Math teacher Becky Hollerman
Interview by Kaycee Blair, Staff Writer
(Kaycee Blair photo)
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She loves watching “A Christmas Story” over and over because it makes her feel like being a kid.
She claims there’s no food she will not eat.
If she could meet anyone famous, she would choose Oprah.
She says she heads to the computer when she is bored and she couldn’t live without the Internet.
She bowls and plays tennis, but would never consider hunting as a sport for her.
Guilty pleasure – chocolate, specifically milk chocolate.
If she were a rapper, her name would be “H to the Man.”
She believes “love” is the best single word in the English language.
She’s a cat lover; in fact, she says if she were independently wealthy, she would become a “cat lady” and would play with the million cats she would rescue.
Her favorite quote: "Life is a journey, not a destination."
Hard workers inspire her.
She is a Pitt graduate.
She once coached track and field at New Castle High School.
Her first official job was at an ice cream shop when she was in high school.
Ross Park Mall is her favorite place to shop.
She claims she’s addicted to her cell phone and to Wikipedia.
As a high school student, she participated in Key Club, SADD, the National Honor Society, the yearbook, Ski Club and the track and tennis teams.
Her first impression of LAHS was that it is “cute and close knit,” reminding her of her hometown.
She has two older brothers.
She says the “coolest” thing she’s ever done is going on a zip line tour through the Smokey Mountains.
She thinks the best smell in the world is the smell of rain.
Milk, sweet and sour sauce, and water can always be found in her refrigerator.
Her dream car is a Volkswagon GTI.
She says if it were okay to bribe teachers with anything except money, she would accept food.
She’s currently reading C.S. Lewis’s “Narnia” series.
Her favorite meal at her favorite restaurant is the candied melon shrimp at PF Changs.
She thinks the best band ever is The Offspring.
If she could leave right now and travel anywhere in the world, she’d be in Hawaii snorkeling.
Newspaper stories about people who are lost always catch her attention.
She says the bright colors everywhere make her classroom “her room.”
Her favorite color combination is purple and green.
She says the three adjectives that best describe her are happy, energetic and optimistic.
When someone says “technology,” she immediately thinks of her phone because it has Internet, a camera, a GPS, a barcode scanner, the new Google Stargazer and a really cool calculator.
And of course math was her favorite subject when she was in high school.
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