Patrick Kirby

Q: What’s the best advice you’ve been given about teaching?

A: My best advice was to have fun and enjoy your day.

Q: What made you choose to teach at AAHS? 

A: The big school. I like what it has to offer. It’s very diverse, and it’s a great place to learn.

Q: When was the moment you realized you wanted to be a teacher?

A: Whenever I was working every night alone in lab and had no one to talk to, I realized I wanted to help people and interact with more people

Q: What is your favorite part of teaching so far? Why? 

A: Definitely would be talking to students about learning and how to help them and learning about their lives.

Q: Who inspired you to become a teacher? 

A: My chemistry professor: He made you feel like he wanted you to learn and he was fun and interesting.

Q: What college did you go to?

A: I graduated from Saint Francis.

Q: What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

A: I like messing with technology and watching Marvel and “Star Wars” movies, hiking, photography and playing D&D.

Q: Why did you choose the subject that you are teaching?

A: My lab experience was where I learned the most. I think it’s fun to teach about a subject students don’t know much about.

Q: As a teacher in a new school, do you feel that sense of nervousness you once felt as a student?

A: I felt less nervous teaching than being a student. I was more nervous about doing assignments than creating them.