akannan
akannan
Male
June 27, 2009
Teacher
Middle School
History
Kenyon College - Gambier, OH, US (1992 - 1996)
DePaul University - Chicago, IL, US (1996 - 1997)
Examining thoughts/ ideas in Literature (capital "L") and playing/ coaching basketball.
Biography
I currently teach Middle School History and have been teaching and have taught at various K-12 levels over the last 13 years. While I teach American History, my focus in college was in the political theory, literature, and philosophy of Modern European Thinkers.
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