copelmat
copelmat
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April 1, 2010
Teacher
High School - 11th Grade
English / Literature / Writing
University of Kansas Main Campus - Lawrence, KS, US (1993 - 2000)
My personal interests include reading, fiction writing, and fly fishing; although all of those hobbies have taken a recent backseat to long hours of diaper changing, bottle feeding, and generally keeping up with four young children underfoot!
Biography
I'm a two time graduate of The University of Kansas—go Jayhawks!—and am interested professionally in contemporary literature and rhetoric. I live with my wife and four young daughters on the edge of the beautiful Flint Hills in Kansas.
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