taff Interview
Ft. Scholten’s Superiority
Mr. Scholten is the physical education teacher for The Academy at Forest View, but had also made connections with students from Vanguard through his employment at our school. You can easily get caught up in a conversation with Mr. Scholten but be weary bringing up family and relationships if you are planning on having a quick chit chat. Whenever Mr. Scholten gets a chance to bring up his wedding or his wife he seems like he could talk for hours. He could show you pictures, run through the exact story five times, and genuinely make you feel bad about how single you are.
Q: How lucky are you and why?
Mr. Scholten: I’m the luckiest man alive. I’m married to the most beautiful woman in the world. I found a woman who doesn’t mind the fact that I own more shoes than her.
Q: If you were on an island what monster would you run into?
Mr. Scholten: Probably the Lochness Monster, no wait, Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc.!
Q: What is the best gift you’ve ever given or received?
Mr. Scholten: The best gift I have given in my entire life would have to be the ring I gave to my wife.
Q: What is your least favorite thing about humanity?
Mr. Scholten: All the reality shows on E! that I have to watch with my wife.
Q: If you were eighty years old what would you tell your children?
Mr. Scholten: Well let me think what would my grandparents say to me? My grandma used to always say, “Eat dessert first.”
Q: Do you want students to like you?
Mr. Scholten: That’s an interesting question, a tough one at that. Do I hope that they like me? Sure. Do I care or lose sleep over it? No. I hope they like me because then that must correlate to them also respecting me.
Q: Do you have any good quotes from your parents or students you’ve crossed paths with?
Mr. Scholten: Growing up, my dad would always shake my hand and tell me, “Be cool.” And I would always think, I am cool, right? But as I grew up I realized that “be cool” was his way of saying be safe and make good decisions.
Q: What song best describes your work ethic?
Mr. Scholten: That maniac* song! You know which one I’m talking about.
* I assume he’s talking about the very famous ‘She’s a Maniac’ by Flashdance. But for
Mr. Scholtens sake we can make that ‘He’s a Maniac’.
Q: What is your best and worst purchase?
Mr. Scholten: My best purchase would have to be my Jordan 11 Concords. I wore them at my wedding.
Q: What do you think about when you’re alone in your car? Do you jam to your music?
Mr. Scholten: Oh one hundred percent I jam to my music. You want to know what I jam to? I got my Michael Buble, John Mayer, SafetySuit, and then I like to mix it up and throw in some Biggie and old school Snoop! Not that Snoop Lion new crap.
Q: How many windows are in New York?
Mr. Scholten: 21,000,752,392 exactly.
Q: Could you see yourself attending Vanguard?
Mr. Scholten: Yeah, I would’ve loved to attend Vanguard.
Q: Do you focuses on strengths or weaknesses?
Mr. Scholten: I like to focus on strengths because while you focus on strengths it helps you develop your weaknesses.
