Mr. Weiner was born in 1949, and he is now a very
awesome 4h grade teacher in the Gifted and Talented
(G/T) program at White Oaks Elementary School, Burke,
Virginia. He is also the host of a spelling/vocabulary
show on television.
Mr. Weiner was born in New York, and also spent
most of his childhood in New York. He was very active as a child. Some
things he liked to do were to build clubhouses and
explore the woods behind his house.
Mr. Weiner has had three jobs. His first job was as a teacher in
New York. He was the only new teacher at the school. Soon after he
joined the school, many families began moving away and as a result, not as many
teachers were needed anymore. Due to these
circumstances, Mr. Weiner stayed at the school for
a relatively short period of time.
His next job was as a lawyer. Mr. Weiner moved
to Virginia and practiced law with his two brothers
for 8 years. Mr. Weiner liked being a lawyer,
but teaching interested him much more. Then
he came to White Oaks and became the well-known 4th
grade G/T teacher, Mr. Weiner.
Mr. Weiner’s favorite subjects to teach are
science, vocabulary, and current events.
Mr. Weiner wakes up at 5:00 in the morning and reads
the newspaper. He
highlights portions of articles worth reading to the class for current events. This
is a terrific opportunity for his students to get a taste of the newspaper reading
experience without having to painstakingly read many articles in detail. Mr.
Weiner reads a tidbit of an article, and we have to make up a headline for that
article. Now, isn’t that a really creative
idea?
As a hobby, Mr. Weiner likes to play golf. He also
enjoys listening to music, and doing things around
the house, such as cleaning, and gardening. And
speaking of doing things, his favorite vacation spot
is the beach!
Mr. Weiner has a lot of fun and is active with children
at recess. He plays “Phalange
Ball” a game where you catch a small ball with only one hand, and if you
can’t catch it, you’re out!
Mr. Weiner also plays the piano. When he meets up with his class after
lunch, he plays one song on the piano. He has played “The Carnival
of Venice”, “The Optimist song”, and “The Pessimist Song”. I
think it is nice that we get to listen to what Mr.
Weiner has learned.
Mr. Weiner enjoys teaching more than being a lawyer. Why? Because
he likes working with kids, and he also likes to
goof around, and have fun. He
really loves to teach kids subjects, such as, science,
current events, and vocabulary. The
part about teaching that doesn’t appeal
to him is that teachers are expected to use computers
too much. He thinks that sometimes computers
can be too much of a distraction to people.
Even though he knows that this will never happen,
Mr. Weiner would like to be in the president’s
cabinet. Mr.
Weiner has ideas that could help us deal with the
financial crisis and the energy crisis that our country
is currently facing.
Mr. Weiner’s really enjoys sharing meals with
his family. He
likes to eat and talk with his family, and for dessert,
he likes to EAT CAKE!
Mr. Weiner would like to teach 5th grade if he could
not teach 4th grade, because, he thinks that 5th
grade material is close to 4th grade material. Mr.
Weiner, (if he could not teach 4th grade, and could
not teach 5th grade, either) would teach music.
Mr. Weiner is not bilingual, but he does know some
foreign phrases. For
example, he knows some phrases in Spanish as well as French. I
like that Mr. Weiner speaks in other languages so
we can expand our foreign word vocabulary.
NOW YOU KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT
GEORGE WEINER,
TEACHER,
LAWYER,
AND T.V. SHOW HOST
