All About Me

Well, for starters, my name is Andrew Rupp. I'm originally from Prince Georges County Maryland but I currently live in Erie. I love Jesus, my hot wife, and my 3 b-eautiful kids. Aside from Jesus and my family I love music and people. I play a couple of instruments- piano, bass, guitar- and I want to learn more. Anything with strings fits the bill. So that's the condensed version of me.




For the longest time I had no idea of what I wanted to do, which is why I am attending college at 30 years old. But I came to an realization that by not planning to do something...anything, I was actually planning to do, or be nothing. And that did two things for me. It first got me off my duff to start pursuing something, but more importantly, it gave me something to pursue. Since I graduated from high school in 2000, I've worked the most random, annoying, unfulfilling jobs that one could imagine. So this gave me the idea of helping to prepare others for the realities of life after high school. So I am in the pursuit of becoming a high school educator. Specifically history/ social studies.

As a future educator, I feel very strongly about utilizing technology in the classrooms for a few different reasons. First and foremost is that of experience. I have been working with teenagers for the past 8 years as a youth leader in the church I attend, and I have found that when you bring in some cool videos, or when you give the students tasks related to their technologies (cell phones, ipads, etc.), they tend to retain the information as if it were the latest facebook drama. Another reason I feel so strongly about incorporating technology into the classroom is because it makes the information presented seem more relevant and appealing to the tech generation of today.

As far as teaching is concerned, it needs to be relevant in order for the students to really grab hold and want to continue on. If there is no relevancy given, no relation to their lives shown in the teaching, than I believe that most students simply check out mentally when it comes to all things concerning school.