High School Math!

So here's a cool story. :)
I went to high school in a little desert town in Southern California called Littlerock. I now live on the other side of the country, in Williamsburg, Virginia. About 2 years ago, my mom and brother Norman moved out here and stayed with us a little while, and now they have a townhouse not too far from us. Norman had started 8th grade at a middle school down the street from us, but since he moved to their townhouse, he had to switch school districts. He then started 9th grade at Lafayette High School in James City County, in Williamsburg and he was over at my house talking about his math class and said something about a "Mr. Derse." I told him that was my math teacher's name in high school too--and he said "well, he is from California." I got out my yearbook and Norman said, "THAT'S HIM!"
Crazy huh? From one side of the country to another random town on the other side--and Norman happened to have him as his teacher! :) Well, he is a sophomore now, but I went to pick him up with the babies after school today to see if I could meet Mr. Derse again. We knocked on a math teacher "Faculty Room" and who opened the door but my math teacher from a decade ago! I had him for Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and Statistics AP for 3 years of high school. He was a good math teacher, and I was never nervous in his class--he was a nice guy. In my senior year when I started wearing my prolife shirts and got in trouble, he supported me one day and wore a "pregnancy counseling center" t-shirt and told me it was for me! I remember sometimes he would bring his cute little 7 or 8 yr old daughter in sometimes, and I caught her picking her nose lol. She is now 16!
Here is Mr. Derse back in 2002--I'm so glad I had him sign my yearbook!

John also had him a couple years, but we weren't together until the end of high school so he wouldn't have remembered us as a couple necessarily :) He remembered that John was really smart. True.
And this was from today:


His wife works for an aerospace company and was transferred here, thats why they moved out here. He still coaches girl's tennis too!
For fun, here are some pictures of how he might have remembered me...a lot skinnier!:



He was my favorite teacher now that I think of it. I am glad he got out of Littlerock High School---I am sure these school districts are worlds better. Being a valedictorian at a California high school is like being barely not retarded. He says Norman is a bright kid--getting good grades. So cool that I got to see Mr. Derse again! :)