I am easy-going and open minded. I teach because kids are the best sort of people you can spend a day with. I have two of the most wonderful grown children. They are both musicians.Philosophy:Borrowed philosophies: "The meaning of life is to live it""Well-behaved women rarely make history""No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself""'Childlikeness' has to be restored with long years of training in the art of self-forgetfulness""Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control - these three alone lead to sovereign power" Personal: Don't judge, acceptMusic, Movies, BooksMovies: Seven Samurai, and other Akira Kurosawa films, Burnt by the Sun (Russia), The Proposition, Ashes of Time Redux, Sin Nombre, Brazil, Dziga Vertov, Lars Von Trier, Wes Anderson, and Ridley Scott films, BBC Masterpiece Theater, it is a broad spectrum Music: Bob Dylan, Soundgarden, The Style Council, Neko Case, Yo La Tengo, Van Morrison, Bjork, Peter Tosh, Tom Waits, The Pogues, Foo Fighters, Mos Def, Billy Bragg, Talib Kweli, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Black Sabbath Books: Non-fiction...currently reading The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our PlanetTypes of People I enjoy:Everyone has a story. I want to hear them.One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneI get to do amazing things everyday. There are big things like giving birth to my children, hitchhiking across the US and biking the Florida Keys, but one amazing thing is watching children as they discover the world and are fascinated by it. It keeps you focused.Locations: TRAVELED: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Turks and Caicos IslandsLIVED: England, United StatesWANT TO GO: Australia, China, Cuba, Greece, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tonga