By Emery Lewis, Editor in Chief
At the end of the school year El Camino said goodbye to multiple staff members which is why this year EC has welcomed many new staff members, from councilors to teachers and even coaches. Curtis Gordan is the new English three and English Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum teacher here on campus in room 35.
Gordon has been teaching for eight years. Previously he was teaching in Arizona, most recently at Winslow High School. After his wife decided to retire they made the decision to relocate to California back to where his wife grew up and move into her childhood home. Gordon feels especially lucky to be working at EC because it’s where his wife graduated from.
Teaching in two different states allowed Godon to experience varieties of teaching conditions and see how different yet similar students can be.
He speaks on the different types of diversity present in the student body.
“Winslow High School has a large Native American population because it’s near the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Nation.” Gordon explained.“Here I have a much greater variety of backgrounds in ethnicities. I have students from the other side of the world in these classes, and that’s very cool to me.”
Another thing he points out is the difference between the leniency teachers are given in regard to what they can teach.
“I’ve worked in a school before [where] everyone had to teach from the exact same textbook the exact same way, on the exact same day, and that was extremely boring for me,” Gordon said.
Gordon then goes on to talk about how he wasn’t sure what to expect but he was happy to learn EC gives him more freedom.
“The principles here really allow us to teach the best way we feel we can in terms of every teacher doing what works best for them—it’s super fun for me to be able to change things up,” Gordon stated.
Gordon feels that the school year has been going very well for him and he looks forward to seeing what the rest of the school year becomes. He mentions how he can see himself working here until he retires.
“I think it’s been a lot of fun. The block schedule worried me at first, because I’ve never taught a block schedule before, but it’s actually pretty cool,” he said.
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