Tom Ruark
Fifth Grade Math


* D.O. B.   11-27-63   44 ½ years old

     * Place of birth: LA   (Lower Alabama)

     * Two Daughters Shannon 17 (St. John’s Community College) and DA 9 (Right here at CCE, 4th Grade)

     * One wife 4?, from New York! You gotta problem wit’ dat?

     * Education: Hyde Grove Elementary- Lake Shore Middle- Ed White High-FCCJ-UNF (Banking and Finance and Elementary Education)
 I never made the AB honor roll in elementary school, because they had a handwriting grade! However, I got my revenge later in life when I graduated number one in my class twice at UNF (they let me word process!).

     * This is my 10th year at CCE! Wahooooo!  

     * Favorite Movies: Dead Poet’s Society, Last of the Mohicans, Stand and Deliver, Glory, The Emperor’s New Groove, and The Unforgiven.

     * Favorite Line in a Movie: Jaime Escalante a calculus teacher (played by James Edward Almos) says to a tough and too-cool teenage student (played by Lou Diamond Phillips) “So, you want to be a tough guy. Great. You know what tough guys do? Tough guys deep-fry chickens for a living.”

     * My summer reading list included: Gettysburg (The American Heritage Collection), Competent Motorcycling (there is a bunch of math and science in this book!)

     * Favorite TV channels: The History Channel (both of them!), the Military Channel, Discovery, The National Geographic Channel, FSC (they show the English Premier League games!)

     * Favorite Sport: Football, not the kind they play at Jaguar Stadium, rather the kind they play in England.      SOCCER       GO MANCHESTER UNITED!  BOO CHELSEA! Please ask me about my football career. I played for Dennis Violet. Dennis was the leading goal scorer for Man U for many years.

     * Hobbies: Photography and vintage cameras, old cars and motorcycles, NASCAR, history, in home science experiments, physical fitness-especially cycling and weight training! Please ask me about my cycling adventures in NC this summer!

     * Major quirks: I don’t eat sweets, pizza, or most of what normal people think is good food (health food kind of guy).

     * Things you may hear me say or see me write that might need an explanation: “Too right mate” = Awesome, “You’re so bright I need shades” = Awesome, “You Rock” =Awesome, “It’ll get better before you get married” = That tiny little scratch really does not require a trip to the clinic… “On a scale of 1 to dumb that was…dumb” (I substitute many words for dumb, brilliant, true genius, annoying…)  IT’S ALWAYS SAFE TO BE WRONG, BUT IT IS NEVER SAFE TO NOT PARTICIPATE! (Class motto!)

    * I have the best job in the world! You ROCK!

ruarkt@duvalschools.org

992-6390