Mr. Maucotel lived in this country during his last year of high school, which is just south of the USA border.
Mexico
Mr. Maucotel has played the violin for this number of years, which is the same as the number of cards on the
"Take What You Need, Give What You Can" board.
23 years
Mr. Maucotel studied this kind of art at BYU, which is the same type of art Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach were famous for.
Writing Music / Music Composition
Mr. Maucotel's age, which is the same as the number of letters in the alphabet plus 1.
27
Mr. Maucotel visited this city 2 years ago, which is the capital of England.

London
One of Mr. Maucotel's favorite past times, and he has a few shelves of them in this room!
Books / Reading
This is the type of school Mr. Maucotel went to for high school.
Hint: Every assignment was "home"-work.
Homeschool
"Maucotel" means these 2 words. The first word is the opposite of good, and the second is the word for a very small mountain.
"Bad" and "hill" (which translates to "bad side of the hill").
Mr. Maucotel lived in this country for 2 years, which is where the "Lord of the Rings" movies were made.

New Zealand
A hobby Mr. Maucotel started just this summer, which you can find examples of in the middle of the "Interesting Things" shelf.
Pottery / Making Pottery

DAILY DOUBLE
Mr. Maucotel's "Class Expectations".
Be a Listener.
Be a Doer.
Be Kind.
Mr. Maucotel broke this joint when he fell over playing freeze tag as a teenager. Now it always pops when he bends it.
Wrist
Mr. Maucotel grew up in this city, which is named after a Native American chief, and is in a state named after US president. (Guess either name)
Seattle, Washington
One of Mr. Maucotel's favorite hobbies, which uses a hook and yarn to make stuffed toys or decorations.
Crochet / Knitting
Mr. Maucotel studied this thing at UVU, which Ada Lovelace, one of the inventors of it, called
"The Analytical Machine".
Computers / Computer Science

This is the number of how many years Mr. Maucotel has been a teacher, including this one.
(Closest gets the point.)
1