waluuuga! waluuuga!

October 29th, 2007 by ianwalk

I recently had the great good fortune to hook up an almost 3 month teaching gig filling in for a woman on maternity leave.  I got to teach Spanish and study skills (a lovely touch of irony, that…given my track record as a high school student).  I was more than a little apprehensive going in, never having taught kids that age, and also having heard horror stories of the hormone-ridden hell that it can be.  And, to my eternal surprise, I had an absolute blast and got to work with and befriend a bevy of curious, intelligent, kind, wacky, interesting teenagers. 

The job  ended this last thursday and I was devestated.  Even though I’m completely stoked about getting back on the road (I have the ticket to colombia in my grubby little hands as we speak), I am sincerely going to miss walking into that school every day and experiencing the sizzling energy and optimism that those kids just naturally exude.

So, to all of you amazing “walugans”  THANK YOU!!  TAKE CARE!!  STAY IN TOUCH!!  and as a final spanish assignment the job of translating this: 

LES DESEO A TODOS MUCHÍSIMA SUERTE, PURO ÉXITO, Y UNA VIDA FELIZ.   LES MANDO UN ABRAZO ENORME!  HASTA SIEMPRE.

-profe

click on the image below to see more pics of my spanish and study skills classes.

revering the chicken of knowledge

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124 Responses

  1. ADRIAN

    Ian, no me conoces, obviamente. Pero realmente me alegra mucho que todavía estés pensando en volver a caminar, e imagino que tus alumnos deben haber pasado muy buen tiempo contigo. Para mí, sos uno de los modelos que impulsan mi sueño de caminar, dentro de un tiempo, una vuelta completa a Argentina, desde cerca de Buenos Aires hasta Ushuaia, de ahí a la Quiaca, y vuela a Ushuaia. Éxitos, y que vuelvas pronto al camino.-

  2. camski1

    hay its cameron where all going to miss you profe i am going to ace spanish if it kills me

    your freind cameron rahe

  3. camski1

    hey profe its cameron we all miss you iam going to get an a in spanish if it kills me

  4. kylee

    profe!!! omg this made me cry….we miss you already!!! my culture points that you told me to keep cuz i was gonna read them to the class, i talked to mrs. dralle about them and she told i have to turn them in late now… :-( so now there 3 weeks late! she hates me! anyway, we miss you so much,and the whole school was depressed today cuz u were gone everyone misses you a ton and we all want you to come back. have a great time walking and never forget the amazing kids that changed ur life (especially kylee) :-) haha…THATS ME!! jk…just remember us!!! pleaseeeee! i think u should post something about every single kid in ur classes!!! that would take forever tho….but i still think you should…if you have the time…OMG PROFE WE MISS YOU!!!

  5. Emilee K.

    bahahaha. omg.
    i loveee those pictures.
    wow profe, waluga will never ever forget u. that was one bittersweet day. we had an awesome party but everybody hated seeing you leave. (example:tears?) haha. but we will haveta see you again. thanks for putting those pictures up though, im totally stealing them. :] have a good time on your trip.

  6. walugaaaaaaaaaa

    meh.

  7. Anonymous

    i miss u profe

  8. waluga p.3

    COME BACK PROFE :(

  9. Kayla Andrews

    PROFE!!PROFE!!

  10. Kayla Andrews

    We miss you profe! School is not the same without you making your very funny jokes! We miss you a lot! Please come back soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

  11. Colby N.

    Hey Profe! oh my garnet, you made me cry in what you wrote about us! But the pics were awesome. I’m glad you put the 1 of me kicking in there, it’s my favorite.Today wasn’t as fun as it was when you were here. we went over everything we’ve already done and the desks are all weird and not as sociable. It sux a whole lot without you here and it’s going to be really hard with just mrs.dralle here all year!!! we all are going to miss u, hint 3rd period alot, and hope to see you in a couple years or even next. I also hope you enjoyed your little note i wrote to you. I think i made it into an awesome swan but know mr. I know everything, you(profe) had to say it was a LOCH NESS MONSTER!!!!!!!!
    I’ts ok though, i forgive you. Well we miss and hope you decide to come to the mixer on wednesday.
    P.s try to sub before you go in the following classes…
    1st periof Von Rohr
    2nd period Persichetti
    4th period Blash
    5th period Grosenbach
    6th period Running

    I mean you can if you get the chance to before you go!

  12. Sonrisa

    AHEM!!! You seem to have forgotten your poor students of last year! Even though we only had you for a couple weeks *grumble grumble…* we still LOVED YOU! I have Mr. Shelmerdine @ Lakeridge (gahhhh he’s AMAZING :D), who YOU apparently had as a teacher when YOU were a kid? He told some story about you hitting your head or something, but I don’t remember it… Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful time on your journey and DON’T FORGET YOUR SPRING 07 STUDENTS GOSH DARNIT!!! XD

  13. Sonrisa

    Oh, and zeharia@gmail.com by the way… ;)

  14. I Miss You Sooo Much!

    Hi Profe! I really miss you A LOT!!!! (i think everyone does) Everything you wrote made me cry :(….. Oh yeah! I translated the assignment thingy (LES DESEO A TODOS MUCHÍSIMA SUERTE, PURO ÉXITO, Y UNA VIDA FELIZ. LES MANDO UN ABRAZO ENORME! HASTA SIEMPRE.) and i think its something like: THEM DESIRE To ALL VERY MANY LUCK, PURE SUCCESS, And A HAPPY LIFE. THEM CONTROL AN ENORMOUS HUG! UNTIL ALWAYS. haha sorry if i gave everyone the answers. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR JOURNEY AND DON’T FORGET TO VISIT WALUGA!!!!!!!! -Vivian

  15. ianwalk

    haha, hey vivian…thanks for the note…and the translationg…well, it was pretty close: “I wish you all a lot of luck, nothing but success, and a happy life. I send (not control, haha) you all (les) a huge hug. and yes, until always, although it might loosely translate to bff, lol. take care -profe

  16. taylor, che, kelsey.

    HEY PROFE!!

    its Taylor and che and kelsey[[who you dont know]]

    WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!
    you ARE amazing!!

    have fun walking!

    you have to write to waluga and to taylor and che oh ya….and kelsey!

    we miss you!
    peaceee..

  17. GarReTT

    I CANT BELIEVE YOU LEFT!!!!!!!

    have fun in colombia

    come back and visit!

  18. krisitn?

    I WISH ALL A LOT OF LUCK, PURE SUCCESS, AND A HAPPY LIFE. I ORDER THEM AN ENORMOUS HUG! UP TO ALWAYS.

  19. kristin?

    just so ya know, I TRIED TO TRANSLATE THAT THINGY! Is it right???
    We all miss u so much!!!! it’s so boring now!

  20. Matt Henn

    PROFE!!!! Hola, como estas? Gosh, Mrs. Dralle says compewtadora… she doesn’t make us emphasize our vowels at all! You told us to, so we all ephasize them and ask her why she doesn’t do it. She says it isn’t important… WTH?! I wish you would come back, it would be so cool, and mean so much to all of us. Adam Froelich, who is sitting right next to me, says hi! lol, well I better submit this before the Librarian catches me HAHA! See ya later Profe, EMAIL ME!!!! Or else… Mrs. Dralle will come and get you… that would not be good!

    I wish you the best of luck on your walk, and if you don’t come and see us in Lakridge or substitute in our class before you have to go on your walk, then everybody will be sad. Don’t make everybody sad Profe. So many people were crying, you have no idea (well maybe you do), that means you have to come back.

    Matt, per. 3 Spanish with the Profenator!

    Now per. 3 is boring, >.

  21. Matt H

    Oh btw, my email address is hennman94@yahoo.com (I took the idea of The Henn, and Hennman that you used to call me) :)

    See ya!

  22. Adam F

    I am supposed to be doing my LA essay but Matt tempted me. So, what’s up P-Unit. It was so funny today in Spanish because someone walked into our classroom to deliver a note and we all started clapping. Mrs. Dralle looked at all of us like we were crazy. bwahaha. She annoys me with her lack of pronouncing things right. And she kind of made fun of you in a way. She was like, “It’s good that you guys started off with vocab cards and pictures and stuff. That is like more like the elementary school way to teach.” I was like wow. Also, today we had to introduce other people in Spanish and Connor introduced Mac as MACK-THE-KNIFE lol. So reply back and email me. I put it on the thing but I don’t know if it shows up so it’s Afrosoccer1122@aim.com

    it is not afro as in poofy hair its A - Adam Fro- Froelich. Just clarifying. So when do you start your long walk?

  23. Matt H

    Oh wait, it’s per. 6, not per. 6, LOL. But you are still the Profenator!

    Matt

  24. adam0

    WOOT WOOT finally u put up the pics profe! they rock by the way even though i look terrible in all of them. having class with you was da bomb!!!! so whats up? hows life? are u training for your intense south american adventure??? have fun with it!!!!!!

  25. Kayla Andrews

    WOW!!! you are getting a lot of comments! But thats because we miss you a lot!!!! PLEASE COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. allie 7th period of wonderfulness or what used to be

    ahhhhhh i don’t understand this technology! so i do want to talk to you, if i ever find out how to communicate! everyone misses you like crazy profe except the drallenator,(don’t tell her i said that) but i am still crying (inside at least) it sux you’re gone! u need to somehow come back really soon, once we find out how to eliminate a certain someone… cough cough wink wink….. anyways i don’t know how to talk to you through this contraption, but i luv the pics, i’m also wondering when you start walking? are you with the alpacas and llamas yet? hmmmmm well email me at alliem@wolfgate.org and show me how to talk through this blogism anyways, i hope you like my novel i’m making you read if you haven’t already stopped…… bye keep in touch
    alligator of allieism (allie mitchell)

  27. allie 7th period of wonderfulness or what used to be

    hey i get it, do you respond on this like i.m.? maybe not? @llie

  28. Anonymous

    omg profe we rock i know we do 7 period was amazing come back and visit tomorrow…. please

    cassie fisher

  29. shanno dunlop(the girl you do not know)

    PROFE! i never had you! but i always heard great things!!!!!!!!! even though I wasn’t in your class, you treated me like anyother kid like you had! you are amazing!!! you made me wanna take spanish!!! YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING YOU ARE FOR WALKINGGGGG THIS MUCH!!!! U ARE THE GREATEST!!!

  30. Anonymous

    PROFE!!!!!!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE!!!!! BY THE WAY YOU ROCK MY SOCKS!!! (I have no idea what that means)

    Here’s a random phrase in spanish:

    Tengo un pollo en la cabeza!!

    by the way this is MERV! (I like exclamation points!!!!!!

  31. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    PROFE,
    MRS DRalle IISSSSSSSSS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring! SHes all like “Profe was just subbing for me and he just taught u guys with pix and vocab so just to make sure u learnt bout this stuff we’ll review.” And i was like “REspectfully WTHE????????????” SHe thinks we’re stupid. IM gonna ace this class if it kills me. Even tho mrs dralle is soooooooo…… nvr mind. Howz life? RU training and SWEATING UP A SEA??????? I really miss cross country. U were the bestest coach eveer. ANd also Kevin and some other people try to crack jokes and stuff but they’re just not as funny w/o u. ANd mrs dralle speaks SPANISH VERSION : GRINGO LINGO! AHHHHHHH it drives me insane, Were all like hola, and like pronouncing the h. RESPECTFULLY WAT THE????

    I love u Profe
    U kno that ur all that and Two bags of chips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    BIZZYBEE.

    PS. do u have any other cross country pix other than the ones of the guys like running thier tooshes off????????

  32. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    brittany@kembel.com

    WRITEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :D

  33. eva

    hey, hey, hey! so i’m reading everyones comments and they’re all “mrs. dralle is boring! come back! life sucks!” and i’m thinking– Oh my god…they’re right…life does suck without profe!!!

    So there is my train of thought… i’ll let you decipher it…. it shouldn’t be all that hard

    spanish used to be my ultimate favorite class but it’s sinking down the charts FAST! i still love learning the lanquage but it is pure torture sitting through the class without you…

    sorry for the long comment :)

  34. easily amused

    in the picture above– emily kelley’s, blake’s, and spencer’s faces make my day!!! :)

  35. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    Profe’s Arrival. P1!!!

    Like all beginnings it was tentative. The usual grimness of first time experiences set a certain tenseness to the atmosphere as I walked into the classroom. Questions ran through my head such as “Where should I sit, did I know anyone, and lastly, who was that weird guy sitting at the teachers desk?” We were later to learn from this man a very important lesson of our life (community) but for now he was simply labeled “the substitute.”

    Like many a bachelor of this era he was sporting a half lackadaisical (and bizarre) arrangement of textures and colors. But mostly his garb was due to the fact that he was frankly awesome and no about to become a “conformist teacher.” The tardy bell rang roping in the last stragglers and the noise level grew.

    The strange man rose and the class gave him and uneasy tentative look. “Haven’t you subbed before?” A voice from the back called out, and he nodded sending murmurs and anticipation around the room. “My name is Ian Reeves but you may call me, no, must call me Profe.” His command, and “malevolent” stare made it clear that he would be “Profe” and no one else, but mostly he was taken seriously because he had a YARDSTICK in his hands. Yet he was not frightening, he was quite a comical sight.

    And so it began, the vicious cycle of school, and yet with Profe it wasn’t vicious. (At least not yet!) Attendance in our class began and Profe desperately tried to grasp each name and connect it with a face. There were certain names and people that stuck out, like Tony and Roy “the most serious of them all.” And then came the supposed future divorce agents “Conan and SAVAGE!” Although names like Brennen never seemed to appear, and names like Kevin were just better left for the chickens to devour. Instantly these names became more meaningful, as they were attached to a person we each seemed to say “Never gonna forget what Profe said about them!” I bet he knew all of his 6-some-odd classes by the fourth day. AMAZING.

    …possibly to be continued.

    WE love u PRofe

  36. Spencer Russowl

    PROFE!!!!!!!!!!! COME BACK!!!!!!!!! Mrs Dralle doesnt make the lessons fun come back and through the ball of knowledge in our faces. You allways treated us nice except for those times when you started yelling.(i didn’t like those days)anyways come back some time and sub again. Also the best part was when you made fun of Che Garret and Troy

    PEACE!!!!!!!!

  37. Spencer Russowl

    PROFE!!!!!!!!!! the funiest thing just happened i was looking at the s.s. hw and mr von rohr only has had 2000 people look at his website and u already have like a billion hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehe

    MISS YOU

    P.S. You said i could say everyones names for extra credit and u never let me.

  38. My face is not bruised by Ball of Knowledge

    Profe!!! Como estas? Usted está muy recordado. En su honor, he traído mi grado. Me gusta usar la computadora y leer su pagina web. Por favor, regrese!!!! Sra. Dralle no tiene nada de ti! I debe ir, pero así tarifa.

    Los mejores deseos

    Connor C.

  39. My face is not bruised by Ball of Knowledge

    P.S.
    Email me at: ih8jonmayr@gmail.com

  40. St. Patrick

    I miss u profe i want the learning stick and the ball of knowlege
    —-St. Patrick

  41. Kayla Andrews

    Hey i saw you today but i didnt get a hug :(. anyway please come a sub for study skills 4 soon. Why did you push me anyway? All i did was tap u on your shoulder. i mean come on

  42. Viviannn

    I saw you today Profe! At first, i didn’t know that u were coming, but then jessie wuz like: “Profe is here @ waluga” First i didnt believe her (haha) but thn i saw you @ the front of the building!!! OMG. Today was my first day of spanish with Ms. Dralle (bcuz i was gone on monday & tuesday) and omgomgomgomg she doesn’t have a spanish accent and she repeats herself sooooo many times!!!! Spanish wuz soo fun with you, i wish u could be a permanent teacher. (you are soo much better!)

  43. ur mom

    Hey profe!!

    omg profe u have no idea how empty this school is with out you. Theres like no point to waluga anymore.
    You’re way better than Ms. Dralle will ever be. Well enough gossiping.

    YOU ROCK IAN “PROFE” REEVES!!

  44. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    Profe,
    U rock sooooo much!!!!

    :D :D

    MUCHO LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. ur mom

    profe, three words.

    YOU CHANGED WALUGA.

  46. ianwalk

    hey y’all! I want to THANK every one of you so much for writing here and being so kind and warm. I can’t even begin to express how much it means to me and inspires me.

    I would ask, however, that you DON’T bring any negative comments, perspectives, opinions, etc about people to this forum….please.

    thanks.

    ps. I promise to try and get back to all of you who have written as soon as possible…patience is the key…patience.

    I think krissy hengesh is going to pass around an email list this week…please put your email on it and I’ll set up a waluuuuga newsletter to y’all from my trip.

    I’m subbing at school on the 6th, 7th, 14th and the 28th…so see y’all then!

    -profe

  47. allie 7th period of wonderfulness or what used to be

    u haven’t emailed me yet! boo on you! get it? it’s like halloween(even tho it’s like 11) and i said boo so hahahha but you have to respond or mrs drallenator of doom and gloom is going to brainwash me! helape halape, doesn’t that sound like help in spanish? i thought so! well email alliem@wolfgate.org ( ya you already know it don’t you ) okay well i’m going to go die tomorrow with you know who teaching 7th period, EMAIL ME! @llie

  48. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    WOOT WOOT!
    UR SUBBING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :D :D :D :D

  49. ***

    *having you visit made my day 1000000x better!!! you make me so happy!!!

  50. Anonymous

    PROFE :D

    U ROCK. THANX 4 COMING YESRERDAY!!!!! U MADE MY DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW WAS THE HAUNTED HOUSE???

    hope this makes sense! :D

    Usted sale de lo que usted pone adentro.

    love from a annoying CC runner. JK! :D

  51. bizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    that was me! (brittany k)

    brittany@kembel.com

    that’s my email!!!!!!!!!!

  52. mariah

    THEM DESIRE TO ALL A LOT LUCK, PURE SUCCESS, AND A HAPPY LIFE. THEM COMMAND AN ENORMOUS HUG! UNTIL ALWAYS. aww i translated it

  53. mariah

    it doesn’t make a lot of sence but i get it

  54. troy ..... amazing

    hey profe!!! we all miss you.. its just not the same. it was fun pwning u like an uber noob on halo 3 in basketball the other day…

  55. Anonymous

    profe u need to come back! we all miss you so much!! COME SUB FOR MRS. DRALLE! you were the best teacher ever except for when u started yelling that wasnt so fun but besides that!! COME BACK TO WALUGA EVERYONE MISSES YOU!!

  56. Cassie D

    Profe we miss you sooooo much You made me3 cry when you left and I was bawling but anyway We want you back plez come and viset us plez but we miss you
    waluga from Cassie D

  57. dahlia

    hey profe, even though i never had you, i still miss you!

    come sub for dennis, otness, harrell, finkelman, or everhart!

    PLEASE!

  58. Krissy HEngesh

    hEY PROFE I AM DOING A EMAIL SHEET ADN I HAVE ALOT OF EMAILS. BUT YOU SKIPED OVER MY POSTER I MADE FOR CULTRUE POINTS AND YOU DID NOT COUNT IT SO I ONLY GOT 30 OUT OF 50 POINTS. ENOUGH OF THAT YOU need TO COME BACK NOW!!!!!!!! I MISS YOU SOO MUCH COME SEE MY MOM AT REI. DID YOU LOOK AT MY CARD. YOU NEED TO COME BACK AND SUB. I MISS YOU SOO MUCH AND I KNOW ALOT MORE PEOPLE MISS YOU TOOO.
    P.S WHY IS THERE LIKE BODY ODOR SPRILS COMING UP FORM THE BOOTTUM OF THE PAGE? JJUST WONDERING

  59. annusa

    HEYY PROFE its noos noos aka annusa… let me tell u something i found myself crying for the most randomest reason yesterday but it was because i finally relized it wasnt a joke like the jk thing or the mustache but u actually really left for good… wi remember the first day i meet u on the job and right away i didnt think that there was ever going to be a better teacher thats fun,funny,smart,interesting,thoughtful, and so much more that i could say but there is not a purfect enough word that there is in the dictionary that could describe you… but i know i am mad and i could cry and scream and not talk to anyone but i found out that thats not going to get you back… but i want you to know that when i left that class room that day i left with a hole bunch of memories that are great ones, i left with a great month with you… and u bacame like a second dad to me but my dad aint funny as you… but i know this may be a long comment but all this is to say thank you for everything and i love you… and because of you i know that i could do anything and remember when u see me on tv and movie screens some day remember to say i know that girl i know her, i was her spanish teacher!!! GOODBYE AND I ALREADY STARTED COUNTING DOWN THE DAY TILL IM IN MY SECOND YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU
    !!! HAVE A GREAT WALK AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO NEVER FORGET ME PLEASE BECAUSE I KNOW DEEP DOWN I WILL NEVER FOEGET YOU!!!!!!! ( ps today in spanish we had to listen to that cd with that weird spanish guy with that accent and the hole time we were waiting for mrs.dralle to stop the cd and start making fun of him but she didnt and neither did u…) asta luego profe… :(

  60. Shanno Dunloppp

    Profe. It take great charteristic, like you, to impact so many people like this. You impacted me in such an amazing. You showed that making a friend with anyone is possible. I was not in your class, I did not take FLE Spanish or Spanish one. Yet, you still acknowleged me, which I think is truely amazing! You are a great person. You make me want to QUIT french and do spanish, but now theres no point because you will not be there. :[ You are truely amazing. & you deserve to win PRIZES FOR YOUR AMAZINESS!!!.

  61. Sonrisa

    WALUGA e-mail list?! I once again sense discrimination against those of us at Lakeridge! I want to be on the e-mail list too!!! *pouts in the corner* XD Sooo once you get it all compiled it would be GREAT if you could tack me onto the end… zeharia@gmail.com

  62. Anonymous

    profe no one will ever forget you at waluga! you made a mark in all of our lives and made spanish fun for us. there is no way i will like it as much without you because u could make the most boring thing funny. thank you so much for that. your last day was probably one of the saddest days of my life i think everyone cried. you were the coolest teacher ever come back and see us!! during 1st period!
    -Darian

  63. Anonymous

    ahhh profee!! I MISS U SO MUCH. the other day me and nus got yelled at for talking and it just wasnt the same w/o u smacking ur learning stick. or yelling for like 5 mins. haha.. good times =] but yeah we were listening to that one tape of the rapist/creeper guy and nus and i were just waiting for mrs dralle to pause the tape and imitate him but she never did. life sucks w/o u profe. u changed all of our lives and waluga. WE MISS UUU!!! never forget uss.

    -jess

  64. dahlia

    Profe. I know you’re being modest but people here are really and truley depressed by you leaving Waluga. Like i know you said that we’d be normal in like a week, but thats SO not true. we will remember you forever!!!

    SUB FOR MR. DENNIS!
    I DONT HAVE BLASH!

  65. bizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    sub for persechetti, or von rhor, or running, everhart, and dralle!!!!!!!!!! WE MISS U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :(

    mucho love

    BRITTERS

    ps. how ur training going?????????

  66. eva

    so krissy is making this email list that we are passing around all your old classes and it’s kinda ridiculous how long it is (in a good way)! haha :)

  67. Kayla Andrews

    I CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MANY COMENTS YOU ARE GETTING. I AM GUESSING THAT IS HOW MUCH SO MANY MISS YOU. BUT STILL WOW!!!!!

  68. MERVALICIOUS!!!!!! (some random friend mad that up)

    HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Profe!
    How’s life? by the way Kelly sosa is with me at the moment, so she says hi too.
    Here’s a spanish Trivia question:

    What is a mispronounced spanish foot?

    You can email me the answer, plus tell me what’s going on, and how’s life and stuff like that,

    Now here’s Kelly with the weather:

    The weather’s been great and Susie Q and I have taken advantage of it. Everyone at school is very sad that you left. I didn’t even have u or know you but you must have been a really coolio guy! Now back to MERV with the Sports!

    Thank you Kelly, the red soxs won the world series, and that’s al I know about sports, YAY ME!!

    by the way here is my e-mail Address:

    merv14@comcast.net

    BY PROFE FROM kELLY AND mERV!

  69. Anonymous

    Wow. I can not believe all the comments you are getting! BTW, the e-mail list thingy is sooooo long! wowowowow.

  70. bizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    PROFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    it was sooooooooooooooooooooo awesome seeing u at the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cooll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and life at WAluga is like, well, just no fun w/u. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I MISs U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Buena Suerte y MUCHO LOve

    FO shizzle =)

  71. krissy

    profe wat is up with the B.O. gasses coming up from the bottum of the page?

  72. bizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    PRofe!
    i played a soccer game today!!!! and we tied. its totallly because of my lucky cleat that u signed.

    u rock profe!!!!!!!!!!

    brittany k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :) :0 :)

  73. Trent

    Profe Sub for Mr. Dennis

  74. Trent R

    Wooooops

    Its suppolsto say

    Como se dice

    LES DESEO A TODOS MUCHÍSIMA SUERTE, PURO ÉXITO, Y UNA VIDA FELIZ. LES MANDO UN ABRAZO ENORME! HASTA SIEMPRE

    En Espanyol

    This is how spell check says to spell it haha

    Espagnol’s
    :D

  75. Nellie

    PROFE WE MISS U SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! o and are there llamas in Colombia? If there are say hi to one for me i’ve only seen them in America not in Colombia or anywhere outside the country. Hasta Luego Profe we miss u so much!!!

  76. CHRISTIAN!!!!!!

    ummmm excuse me profe.
    i was NOT mentioned in the little talky thingy over the picture. that is very dissapionting. your fav student

  77. CHRISTIAN!!!!!!

    o wait. i forgot to tell you. mrs dralle is like really mad cause i have like 20 lates so im getting like thrown in the dungeon. just thought id let u know…

  78. eva

    haha! we still clap when anyone delivers a note to the class… it’s great :D

  79. I LOVE MATH

    thanks for teaching the math class!!!! We all love u ian

  80. Melissa

    Profe. i didnt get a chance to write u a long note but i decided to comment. Spanish is torture without u. i want to drop out. even if i try hard i am still going to fail. but i still want u to no how much everyone loves you, and how much people would do for u to come back. U are the most amazing, intelligent, funniest,.. well there are so many more but i dont feel like typing them all but ya person that anyone has ever met. i dont think a person that has came in and subed for such a small amount of time has made such an impact on EVERY single student. (even if they didnt have spanish) I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, and i will miss you forever. i cant wait to see you. never forget ur favorite student MELISSA.

  81. Anonymous

    Crowds of people gathering around a single substitute who is crying and hugging all of them. They are all trying to push their way through the crowds as they tell “We love you, Profe!”. Someone who didn’t know the unusual traits of this sub and these kids might find this a bit odd. They wouldn’t know about the kindness, humor, and vast knowledge that this sub had given all of these middle school kids. No one has ever seen such devotion to a teacher in a middle school. ESPECIALLY not to a sub.

    These past two months you have given us have been the best experience we could ask for. You have found a way to teach middle schoolers that actually works(hard to do) You have befriended hundreds of kids that you once thought would be a nightmarish crowd of crazy people. You have changed Waluga for good. Thank you, Profe, for everything you have given to us, especially your friendship.

  82. dahlia

    profe, i will make sure everyone knows that ur gonna be here tomorrow. u can count on it.

  83. dahlia

    OH! and i signed the scroll of emails..that thing is LONG

  84. Jeremiah

    When will you be a sub again?

  85. a friend

    Not a sub in Waluga history has made such an impact on EVERYONE like you profe. Just the way you treat everyone like your best friend, or the way you talk to people like you’ve known them your entire life. A lot of my teachers don’t care about their kids. They are just there to teach and make money. The thing is with you is that you care about us. Your interest in our future goes past middle school. We all feel like you care if we graduate from college or become famous. Thank you for that profe.

    -a friend that will always remember you.

  86. Bazzaz, Dahlia

    ur subbing for blash rittee??

  87. Matt H

    Hey Profe,
    I saw you yesterday and I almost knocked you over cus i tripped. LOL. I was so excited that you had came to sub yesterday, all of my excitement just got bottled up and i had to run to you. I know i can’t change your decision about doing the rest of the walk, but i want you to know that you made a humongous (think that’s how you spell it….) impact on EVERYBODY in the school, even the people that didn’t know you. I posted before this and a day later there was like 20 more posts, lol. You have to come back and sub for my teachers.
    1st: Bell (10th grade matematicas)
    2nd: Running (ingles)
    3rd: Zurcher (Web Design which i am currently posting this from :P)
    4th: von Rohr (Ciencias Sociales)
    5th: Persichetti (Ciencias Naturales)
    LUNCH
    6th: dralle…. (espanol)
    7th: Everhart (educacion fisica)
    Don’t know how to say Web Design in Spanish, although I could say tecnologia but i have to go pretty soon. Period is almost over, and all i have been doing this period is looking at this blog and posting about you!
    OK, well I hope to see you again today, the 7th, even if I am late to my classes. I miss you a lot Profe, and I can not begin to describe how “depressed”, if you wanna use that word, people are that you have left. Gosh, I can’t begin to explain how sad I am that you left. I hope you have the best of discoveries on your trip. And send as many postcards as you can, and write more e-mails to me! I am waiting for your responses. I know I have to be patient, but it isn’t the same without you. Everybody still claps when people come in to deliver notes, and we try to carry out all of your decisions, but Sra. dralle won’t do the weird voice and say funny stuff after the rapist/stalker/molester talks… Well, times up, gotta go. Have fun on your walk Profe, and well, sub more!
    Your bestest friend (and I know that bestest isn’t a word :P)
    Matt Henn

  88. Matt H

    Longest post, WOOOOOOOT!!!!!

  89. Anonymous

    love u tonz
    love u bunches
    love u more than fast food luches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  90. Katie

    You taught Harry Potter?

  91. Zach.

    Hey profe! its zach

    im not entirely sure why, but my dad wanted to talk to you..

    so his email address is pgbrill@aol.com

    Anywaysss.

    watsup? how have you been now that you have the pesky 7&8th graders out of your life? [:

  92. bizzyBee13(Brittany K :D)

    hey profe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i miss u so much. we do everything from the book and i miss ur awesome drawing skillz on the smartboard.

    WALUGA REALLY MISSES U PROFE!!!!!!!!

    buena suerte
    bee

  93. Kayla Andrews

    OMG!!! u have gotten so many comments. but we miss you that much! EMAIL ME!!!!!

  94. Anonymous

    Thanks for subbing my Co. Skills class, and being my cross country coach. You are the funniest teacher ever. I miss you profe.

  95. Dancer4LIfe

    hey…do you know who this is??? guess!!! omg profe…its so weird that ur not theyre anymore…we listened to the creeper the other day, and the whole class was making all these weird voices like the creeper, and mrs. dralle got mad at us…and then jessica yelled out THE CREEPER!!! and mrs. dralle got kind of angry at us…but its so weird that ur not theyre anymore!!!

  96. Anonymous

    PROFE!!!
    i miss you SOOOO much!! i learned so much from you! at first i was nervous about spanish but u made it so fun and taught me soo much! u are an amazing person and i love u! i look up to u, not only because you’re really tall, but becuase u are soo funny, nice, and dedicated! i wish u could stay at waluga, but i think that the walk is so cool! i just want to tell u THANK YOU, MISS YOU, and LOVE YOU!! visit soon and keep in touch!!

    ~Hoddevik ♥!!

  97. Anonymous

    Wow Profe! We need you back really bad! I used to have an accent in spanish, but not really now! COME BACK!

  98. Anonymous

    profe
    howz life? b/c waluga stinx w/o u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  99. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    YOU GET OUT WHAT U PUT IN!!!!!!!!!!!
    :)

    :)

    :)

    :)

    BUENA SUERTE PROFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  100. Anonymous

    100 comments
    woot woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    :)

  101. bizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    profe
    u need 2 update its noviembre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  102. Anonymous

    have fun on the walk break a leg

  103. Anonymous

    HOLY CRAP! Over 100 comments, that takes real skillz…

  104. Anonymous

    profe!!!!!!!!!!!!

    u rock, but u were supposed 2 sub 4 1 of my teacher!!!!!!!!!!

    buena suerte…

    for u would it be

    bueno suerte

    ?????????????????????????????

  105. emmagoldsmith

    hey profe!
    you subbed for my spanish class today…nalty at lake oswego high…i was the one in the back who asked for a band aid…cool site. Have fun!

  106. BizzyBee (Brittany K :D)

    ur subbing 4 other skools? whaa, sadness we miss u profe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    buena suerte

  107. Anonymous

    Profe have fun on your walk!!! Happy Thanksgiving, Eat a lot of turkey, or Tofurkey if your a vege… haha. Post a pic of you walking through the USA it will be funny cause you will be a guy walking on the side of the freeway or rode haha.

  108. eva

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  109. benja

    jaja muy bueno el castellano de tus alumnos eh…lo unico que te dicen es hey profe…jeje che enseñales algo mas…asi les entiendo…jeje un abrazo.

  110. the kid that wanted to do the extra credit 1st period

    i wish my name was paco dont u oh yah and we just took this test in espanol and it was muy dificil

  111. Spencer Russell

    Today we also went to an assembly at the end of the day and there was a slide show. When we saw your picture with the mustache in the office everyone went crazy and started screaming
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. JK or was i

    buy

  112. trent Riggs☺

    you should have ditched your subbing at the HighSchool and subbed for Mr. Dennis :(

  113. trent Riggs☺

    ???????????WHEN ARE U LEAVING FOR YOUR WALK??????????????????????????

  114. Anonymous

    have a safe trip Profe, keep in contact w/us!!!!!!!!!!!!

    buena suerte

  115. buhzazzle

    I hope you have a great time on your walk profe,

    keep in touch!!

  116. eva

    i think you left yesterday, so you probably won’t get this for a while, but have an amazing trip! you definitely have to check your email/website as much as possible! waluga will miss you(even more than we already do)! see you when you get back! :D

  117. jim

    bye

  118. adam0

    profe, be sure to take more pics and videos so that we can see what u are doing on your walk through south america! and be sure to stop by waluuuuuuga when you pass through oregon (if you ever do). Good luck on your trip!

  119. adam0

    well actually don’t stop by waluga because we are all probably gonna be in like 10th grade by the time you pass through LO so stop by lakeridge instead, or just simply run through town screaming at the top of your lungs until somebody that knows you notices you. either way will work. yeaaaaaaaaaaaah i want it to snow cuz it’s raining right now and it’s really depressing. i hope it’s not raining on u in south america cuz that would suck too. so anyways spansih is getting harder because mrs. dralle talks so darn fast that you can’t understand alot of things she is saying, so then she has to repeat it like 8 TIMES! i swear i think it’s actually killing my brain listening to her (but don’t tell her i said that or else she will assasinate me or something =0). Oh yah, and whenever you ask her how to say something in spanish, she never tells you! she will only say “Well, it depends.” maybe she should be taking a spanish class instead of teaching one! and none of my teachers want me to talk about you. mrs. meyers newcomb was asking people who their favorite teacher was and why on a weekly reflection assignment, and i put down “PROFE CUZ HE’S AWESOME AND HE HAS A BALL/RUBBERCHICKEN OF KNOWLEDGE!!!!” and she told me that you weren’t a teacher and that i couldn’t say you were my favorite. how sad. oh and by the way, the first day that mrs. dralle came back, nellie saw the ball of knowledge in the garbage can all deflated, so she ran over and was like “What have you done?! you killed it!!!” it was really funny. by the way, me and nellie wrote this song called PROFE a long time ago, and i found it today. you should totally hear it. it is a fresh prince of bel air remix that totally rocks! well, actually its not all the way finished but who cares? anyways, this is a really long post and its like 10:30 in the morning and i am tired right now cuz i went to bed at about 1:47 so i think i will stop typing right about…….now!

  120. Emilee Kelly.

    Hey Profe.
    I got your email.
    It was pretty long.
    Sounded intense to me. I didn’t reply though cuz u probably have like 21047234 replies already…but yeah so oh boyy, i miss you so much, haha…..
    and yeah i sometimes feel like shooting myself in 1st period…thats not weird at all…haha but gahh i get so bored. its muyy abburida with Senora Dralle. Grr

    Have fun on your walk Profe. I’m sure you’ll do great. laterr. AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN. Count on it :]]

  121. Sesty

    hey Profe!
    stay in touch with more e-mails!
    we all want to hear from you :)

  122. Spencer Russell

    on friday dec 7 i was in math and i finished my test and my weekend hw so i wrote a stroy about a guy named PACO SANCHEZ. Paco Sanchez es muy gracioso and if your ever at waluga agin i can show you the story

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  123. bkem

    Profe

    Waluga has gone to the dogs without you. The student council is also interested in posting letters in the school from you, and tracking your progress. If you need an address, it is 4700 Jean Rd 97035

  124. Colby

    Profe!!!!!!!! I haven’t left a coment on here sense almost a year ago! I know! sad isn’t it?! But I’m leaving one now, and gosh! So far, spanish 2 up here is such a bore! I sit in the front, and the teacher alreayd hates me ’cause she hated my brother! Wish you would come to Lakeridge soon to sub a few classes! You know what? That’s what I’ll wish when I blow out my birthday cake candles tomorrow night! Hope it comes true!
    divertirse en su caminar!
    -Colby

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