教师重点:2019年9月

JT: 2009年，我以B的成绩从普渡大学毕业.S. in Mathematics Education and from Aquinas Institute of Theology in 2015 with an M.A. 在神学.

JT: I taught math at Northridge Middle School in Crawfordsville, 印第安纳州, after I graduated from Purdue and before entering the Dominican Order. From t在这里 I had five years in formation split between studies in St. Louis and a year-long internship doing youth ministry and catechesis at a Latino parish in Minneapolis (sadly, 我的西班牙语已经相当生疏了。. 

JT: 我在看书 灵魂日记 教皇圣. 约翰二十三世和 鸟类艺术家 霍华德·诺曼. (I have bookmarks in about five other books but I’m not sure how “current” those are.) I generally read some theology, philosophy and an odd assortment of fiction. 如果Patrick Rothfuss完成了 Kingkiller纪事报我可能会请病假看一整天.  

JT: 我喜欢跑步和阅读. Those two take up quite a lot of my time beyond work and prayer schedules. 我也喜欢花时间在户外. I got to do some hiking in Colorado this summer and made my third Quetico trip with Mr. 德拉斯基，这是一种乐趣. 

JT: 嗯，我是 积极 参与了数学和科学小组, 剧院, 艺术俱乐部, 演讲小组, 校园事工俱乐部和全国荣誉协会. I ran briefly before breaking my foot and regrettably abandoned that. I remember being in the yearbook photo for a few other clubs but couldn’t even tell you which ones they were or if I ever went. 

JT: 我是女子越野赛的助理教练, 与校园部和凯洛斯一起工作, and hope to help keep the Quetico trip going one day when Draski stops going (which probably won't be until a few years after he is unable to walk). 

JT: esball世博的学生是负责任的. I was just speaking to a Dominican priest who teaches ethics to college students and was astounded by how much better our students are. He has more problems with students on homework completion, 参与课堂讨论, 思考得比我在esball世博见过的还要深刻. 我们的学生不是完美的天使, but they step up to the plate and give it their best more often than not.  

JT: I began college studying chemical engineering but discovered quickly that I loved explaining ideas to people far more than I liked applying ideas. I started looking back at my years in school and realized how much I had always enjoyed tutoring others. Helping people to understand what they didn’t get before is a special joy. While I won’t rule out ever returning to math, I absolutely love teaching theology. 现实是相当令人生畏和复杂的, but it is a delight to walk students through Catholic claims about it all and to wrestle with the big existential questions. 

JT: I have a great memory and come from a big family with fast-paced, 诙谐的对话, so I am comfortable in some pretty chaotic situations. That helps a lot teaching morality as rarely am I caught by surprise in class. I still enjoy learning myself, which I think makes a big difference in the classroom. The material I teach matters to me, and I keep pondering it. 

JT: 道德，毫不费力.

JT: This is a difficult question to answer without naming students -- and the ways I have seen them grow. I mostly teach morality, so the outcome I want to see is a virtuous life. I have had the privilege of hearing from some students how my class inspired them, 但请原谅我对这事保密. Their end-of-year evaluations regularly say that I do a great job at making complex ideas accessible to teenagers, 哪一个是巨大的成功. 我为此感到自豪. But more than anything, I would like to see them give their lives in love of God and neighbor. 

JT: 不要透露太多道德课的内容, but I tend to think the biggest challenges in life never change from generation to generation. 我认为每个人都要面对的最大挑战, 宜早不宜迟, 苦难是人生的角色吗. 它有意义吗?? 我该怎么做? 我应该一直避免它吗? Our world seems to ignore those questions more than tackle them head on. Yet so many moral issues come down to it in the end: Can I bring myself to do what is right even if I know it is going to cost me? I have read so many reflections from students about troubles in their lives, or their friends’ lives that they just want to understand. 他们年轻的时候确实有伤疤. 它隐藏在我们很多人的内心深处. 我认为学习什么是真正的挑战, meaningful hope is will always be what young people need so that they are prepared for the adventures of life.