MR. MCBROOM ENTERS THE ROOM
BY ASHIM SAPKOTA
Who is Mr. McBroom? To answer that question, here can do everything but I am not good at any of those
are some interesting facts about him. His full name is things that I do.
Cade Abram McBroom. He is from California, in the
United States of America. He has been in China for Ashim: What is your favorite holiday and why?
about eight and a half years, and has been married
for two years. He also has a son named Aslan! He Mr. McBroom: I like Christmas because there are
majored in international management, and used to multiple activities to do, connects people with their
work at Xiwai International School. His hobbies loved ones, and it provides good foods. It is easily the
include Magic the Gathering card game, and sports biggest holiday in the United States.
such as Australian football, and basketball. His favorite
subjects in high school were science and basketball. Ashim: How is your previous job different from
His favorite subjects to teach are physics and biology. yours now?
Last but not least, he is the physics teacher at SLAS.
Mr. McBroom: The last school I worked at was a Chinese
Ashim: Why did you come to China?
school with a Chinese curriculum as compared to the
American curriculum in SLAS. I used to work in a small
Mr. McBroom: I came to China because I graduated department of a big school unlike right now. SLAS
and applied for a bunch of jobs and was accepted by definitely utilize their equipment more than the last
one that was in China.
school I worked at.
Ashim: What was your favorite childhood Ashim:What job would you have had if you were
memories and why?
not a teacher?
Mr. McBroom: My favorite childhood memories were Mr. McBroom: I originally applied for some consultant
playing in the river with my cousin and playing in the jobs. If that did not work out I would have worked with
mountains near my home.
my family as a guide.
Ashim: What is your favorite hobby and why?
Ashim: What are the first impressions that you
want to make when you have a new student?
Mr. McBroom: One of my favorite hobbiesis Magic the
Gathering because it is complex and logical. Mr. McBroom: You have to first show dominance and
Meanwhile it also offers avenues for creativity, and it control over the students for the first few weeks and
is based in fantasy.
then slowly easy things down. Young teachers make
mistakes by being students’ friend in the beginning
Ashim: What is a goal that you set as a teacher? which would back fire them eventually.
Mr. McBroom: I usually try to aim high, so I set high
expectations for my students. I tend to engage to a
lot of feedbacks. I want students to be engaged. So
that I could cater their need individually.
Ashim: What do you think should be an aim for
students?
Mr. McBroom: Students should want to know
everything and that should be their aim at all times.
They should want to acquire more information.
Ashim: What is a word you would use to describe
yourself?
Mr. McBroom: Average, perfectly average because I
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