Introduction to Mr. Allen
By Christopher Allen
After college I started working on my PhD in physics, but I found I did not care much for research while loving teaching. Having taught both college classes and middle school classes, I knew high school was the ideal level for me. I became a physics
teacher (that’s the science building on the left) and a coach of volleyball, fencing, and tennis. I’m now in my fifteenth year at The Masters School.
Physics at The Masters School
I teach AP Physics C: Mechanics and two sections of Physics this year. In the spring I teach Electronics as well. I have taught Honors Physics, Astronomy, Honors Algebra I, and Geometry in the past as well.
What Goes Into a Science Teacher
Personal Teaching Style
After graduate school I continued training in ballroom dancing while teaching physics, eventually becoming the national champion in my primary discipline, American
smooth (waltz, tango, foxtrot, and Viennese waltz).
More recently I married my lovely wife and have now returned to school, focused on the education side instead of the physics side of physics education. And if everything goes well our happy family will be one greater a little after the end of this semester.
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