CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world and connect to it's people

ABOUT ME

That's Evonne and I on a trail towards the Mink River in Door County, WI...one of my most favorite places! A little about me:
I teach Economics, Social Sciences and Astronomy at the Secondary level. I am a Vegetarian/Vegan and am very committed, but am in no way aggressive about this and do not mind any food others eat at all! I love travel and try to get abroad as much as possible. I speak polite French and a small amount of Turkish (studied in Istanbul). I love the idea of Couchsurfing as meeting local, friendly, like minded people will only add to our experience. I don't drink much at all, smoke, or do any drugs. I greatly respect the effort being put out on my behalf while I am your guest and greatly appreciate it. I am very talkative, outgoing, and friendly. I love animals and have no animal based allergies. I would prefer to stay with people in their mid 20's-30's or families. I love couchsurfing and all it stands for, and can't wait to make more friends!

PHILOSOPHY

Passionate about social and ethical equality for all living things. I love to meet new people and travel to experience new cultures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am happy to host any fellow couch surfers if I am available, please contact ma and I'll show you around Chicago or around my area!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed my way around Europe a couple of times and many times throughout the United States, always meeting wonderful people and loving every minute of it! I am happy to host anytime, but I'm about an hour from Chicago, so please keep that in mind. I love everything about couchsurfing and really strive to be an ideal guest/host.

Interests

Travel, Outdoor recreation, vegetarian/vegan/raw vegan cooking, teaching, seeing my friends and spending time in chicago, astronomy, social science, long and heated debates, soul vegetarian bbq twist sandwiches, raw vegan cooking, humid summer evenings, social; racial; and sexual equality

• animals
• dining
• cooking
• bbq
• vegetarian
• vegan
• drinking
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• astronomy
• economics
• science
• social science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Corporation, Spellbound, Wal-Mart The High Cost of Low Prices, Orwell Rolls in his Grave, Idiocracy, Bottle Rocket, any political based documentary

Music: Squarepusher, Bodgan Raczynski, Aphex Twin, Push Button Objects, Kid Spatula and so on. Anything from Warp/Rephlex. DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Cold Cut, Q-Bert. Common, Mos Def, Blackstar, The Roots, Blackalicious, Aesop Rock, Talib Kweli. GodSpeed You Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky and Philip Glass.

Books: Anything non-fiction. Authors I most enjoy reading are Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Gore Vidal, Peter Singer, Robert McChesney. Favorite books would include Understanding Power, Manufacturing Concent and Hegemony or Survival, Culture of Terrorism, all by Noam Chomsky. A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn. Perpetural War for Perpetural Peace by Gore Vidal. Rich Media Poor Democracy by Robert McChesney. Animal Liberation, Pratical Ethics, and Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer. Basically anything concerning social sciences, education and the media. Also love 1984, Ishmael, Animal Farm, The Great Gatsby, The Old Man and the Sea, anything on Astronomy. Guns Germs and Steel, Collapse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Took some of my students to Boston to meet Noam Chomsky.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a strong background in physical, and social sciences. I am happy to share my background in any subjects I have studied.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Turkey, United States

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