amelia, Abigail and Phoebe

What are your hobbies?
Bike riding, cross-country skiing, gardening, reading

What’s your horoscope sign?
Virgo

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
2 brothers, 1sister

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
I worked in a summer camp in Germany; I spent my junior year in college at the University of Valencia in Spain

What is your least favorite chore?
Cleaning the cat litter box

What is your dream vacation?
2 weeks at a 5 star hotel in Paris

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
Gym – it was pre Title 9 and there were very few opportunities for women in sports

What subject(s) did you love?
Spanish and Math

When did you start teaching?
1975

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
Violin and saxophone

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I was an avid parachutist until my son was born

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Spanish Club, Ski Club, Jazz Band, musicals, Tennis team

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
I taught scuba diving in the Virgin Islands for 3 summers

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
A tour guide for Germans in the US

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Do you have a nickname?
Wheezer

What high school did you go to?
Los Banos High School      

Where did you go to college?
University of Nevada, Reno

What is your favorite junk food or fast food?
Taco Bell

What is you favorite Sunday dinner?
BBQ beef tenderloin, wild rice, asparagus, with apple pie for dessert

Do you have any pets and what are their names?
Border Collie - Cassie

What are your hobbies?
Running, hiking, rollerblading, going to the movies, cooking

What’s your horoscope sign?
Cancer

How many brothers and sisters do you have?
1 brother, 1 sister

How did you learn to speak the language you teach?
HS, college and I lived in Resistencia, Argentina,
San Sebastian, Spain and Heredia, Costa Rica

What is your least favorite chore?
Dusting

What is your dream vacation?
5 star hotel in Italy

What subject(s) did you hate in high school?
Math, Chemistry and English

What subject(s) did you love?
Spanish

When did you start teaching?
August 2001

Do you (did you) play an instrument?
Flute

What is something that most people do not know about you?
I grew up on a ranch out in the country

What clubs or sports did you do in high school?
Volleyball, soccer, swimming, softball. Interact, Spanish Club

What’s the funniest / most unusual / weirdest job you ever had?
Cleaned horse stalls, ski lift chair operator, caterer

If I weren’t a teacher, I would be a . . .
Hardware store owner

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