Get to know Kevin Thoendel, the band teacher!
by Rachel Suhr
September 06, 2007
1. How long have you been here at CHS? This is my first year anywhere
2. Where did you teach before? I just graduated from UNL
3. What are your pet peeves in the classroom? When people do their homework when they should be rehearsing
4. What is your favorite television show? Family guy and anything on the FOOD network
5. What are some of your hobbies? Jamming on the piano, playing computer games, running, jumping, and climbing trees
6. What kind of shoes do you prefer? Ones that fit my feet
7. Would you rather have a cheeto an arm, or be beat up by a ninja two times a year? Definitely the ninja. The cheeto arm would be gone very soon, but the ninja stories would keep coming back!
8. Who lives at your address? Me.
9. What is your favorite food and drink? Crab Rangoon and Cream Soda
10. What is the coolest place you’ve ever visited? The river-walk and Alamo were pretty cool when the Huskers were there.
11. What college did you attend? UNL
12. What was your favorite childhood toy, and why? A good, solid walking stick. It was just very handy on the dairy farm I grew up on.
13. What was the best thing before sliced bread? Solid, warm, freshly-baked, wholesome loaves of non-pre sliced bread.
14. Do you have a pet? If so what? I recently had a sand lizard from the sandhills around our farm, but I let it go at the end of the summer.
15. What is your favorite aisle in Walmart or the like? The aisle with the spices and spaghetti sauce
16. What was your most embarrassing moment? Taking the wrong jersey to an away football game when I was in high school. It worked out.
17. What was the year and make of your first car? 99 Pontiac Sunfire
18. Tell us something we would love to know about you. Before I became a teacher I was a pirate. I hung up my doublet and hat for a tie and conductor's baton.
